Hassan, May 13: Janata Dal (Secular) leader Swaroop Prakash on Saturday snatched the Hassan seat from the BJP's Preetham J Gowda, securing a victory by a margin of 8,895 votes. DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah - Who Will Be New Karnataka CM? Now Focus on Who Will Become Chief Minister After Congress Sweeps State in Assembly Elections 2023.

The seat witnessed a neck-and-neck fight with the JD(S) candidate bagging 84,005 votes while the BJP's Gowda polled 75,110 votes. Congress candidate Banavase Rangaswamy was in third place with 4241 votes. Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2023 Live News Updates.

In 2018, Gowda had broken the JD(S) monopoly on the seat, defeating H S Prakash by a margin of about 13,006 votes.