The end result can also be seen as a shot within the arm for Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar, who confronted his first election after taking up from his predecessor Siddaramaiah.
Whereas the BJP, which was left red-faced, has misplaced at the very least three votes in cross voting, the JD(S) that suffered an embarrassing defeat has misplaced at the very least 4. The confusion over the place the 4 additional cross votes got here to the Congress stays a bone of rivalry.
The outcomes instantly triggered tensions among the many NDA companions because the BJP insisted that 4 of its candidates had certainly voted in favour of the JD(S) candidate Govindraju. The regional get together refuted the declare and stated that the BJP members didn’t vote in its favour. Mr. Govindraju received 14 votes as in opposition to the regional get together’s power of 18 within the Legislative Meeting.
Finally, the Congress candidates – KPCC president B.Ok. Hariprasad, B.S. Shivanna, P.V. Mohan, Thippannappa Kamaknoor and Vinay Karthik -— gained the elections, together with the BJP candidates Lingaraj Patil and R. Raghu. Besides Mr. Patil, all others have been declared winner after the primary spherical of counting. One vote polled in favour of Mr. Raghu was declared invalid.
The BJP’s embarrassment was extra intense as their candidate Mr. Patil, who had been allotted 30 votes, acquired 27, and was declared winner within the elimination spherical. Primarily based on the votes acquired by Mr. Patil, the BJP claimed that solely three of its legislators cross voted. The cross voting, nevertheless, has uncovered chinks within the faction-ridden BJP’s State unit. Coming two years forward of the Meeting polls, this may doubtless result in the get together excessive command taking extra management of the State unit, sources stated.
The Congress’s fifth candidate Mr. Karthik, who didn’t have the required quantity earlier than the polls, lastly acquired 32 votes — the very best amongst all candidates within the fray. He’s the grandson of former Congress chief the late Sahukar Chennaiah.
The Congress that has claimed power of 140 seats within the 224-member Meeting, managed to obtain 151 votes collectively throughout 5 candidates.
Congress basic secretary answerable for Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala informed presspersons that the get together receiving 11 extra votes than anticipated was “historic.”
Mr. Shivakumar expressed “shock” at these further votes. “The variety of legislators from different events have reposed belief in us. Hope they may proceed to have belief in our programmes.”
When requested about cross voting, he stated, “I have no idea who has voted in our favour. I’ve not spoken to anybody.”
In the meantime, Chief of Opposition within the Meeting R. Ashok acknowledged that three of their legislators had cross-voted. “We are going to know who it’s and the get together will determine (on motion). There was one invalid vote too,” he stated.
Revealed – June 18, 2026 11:48 pm IST
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