Karnataka polls: BJP candidate declared winner on the Jayanagar constituency amid late-night drama
On Saturday, May 13, CK Ramamurthy, the BJP candidate from the Jayanagar constituency of Karnataka emerged victorious by a margin of merely 16 votes in opposition to Congress candidate Soumya Reddy amid late-night drama that observed the two occasions tussle over the celebrated assembly seat. Ramamurthy gained by a wafer-thin margin after he demanded a recounting of votes as a result of the margin of his defeat to the Congress candidate was too low.
Earlier, Congress candidate Soumya Reddy was launched as a result of the winner by a margin of 160 votes.
“The result was announced by officials at the Counting Centre at S S M R V College in Jayanagar late tonight (May 13),” a press launch from the state Information Department acknowledged.
Congress state president D Okay Shivakumar, state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who could be Sowmya Reddy’s father, and many completely different leaders protested open air the polling gross sales house on the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar after BJP candidate Ramamurthy was declared victorious by a margin of 16 votes. In the final word finish end result, BJP’s Ramamurthy obtained 57797 votes, whereas Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy obtained 57781 votes
Congress claimed abuse of presidency gear to favour CK Ramamurthy.
Taking to Twitter, Congress chief DK Shivakumar wrote in Kannada, “The Congress candidate from Jayanagar Assembly Constituency Mrs. Soumya Reddy has won. We protested against the action of the election officials who tried to distort the result on the pretext of a recount.”
ಜಯನಗರ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿ ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಸೌಮ್ಯ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಅವರು ಗೆಲುವು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಮರುಎಣಿಕೆ ನೆಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ ತಿರುಚಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ನಡೆ ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿ ಮತ ಎಣಿಕೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಜಯನಗರದ ಆರ್ ವಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಎದುರು ಧರಣಿ ನಡೆಸಿ, ಮತ ಎಣಿಕೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಒಳಗೆ ಏಜೆಂಟರಲ್ಲದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಮುಖಂಡರಾದ ಆರ್… pic.twitter.com/9F9LGFwO05
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) May 13, 2023
Meanwhile, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) nationwide president Tejsavi Surya expressed his pleasure over the Jayanagar victory and tweeted, “WE RECLAIM JAYANAGAR! OUR HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO SRI BN VIJAYAKUMAR SIR.”
WE RECLAIM JAYANAGAR!
OUR HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO SRI BN VIJAYAKUMAR SIR. 🙏🙏
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) May 13, 2023
With BJP’s CK Ramamurthy worthwhile Jayanagar, the BJP gained 66, within the meantime, the Congress emerged as a result of the single-largest event by bagging 135 seats out of all the 224. The JD(S) wanted to be content material materials with 19 seats.
