Karnataka Legislative Council Polls: Congress Wins Five Amid Cross Voting, While BJP Wins Two
The party won five of seven seats and raised its tally to 39 in the 75-member Upper House, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Congress secured a decisive victory in the Karnataka Legislative Council biennial elections, winning five of seven seats in a key early test for Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
- Congress garnered 11 votes through cross-voting from National Democratic Alliance partners, including the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal, enabling the party to secure its fifth seat despite initially lacking required numbers.
- The results triggered tension within the opposition as the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal traded blame over missing votes; Janata Dal candidate Govindaraju suffered an embarrassing defeat, losing the seventh seat.
- Following this victory, Congress strengthened its position in the 75-member Upper House, increasing its total tally to 39 seats and consolidating influence in the Karnataka Legislature.
- Cross-Voting exposed internal fractures within the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit, prompting sources to suggest the party high command may assert greater control ahead of assembly polls in two years.
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The Congress emerged as the clear winner in the Karnataka Legislative Council elections, securing five of the seven seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the remaining two seats after the counting of votes concluded on Thursday. The Congress candidates BK Hariprasad, Thippannappa Kamakanur, PV Mohan, Shivanna BS (Malavalli), and Vinay Karthik Prakash emerged victorious. The BJP's Lingaraj Patil and Raghu R also won their respective c…
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