‘P. Sarojini’
Bengaluru, India (CWBN)_ The vote counting for the two major assembly constituencies in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru and Sira in Tumkur was done today. The polling was held on October 28 and November 3 to four major council segments to fill the vacancies required due to various reasons. The results are expected to be out by today.
Biennial elections were held on October 28 for four council seats in the Karnataka West Graduates, Karnataka North-East Teachers, Bangalore Teachers and Karnataka South-East Graduates constituencies.
According to the counting, the BJP leads in RR Nagar and Sira seat as well. Munirathna is leading in R R Nagar and Dr. C. M. Rajesh Gowda from BJP is leading in Sira.
Muniratna is almost considered the winner from RR Nagar and according to the election commission, he has polled 98,001 votes. BJP’s Rajesh Gowda is leading with 14,206 votes from Sira. According to the final counting, BJP’s Rajesh Gowda is leading on Sira seat with 63,299 votes.
In West Graduates, 70.11 per cent voting was recorded; in South-East Graduates, 75 per cent; in North-East Teachers, 73.32 per cent; and in Bangalore Teachers, 66 per cent voting was recorded. The official said, “Counting for West Graduates is at Dharwad in the state’s northwest region, North-East Teachers at Kalaburagi in the state’s northern region, Bangalore Teachers and North-East Teachers in Bengaluru”.
The death of Sira MLA B Satyanarayana and resignation of Rajarajeshwari Nagar Congress MLA Munirathna from the assembly last year lead to this by-election.
In RR Nagar, the BJP fielded former Congress MLA Munirathna, whereas the Congress fielded the Kusuma, who is the wife of former IAS officer late D K Ravi. The JD(S) fielded V Krishnamurthy for the seat. In Sira, the BJP fielded radiologist Dr Rakesh Gowda. The Congress fielded former minister T B Jayachandra and JD(S) fielded former (JD-S) MLA B Satyanarayana’s wife Ammajamma.
