Kanakapura Election 2023 Result Highlights:
Karnataka Congress chief and Vokkaliga strongman D K Shivakumar emerged victorious in the Assembly polls for the eighth consecutive time on Saturday, retaining his Kanakapura seat with a huge margin of 1,21,595 votes. Shivakumar secured 1,42,156 votes against the 20,561 votes polled by his Janata Dal (Secular) rival B Nagaraju. Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) R Ashoka was in the third place with 19,602 votes. Shivakumar’s victory margin was much higher than in 2018, when he won the seat by 79,909 votes, defeating JD(S) candidate Narayana Gowda.
For the Vokkaligas and SC/ST and OBC communities, Shivakumar remains their favourite. With token presence so far in Kanakapura, BJP has fielded Ashoka, who is also contesting from Padmanabhanagar of Bengaluru. Ashok, one of the saffron party’s few prominent Vokkaliga faces, is contesting from Kanakapura to woo the powerful community.
Kanakapura Live Results: Tight contest between Congress' DK Shivakumar and BJP candidate R Ashoka.
Congress leader D K Shivakumar said that people have reposed faith in us and leaders have supported us. Shivakumar says he told the Gandhi family and AICC chief Kharge that he will deliver Karnataka.
Congress appeared headed for a simple majority in Karnataka, and on course to wrest power from the BJP. As per the latest trends, the M Mallikarjun Kharge-led party was leading in 119 constituencies, well above the 113-mark needed for a majority in the 224-member House.
Congress leader D K Shivakumar is leading by over 40000 votes from the Kanakapura constituency.
Shivakumar was ahead of his BJP rival, state minister R Ashoka, by about 6,000 votes.
The exit polls predicted a hung assembly with some showing Congress returning to power with a majority. A few exit polls also showed BJP ahead.
Congress top brass D K Shivakumar is leading by over 12542 from the Kanakapura constituency.
Congress leader D K Shivakumar, seven-time MLA, is leading from the Kanakapura constituency.
The Congress is the dominant party in Kanakapura and D K Shivakumar — nick-named ‘Kanakapura Rock’ — is a seven-time MLA from the constituency.
DK Shivakumar had on Wednesday said that he did not believe in the exit poll results, which predicted a hung Assembly while putting his party ahead, adding that they will cross the 146-seat mark.
18.89 per cent of its total population in Kanakapura Assembly constituency is Scheduled Caste population, whereas 1.86 per cent is Scheduled Tribe population.
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There are a total of 5.21 crore voters in Karnataka, which includes 2.59 crore women voters and 2.62 crore male voters. Of the total voters, 12.15 lakh voters are above the age of 80, 16,976 are above the age of 100, 4,699 are third gender and 9.17 lakh are first-time voters. This year the voter turnout recorded was nearly 72 per cent.