Chandrakanth Bellad elected KVS president
The Hindu
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The former MLA and former Chairman of Border Area Development Authority Chandrakanth Bellad was on Monday elected president of the more-than-a-century-old Karnatak Vidyavardhak Sangha. He defeated his nearest rival by a margin of 1,650 votes.
Polling for the sangha, a representative body of Kannada and Kannadigas, was held on Sunday and counting was taken up on Monday.
Mr. Bellad bagged 2,382 votes against 732 votes polled by his nearest rival M.B. Shirol. Two other contestants, Hanumakshi Gogi and Sanjeev Dhumaknal, bagged 375 and 72 votes, respectively.
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