BENGALURU:
The BJP won the Belgaum Lok Sabha and Basavakalyan assembly segments in Karnataka while the Congress was able to retain the Maski assembly seat in the April 17 bypolls whose results were declared on Sunday.
According to officials, in Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency Mangala Suresh Angadi won by a margin of 5,240 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi by securing 4,36,868 votes.
While Mangala is the widow of sitting BJP MP and former Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, who died of COVID last year, Jarkiholi is the Congress state working president and Yamakanmardi MLA in Belagavi district.
An independent candidate Shubhan Vikrant Shelke, backed by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti and Shiv Sena, garnered over 1.24 lakh votes and stood third.
| O.S.N. | Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANGADI MANGAL SURESH | Bharatiya Janata Party | 436868 | 3459 | 440327 | 43.07 |
| 2 | SATISH LAXMANARAO JARKIHOLI | Indian National Congress | 432882 | 2205 | 435087 | 42.56 |
| 3 | VIVEKANAND BABU GHANTI | Karnataka Rashtra Samithi | 4770 | 74 | 4844 | 0.47 |
| 4 | SHRI VENKATESHWARA MAHA SWAMIJI | Hindustan Janta Party | 1955 | 60 | 2015 | 0.2 |
| 5 | MARALINGANNAVAR SURESH BASAPPA | Karnataka Karmikara Paksha | 1950 | 71 | 2021 | 0.2 |
| 6 | APPASHEB SHRIPATI KURANE | Independent | 1308 | 56 | 1364 | 0.13 |
| 7 | SHRI GOUTAM YAMANAPPA KAMBLE | Independent | 1366 | 24 | 1390 | 0.14 |
| 8 | NAGAPPA KALASANNAVAR | Independent | 2982 | 24 | 3006 | 0.29 |
| 9 | SHUBHAM VIKRANT SHELKE | Independent | 116923 | 251 | 117174 | 11.46 |
| 10 | SREEKANT PADASALAGI | Independent | 4347 | 41 | 4388 | 0.43 |
| 11 | NOTA | None of the Above | 10563 | 68 | 10631 | 1.04 |
| Total | 1015914 | 6333 | 1022247 |
In Basavakalyan, BJP’s Sharanu Salagar defeated the Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao, widow of sitting Congress MLA late Narayan Rao, who too died last year due to COVID, leaving the assembly segment vacant.
Salagar garnered 38,999 votes against Mala who got 27,406 votes. The JD(S) candidate Sayed Yasrub Ali Quadri was a distant third with 9,509 votes, officials said.
In Maski, Congress candidate Basanagauda Turvihal secured 86,222 votes and defeated his nearest candidate Prathapagouda Patil with a huge victory margin of 30,606 votes.
Patil was formerly a Congress MLA who had resigned from the assembly in 2019 and later joined the BJP.
His resignation had necessitated the bypoll.
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa greeted both the party candidates who won.
Congratulating Mangala Angadi, Yediyurappa tweeted, “Heartfelt congratulations to Mangala Angadi for winning the Belgaum Lok Sabha by-election.”
ಬಸವಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಭಾರತೀಯ ಜನತಾ ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಆಶೀರ್ವದಿಸಿದ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮತದಾರ ಬಂಧುಗಳಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು. ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಜನರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಗಳಿಸಿ, ಗೆಲುವು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ನಮ್ಮ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶರಣು ಸಲಗರ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರಿಗೆ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. @BJP4Karnataka
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) May 2, 2021
ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆಲುವು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿ ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಮಂಗಳಾ ಅಂಗಡಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಶ್ರೀ @narendramodi ಯವರ ನಾಯಕತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಂಬಲ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿ, @BJP4India ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗೆ ಆಶೀರ್ವದಿಸಿರುವ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಜನತೆಗೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾ ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು. @JPNadda@AmitShah
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) May 2, 2021
He also thanked the voters of Belagavi who reposed their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Greeting Salagar, he tweeted, “My heartfelt thanks to all the voters who have blessed the Bharatiya Janata Party in the by-election to the Basavakalyan Assembly constituency. Congratulations to Sharanu Salagar, our candidate who won the confidence of the people of the constituency.”
