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Bengaluru: BJP–JD(S)-backed candidate A P Ranganath has been elected from the Bengaluru Teachers constituency to the Karnataka Legislative Council, defeating Congress candidate Puttanna by 908 votes, according to the official result announced on October 27.
Ranganath secured 10,810 votes against Puttanna’s 9,902, Returning Officer and Bengaluru Regional Commissioner Amlan Aditya Biswas said in the district administration’s release.
Bengaluru Teachers result declared after counting
The release said Ranganath won at the end of the first-preference count. Voting in the biennial election was held on October 23, and counting began at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at Government Arts College on Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi in Bengaluru.
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