Karnataka

Udupi, May 24: The poor performance of the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka is solely owing to its tie-up with the Janata Dal (Secular), according to M.A. Gafoor, secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Speaking to presspersons at the media centre, Mr. Gafoor said that the Congress workers had opposed such a tie-up. They had even suggested that both the

Udupi, May 24: JD(S) candidate Pramod Madhwaraj, while conceding defeat in the elections to the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency on Thursday, attributed it to the BJP wave. He tweeted: “When there is a wave in favour of BJP, all of us become helpless. Nevertheless, voters are our bosses and they have given the verdict, which I humbly accept without any bitterness.” BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje

Bengaluru: While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recorded a thumping majority in Karnataka, a former Prime Minister, a former Chief Minister and two former Union Ministers tasted defeat. Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who migrated from his home constituency Hassan to Tumakuru; Congress leader in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge, who had never lost an election since the beginning of his

Udupi, May 23: BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje retained the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru parliamentary seat by defeating JD(S) candidate Pramod Madhwaraj by a massive margin of 3,49,599 votes. Ms. Karandlaje secured 7,18,916 votes, while Mr. Madhwaraj got 3,69,317 votes. Ms. Karandlaje had won the seat by 1,81,643 votes in the 2014 parliamentary elections by defeating then Congress leader K. Jayaprakash Hegde

Bengaluru, May 23: Calling the Lok Sabha election results "unexpected", Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the leaders of his party JD(S) and Congress would deliberate on the reasons behind the defeat in the election. As the BJP badly mauled the ruling coalition, Kumaraswamy conceded defeat and said he respected the mandate of the people. "Leaders of both parties of coalition will hold

Kasaragod, May 23: Six Assembly seats in Kerala will go for a bypoll in the near future with the win of four more MLAs in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday. Following the demises of former state finance minister and Kerala Congress (M) leader KM Mani and IUML MLA, PB. Abdul Razak, the bypolls were necessitated in Pala and Manjeshwar Assembly constituencies respectively. With the winning of four

Bengaluru, May 23: Tejasvi Surya, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youngest candidate, won in the Bengaluru South constituency by a huge margin of 3,31,192 votes against Rajya Sabha MP and veteran Congress leader BK Hariprasad With this the saffron party retained its bastion in Bengaluru. 28-year-old Tejasvi Surya secured 7,39,229 votes, while Billava stalwart BK Hariprasad won 4,08,037 votes. The

Mandya, May 23: Supported by BJP and a section of Congress leaders, Sumalatha, wife of late Congress leader Ambareesh, has defeated Nikhil Gowda, son of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, in Mandya. What seemed like a neck-and-neck fight in the morning soon turned into a landslide victory for the independent candidate, who secured 6,98,213 votes while Nikhil secured 5,71,777 votes. With this the 55

Karwar, May 23: Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde earned a distinction of retaining his Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat with highest margin of 4,79,649 votes. Hegde defeated his nearest rival JDS candidate Anand Asnotikar. After all rounds of counting, Hegde has bagged 7,86,042 votes and Asnotikar, the runner-up, has garnered only 3,06,393. This is the sixth victory for the hardline saffron leader in

Mangaluru, May 23: As predicted by several BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has not only achieved a hat-trick but also improved his performance in 2019 Lok Sabha polls leaving Congress in shock. When Mr Kateel had registered his second consecutive victory against Congress veteran B Janaradhana Poojary in 2014 general elections, the former had