Kanakapura Assembly Election Result 2023: State Congress Chief DK Shivakumar Wins Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Constituency by Margin of 57,000 Votes
Shivakumar was maintaining the lead right from the start of the counting on Saturday.
New Delhi, May 13: Congress' Karnataka state president D.K. Shivakumar has won from the Kanakapura constituency in Ramanagara district by a margin of over 57,000 votes. Shivakumar was maintaining the lead right from the start of the counting on Saturday. DK Shivakumar Greets Congress Workers Outside His Bengaluru Residence As Party Races Ahead of BJP in Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2023 (Watch Video).
BJP's R. Ashoka lost by a big margin, and JD(S)'s B. Nagaraju finished second in the contest. As of 12:45 p.m., Shivakumar had secured 63,475 votes. Nagaraju 11,306 votes, and Ashoka had polled 10,086 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2023 Live News Updates: CM Basavaraj Bommai Concedes BJP's Defeat, Says 'Will Do Detailed Analysis'.
As the counting continues, Congress leads with 132 seats in Karnataka while the BJP stands at 66. Congress' K.M. Shivalinge Gowda won from Arsikere by a margin of over 17,000.
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