Council polls: BJP, Congress win one seat each in DK-Udupi
The Hindu
Both candidates secure winning votes from the first preferential votes
Minister for Social and Backward Classes Welfare Kota Srinivas Poojary and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president Manjunath Bhandary registered comfortable victories from the local bodies constituency of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Tuesday in the Legislative Council elections.
With neither party fielding a second candidate, victory was certain. But for the entry of Social Democratic Party of India’s Shafi Bellare, Mr. Poojary and Mr. Bhandary could have got elected unopposed.
While Mr. Poojary secured 3,672 votes, Mr. Bhandari polled 2,079, and Mr. Bellare 204. As many as 56 votes were declared invalid. In all, 6,011 votes were polled. Returning Officer and Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra declared that both the candidates secured winning votes from the first preferential votes.
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