Congress is sure to win Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency this time: CM Siddaramaiah

Shivamogga May 2 : Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed hope that the Congress will win the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency.He was speaking at the Prajadhwani-2 Lok Sabha election campaign organized in Shivamogga city today on behalf of party candidate Geeta Shivaraj KumarSitting MP B. Y. Raghavendra is a waste as a parliamentarian who does not made the effort to speak in the parliament on…

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP expels former Karnataka DY CM Eshwarappa for 6 years for contesting in Shivamogga | Mint - Mint

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Modi in Udhampur, Rahul and Stalin Unite in Coimbatore, and Eshwarappa's Rebel Move

The political arena heats up as the BJP gears up for the Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address a rally in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah focuses on Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Modi's rally, in support of BJP's candidate and Union minister Jitendra Singh, prompts heightened security measures, including a ban on drone flights. Singh vies for re-election from Udhampur's Lok Sabha seat.

Meanwhile, Shah's itinerary includes campaigning for Sivaganga candidate T Dhevanathan Yadav in Karaikudi. He'll also visit temples in Thirumayam and Madurai during his Tamil Nadu tour.

In Coimbatore, an INDIA bloc rally sees Rahul Gandhi and M.K. Stalin advocating support for opposition candidates. Coimbatore, a crucial battleground, witnesses BJP's K Annamalai facing off against AIADMK and DMK contenders.

In Karnataka, former Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, a BJP rebel, stands firm in filing his nomination for the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. Despite attempts at reconciliation from the BJP's top brass, Eshwarappa remains determined in his defiance.

Stay tuned for more updates as the political landscape unfolds in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress, BJP question necessity for Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka; BS Yeddyurappa says it's unnecessary

Congress, BJP question necessity for Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka; BS Yeddyurappa says it’s unnecessary

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Bengaluru: The Election Commission’s (EC) decision to hold by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on 3 November has come as a surprise to most political parties who questioned the necessity for the exercise in view of the general elections due early next year.

Pointing to the short term of about five months those elected in the by-poll would have,…

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The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), alliance won two of the three Lok Sabha and both the Assembly seats in Karnataka that went to polls on Saturday, and whose results were announced on Tuesday.

The results were a confidence booster for the Congress-JD(S) alliance as it prepares for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the state, and brought focus on the successive defeats of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls held in 2018.

Leaders of the Congress and the JD(S) said the two parties successfully transferred their respective votes to the candidates of their alliance partner, and the win has provided a template that Opposition parties should replicate in the rest of the country to defeat BJP in 2019.

BJP state unit chief B S Yeddyurappa accused the Congress-JD(S) government of using money and muscle power, but conceded that his party needed to introspect its losses in Bellary Lok Sabha and Jamakhandi Assembly seats.

Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) H D Kumaraswamy termed the results a “moral victory” for the coalition government he leads and an answer to BJP’s claim that the Congress-JD(S) alliance would be shortlived. Kumaraswamy thanked Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who has emerged the chief strategist of the alliance. Kumaraswamy said the alliance could have won Shivamogga (previously known as Shimoga) Lok Sabha seat as well, but the Congress delayed the decision to field JD(S) candidate Madhu Bangarappa.

If Yeddyurappa said the BJP would still win 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, Kumaraswamy said the Congress and his party would soon sit down for seat-sharing talks for the Lok Sabha polls.

In 2014, the BJP had won 17 of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha seats, with the Congress winning nine and the JD(S) two in a three-cornered contest. In the May 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP had emerged the single-largest party, but the Congress and the JD(S) formed a post-poll coalition government.

The jolt to the BJP was losing Bellary, considered a stronghold of the controversial mining barons - the Reddy brothers. The BJP hasn’t lost the seat since 2004. V S Ugrappa of the Congress won the Bellary seat by a margin of more than 243,000 votes defeating BJP’s J Shantha, the sister of B Sriramulu, a key aide of the Reddys and former Member of Parliament from there. In 2014, Sriramulu had won against his nearest Congress rival by nearly 85,000 votes.

Sriramulu is considered a close confidant of Janardhana Reddy, but the BJP had distanced itself from the mining baron in the May Assembly polls. Congress leader Sivakumar thanked Sriramulu that election campaigning could be held peacefully in the constituency.

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In Shivamogga, a stronghold of Yeddyurappa, his son B Y Raghavendra trounced his JD(S) rival Madhu Bangarappa by 52,148 votes. Madhu is the son of former Congress CM, the late S Bangarappa.

In 2014, Yeddyurappa had polled a little over 600,000 votes, while the Congress and the JD(S) candidates had both polled 240,000 votes each. The alliance leaders said the JD(S) candidates’ vote share this time proved the two parties were successfully transferring their votes to the other.

Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha bagged the Ramanagara Assembly seat by a big margin of 109,137, against BJP’s L Chandrashekar. He had joined the BJP ahead of the polls to be fielded as a candidate against Anitha. He pulled out of the contest days before the polling, but remained the party candidate since the date for withdrawal of candidature had passed. Ramanagara seat fell vacant after Kumaraswamy preferred to retain Chennapatna, the other constituency from where he had won in the Assembly polls.

In Jamakhandi Assembly segment, Congress candidate Anand Nyamgouda benefitted from a sympathy wave following his father and sitting MLA Siddu Nyamagouda’s death in a road accident.

JD(S) candidate L R Shivarame Gowda won by a massive 324,943 votes in Mandya Lok Sabha seat. Mandya is a stronghold of the Vokkaliga community. The JD(S) leadership is Vokkaliga.

The by-elections for three Lok Sabha seats were necessitated after Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu of the BJP and C S Puttaraju of the JD(S) vacated Shivamogga, Bellary, and Mandya, following their election to the Assembly in May.

Of the seats it had won in 2014, the BJP has now lost Lok Sabha bypolls held this year in Ajmer and Alwar in Rajasthan; Kairana, Gorakhpur, and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh; Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and now Bellary in Karnataka.

“There is anger among people against the Modi government. Karnataka results are evidence that the Opposition parties need to come together in each state to provide an alternative, and the people will defeat the BJP in 2019,” JD(S) National General-Secretary Danish Ali said.

Cong-JDS used money, muscle power to win bypolls, claims Yeddyurappa The BJP Tuesday accused the Congress and the JD(S) of using money and muscle power to win the bypolls in Karnataka but said it would introspect the outcome and strengthen the party before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP won the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat but lost Ballari to the Congress, which also bagged the Jamkhandi assembly segment. Source link

Karnataka election results: Congress-JD(S) combine sweep bypolls in Karnataka, BJP manages to retain one seat | Bengaluru News

Karnataka election results: Congress-JD(S) combine sweep bypolls in Karnataka, BJP manages to retain one seat | Bengaluru News

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BENGALURU: The Congress-JD(S) coalition on Tuesday posted a resounding victory in Karnataka bypolls by winning two out of three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly constituencies. The BJP managed to retain only Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. Though, the counting is over in all seats, the election commission is yet to officially declare the results.

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KARNATAKA BYELECTION 2018 RESULTS LIVE UPDATES: JD(S)-CONGRESS ALLIANCE SET TO CLINCH 4 OF 5 SEATS Constituency Won Margin Bellary Cong 241656 Shimoga BJP 52148 Mandya JD(S) 324925 Ramanagara JD(S) 109137 Jamakhandi Cong 39480

Shimoga Lok Sabha: Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency defeated JDS candidate Madhu Bangarappa by BJP’s BY Raghavendra by 52148 votes. The votes received by JDS candidate – 491158. JD (candidate) candidate Mahima Patel – 8713 Independent candidate Shashikumar votes – 17189 Nota votes: 10687 Latest comment Dosti sarakarakke shubakamanegalu BJP tann neetigalall badalavane tarabeku Ramanagar Assembly Constituency: Expiration of the vote count for the final round. JDS candidate Anita Kumaraswamy won the margin of 1,09,137 votes. Anita Kumaraswamy (JDS); 1,25,043 l. Chandrashekhar (BJP): 15906 HD. Revanna (Poorvanchal Mahapanchayat): 2231 Independents Kumara Naik: 520 DM. Madegowda: 536 Munia Bowie: 478 bp. Surendra: 545 Nota Candidates: 2909 Total Mature votes: 1,48,168. Mandya Lok Sabha bypoll is the final result. The victory over the JD (S) leader Shivarama Gowda was 3,24,925 votes. The results of the vote were: JDS (Shivarama Gowda) – 569302 BJP (Siddaramaiah) – 244377 Honnageda – 17842 Nota-15478 Naveen Kumar- 15305 Kowdale Chanappa -9094 Rajanna-7421 Shambulingga Gowda-5483 BS Gowda-4086 Nandish- 4064 Total Vote- Bellary Lok Sabha: Congress VS Ugrappa is counting on the round of 16th round. Bellary: This is not my victory, the defeat of the voters, the secular forces, the defeat of anti-people tendencies, said Bellary Lok Sabha member VS Ugrappa. Won the Congress candidate Anand Nama Gowda in the Jamakhandi Assembly by-election. BJP defeated BJP candidate Srikanth Kulkarni by 39,476 votes. Ananda Nama Gowda secured 96 and 968 votes while Srikanta Kulkarni lost 57, 492 votes. Anitha Kumaraswamy is gearing up to become a legislator for the second time. The first time she won an election was in 2008 when he got elected in the Madhugiri bye-election. But she went on to lose in Channapatna in the 2013 Assembly polls and also the Lok Sabha polls in 2008 and 2014. Anitha, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s wife, has polled 1,20,777 votes and is headed for a clear victory in the Ramanagara assembly constituency bypoll. Ramanagara Assembly seat: JD(S) leader Anitha Kumaraswamy says the bonding between the voters and her family helped her win. She attributed her victory to JD(S) supremo HD Devegowda and the CM HD Kumaraswamy. It is a vote for the coalition government, she told reporters. She also thanks Congress leaders, mainly water resources minister DK Shivakumar. She said she will focus on the development of the segment as promised during campaigning.

KARNATAKA BYELECTION RESULTS: KEY POINTS

HIGHLIGHTS Stakes are high for the ruling JD(S)-Congress, as the two arch rivals have reached an electoral understanding for the first time after forming the government A total of 31 candidates were in the fray for the bypolls from all the five constituencies NEW DELHI: The results for three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka were declared on Tuesday as counting began with a total of 1,248 counting staff deployed. Polling for the byelections took place on Saturday. Here are the latest developments: * Congress’s AS Nyamagouda wins Jamkhandi assembly seat by a margin of 39480 votes. He won against BJP’s Srikant Kulkarni. * Anitha Kumaraswamy from the JD(S) wins Ramanagaram assembly seat with a margin of 109137 votes. She won against BJP’s L Chandrashekar, who had pulled out of the contest but officially still remains the party candidate. * BJP’s BY Raghavendra leads by 36467 votes in Shivamogga. * Congress’ VS Ugrappa leads by 184203 votes in Bellary. * JD(S) LR Shivaramegowda leads by 121963 votes in Mandya. * Stakes are high for the ruling JD(S)-Congress, as the two arch rivals have reached an electoral understanding for the first time after forming the government and if approved by the voters, can change the state’s political scenario. * A total of 31 candidates were in the fray from all the five constituencies, though the contest is mainly between the Congress-JDS combine and the BJP. * The bypoll results will determine the fate of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anita Kumaraswamy, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra and former Chief Minister S Bangarappa’s son Madhu Bangarappa and others. * In Ramanagara, Anitha Kumaraswamy is set to win with virtually no opposition as the BJP candidate L Chandarshekar dropped out of the contest and rejoined the Congress. * Among the most closely-watched constituencies in the bypolls are Ballary and Shivamogga. While sons of three former chief ministers were pitted against each other in Shivamogga, it is a prestige battle between Congress leader DK Shivakumar and BJP leader B Sreeramulu. * The byelections were necessitated after Yeddyurappa (Shivamogga) and Sriramalu (Ballari), and C SPuttaraju of JD(S) (Mandya) resigned as MPs on their election to the assembly in May this year. * Bypolls to Jamkhandi assembly seat was caused by the death of Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda, while Ramanagara fell vacant after Kumaraswamy gave up the seat, preferring Chennapatna, the other constituency from where he had won.

JD(S) ANITHA KUMARA SWAMY CREATES HISTORY- KARNATAKA BYELECTION 2018 RESULTS LIVE UPDATES: JD(S)-CONGRESS ALLIANCE SET TO CLINCH 4 OF 5 SEATS KARNATAKA BYELECTION 2018 RESULTS LIVE UPDATES: JD(S)-CONGRESS ALLIANCE SET TO CLINCH 4 OF 5 SEATS Constituency Won Margin…

Counting in Karanataka bypolls has started. While it is a battle for pride in the three Lok Sabha seats of Ballari, Mandya and Shivamogga, the two assembly seats results could either reinforce or weaken the Congress-JD(S) alliance’s majority in the state. from Hindustan Times - topnews https://ift.tt/2RBu4Bi via kundan

"Karnataka by-election results LIVE: Cong leads by 150,000 votes in Bellary "

Karnataka by polls: The ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition candidates in Karnataka were leading in two Lok Sabha constituencies and two Assembly segments in the by polls held Saturday, according to initial trends as counting of votes was taken up this morning. The BJP was ahead in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat.

The Congress was leading in Ballari and its coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) in the Mandya parliamentary seats, electoral officials said. The JD(S)-Congress coalition was also leading in Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly segments respectively.

In Ballari, Congress' V S Ugrappa was leading by 84,257 over Bharatiya Janata Party's J Shantha.

BJP's B Y Raghavendra, the son of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, was leading ahead of JD(S)' Madhu Bangarappa by 9,665 votes in Shivamogga. In Mandya, JD(S)' Shivarame Gowda was leading over BJP's Siddaramaiah.

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K'taka bypoll results LIVE: Congress-JD(S) ahead in four seats, BJP in 1

K’taka bypoll results LIVE: Congress-JD(S) ahead in four seats, BJP in 1

Bengaluru: The tally of votes for Jamkhandi and Ramanagara assembly seats and Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya Lok Sabha seats, that visited polls on weekday, began at eight am on Tuesday.

Votes are counted for Mysore by-elections to 2 assembly and 3 Lok Sabha seats. This election is termed because the semi-final before the 2019 general elections as each state’s ruling Congress-Janata dkl (Secular)…

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Karnataka bypolls: 35 percent voting recorded till 1 pm for elections to 3 Lok Sabha, 2 Assembly constituencies

Karnataka bypolls: 35 percent voting recorded till 1 pm for elections to 3 Lok Sabha, 2 Assembly constituencies

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Bengaluru: About 35 percent voting was recorded on Saturday during the first half of polling for the bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

While the Lok Sabha constituencies of Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya have recorded 30.20, 35.72, 26.80 percent voting, respectively, till 1 pm, the Assembly segments of…

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“Let’s see if there are blessings of the people in the next elections,” was senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah’s refrain Friday when asked if he wants to become Karnataka chief minister again even though he asserted he has no such “greed”. The head of the Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee also accused state BJP chief and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa of being “greedy” to become chief minister once again, as he was growing old.”… Am I going on claiming that I will become chief minister (like Yeddyurappa)… have I said that? That question does not arise at all at this stage… Let’s see if there are blessings of the people in the next election,” he said in response to a question about his aspiration to become chief minister again.Speaking to reporters in Shivamogga, he said, “… If people bless in the next assembly election, let’s see it then…”Noting that he contested the recent assembly polls on the insistence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the Congress legislature party leader said there are no such thoughts in his mind as of now.”I had got an opportunity to become chief minister for five years, we have run a government that has walked its talk, and we have fulfilled the promises made to the people. I have that contentment. I don’t have the greed to keep on becoming the chief minister,” he added.Ahead of the May 12 assembly polls, Siddaramaiah had indicated that it could “most likely” be his last election.Earlier during the 2013 assembly polls also he had said it was his last election.Chiding the BJP for its claims that the coalition government would not last long, Siddaramaiah claimed Yeddyurappa has greed, and somehow wants to become chief minister, but his desire would not get fulfilled.”As Yeddyurappa is growing old he some how wants to become the chief minister before the Lok Sabha election, so various kinds of exercises are going on, but their (BJP) attempts will not succeed and this government will not fall, it is stable,” he said.  The Rediff.com : 26th. Oct,18

WHY CONGRESS LEADER & EX-CM SIDDARAMAIAH SAID HE IS NO SUCH ‘GREED’ TO BECOME CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA AGAIN ? "Let's see if there are blessings of the people in the next elections," was senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah's refrain Friday when asked if he wants to become Karnataka chief minister again even though he asserted he has no such "greed". 

RT KPCCPresident: Took stock of the preparedness for the Nov 3 Lok Sabha by-elections in Shivamogga. Our local leaders and workers have expressed confidence that the combined JD (S)-Congress candidate Shri Madhu Bangarappa stands a strong chance of winni… pic.twitter.com/WPd32giEjm

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Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy's wife Anitha files papers for Ramanagara assembly bypoll

Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha files papers for Ramanagara assembly bypoll

H D Kumaraswamy accompanied Anitha to the Ramanagar deputy commissioner’s office where she filed her nomination papers. (PTI)

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha filed Monday her nomination for the Ramanagara assembly seat and BJPstate president B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra from the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency for the November 3 bypolls. By-elections to…

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Karnataka bypolls: Congress shocks BJP in Ballari Lok Sabha seat | India News

Karnataka bypolls: Congress shocks BJP in Ballari Lok Sabha seat | India News

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NEW DELHI: The Congress-JD(S) coalition on Tuesday posted a resounding victory in Karnataka bypolls by winning two of the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats. The BJP managed to retain only Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. The byelections came as a major setback for the main opposition BJP ahead of the 2019 elections. Here are the latest developments:

* VS Ugrappa of the Congress won the…

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