According to the EC, in the high-profile Channapatna constituency, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the NDA candidate and son of Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, was defeated by Congress candidate, senior leader C.P. Yogeshwara by a big margin of 25,413 votes. Nikhil Kumaraswamy polled 87,229 votes while Yogeshwara got 1,12,413 votes.