Ramanagara Election 2023 Result Highlights: The counting of votes started at 8 AM today to decide the outcome of the election to the Ramanagara Assembly constituency in Karnataka.
The constituency has Nikhil Kumaraswamy from the Janata Dal (Secular) contest against Iqbal Hussain HA from the Indian National Congress (INC) and Goutham Gowda from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
HD Kumaraswamy from the JD (S) won the seat in 2018 by defeating Iqbal Hussain HA from the INC.
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The Deve Gowda family`s grand plan of launching Nikhil Kumaraswamy in politics was disastrous in 2019, when he was defeated by actress-turned-politician Sumalatha Ambareesh by a huge margin of 1.25 lakh votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Mandya.
Ramanagara Karnataka Elections 2023: Nikhil Kumaraswamy vs Iqbal Hussain vs Gowtham Gowda
Congress candidate Iqbal Hussain won the assembly seat with 87,690 votes, according to the Election Commission of India. JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost to his Congress counterpart with total 76,975 votes.
According to the Election Commission of India, the Congress has crossed the majority mark. Currently, INC is leading on 118 seats while the BJP is leading on 75 seats. The JD(S) is leading on 24 seats.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is trailing in the constituency by over 12,000 votes. INC candidate Iqbal Hussain HA is leading on this seat.
Among the 224-member Assembly, Ramanagara recorded the highest turnout at 78.22% on May 10.
JDS candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy is leading in the constituency as per the early trends by CNN News 18.
HD Kumaraswamy from the JD (S) won the seat in 2018 by defeating Iqbal Hussain HA from the INC.
The counting votes has begun for the Ramanagara constituency. Ramanagara residents cast their ballots for the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 on May 10.
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.