By Nabila Jamal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate CK Ramamurthy was declared winner in Bengaluru's Jayanagar constituency by a narrow margin of 16 votes. The result was announced after multiple rounds of recounting amid protests by the Congress at the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar assembly constituency in Bengaluru.
According to the EC website, Congress's Sowmya Reddy got 57,781 votes (47.85 per cent vote share) and C K Ramamurthy secured 57,797 votes.
"WE RECLAIM JAYANAGAR!OUR HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO SRI BN VIJAYAKUMAR SIR,"BJP leader Tejashvi Surya said in a tweet.
WE RECLAIM JAYANAGAR!
OUR HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO SRI BN VIJAYAKUMAR SIR. ðŸ™ðŸ™ — Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) May 13, 2023
Till late Saturday night, candidates and workers of BJP and Congress were on tenterhooks as Congress candidate Soumya Reddy was holding a narrow lead over Ramamurthy.
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After rounds of counting, Reddy was holding a narrow 294 lead over Ramamurthy. While Congress workers celebrated, the BJP demanded a recount. Election officials agreed.
Source: Election Commission of India
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar accused the election commission officials of trying to distort the result of Sowmya Reddy.
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"The Congress candidate of Jayanagar Assembly Constituency Mrs. Soumya Reddy has won but protested against the action of the election officials who tried to distort the result on the pretext of recount," Shivakumar said, tweeting a picture of him seated with state working president Ramalinga Reddy. Ramalinga Reddy is the father of Sowmya Reddy.
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Tension prevailed at the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar where the counting was taking place as DK Shivakumar and other party leaders staged a demonstration outside the polling booth, demanding justice. They alleged misuse of government machinery to favour Ramamurthy.
There was tight security as Bengaluru police and reserve cops guarded all the roads leading to the counting centre.
After hours of tense wait, BJP's C K Ramamurthy was declared as the winner with a thin margin of 16 votes.
"The result was announced by the officials at the Counting Centre at S S M R V College in Jayanagar late tonight," a state Information Department official said in a statement.
Earlier, the poll panel ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar where Reddy is in close contest with BJP's CK Ramamurthy.
An EC official said the recounting of postal ballots was ordered following an appeal by Ramamurthy.
With this, the Congress has won 135 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. The BJP has won 66 seats and the JD(S) 19, according to the Election Commission website.
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According to sources, DK Shivakumar also filed with a complaint with the poll body regarding the same.
Meanwhile, BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya claimed that Congress has lost the Jayanagar constituency, however its leaders were holding up the EC officials and not letting them issue certificate.
The Congress has lost the Jayanagar constituency in Bengaluru but D K Shivkumar and Congress goons are holding up EC officials and not letting them issue certificateâ€æ
Just because senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter is in fray.
What kind of hooliganism is this? pic.twitter.com/Tw8hvKgh0u — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) May 13, 2023
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The Congress on Saturday emerged victorious in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly polls held on May 10, by winning 135 seats, the Election Commission of India said. According to EC website, the BJP bagged 66 and JD(S) - 19 seats.
Two independent candidates also won in the election. Apart from it, Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha won one seat each.
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