Bengaluru: K M Suresha has been elected from the Karnataka South East Graduates constituency to the Legislative Council, according to an official Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) update issued on Wednesday, October 28.
The consolidated tabulation records 66,020 first-preference votes for Suresha, listed as K M Suresha (Someshwara), against 42,922 for Shashi Hulikuntemutt. The difference between their first-preference totals is 23,098 votes.
What the first-preference sheet records
The official sheet, dated October 28, tabulates ten rounds of first-preference counting. It records 1,12,062 valid votes and 20,076 rejected votes, for a total of 1,32,138.
Suresha received 62,505 first-preference votes across the first nine rounds and a further 3,515 in the tenth round. Hulikuntemutt received 41,202 across the first nine rounds and 1,720 in the tenth.
The 23,098-vote difference reported here refers specifically to the first-preference totals in this sheet.
In the separate Bengaluru Teachers constituency election, A P Ranganath won by 908 votes, defeating Puttanna.
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Earlier SIR and Form 7 coverage — dated reports
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- DK Shivakumar Seeks Probe Into Pre-Printed Form 7 Applications, Source of Voter Data (1 October 2026)
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- HD Kumaraswamy Alleges Shivakumar’s SIR Protest Aims to Divert Attention From NICE Row (1 October 2026)
- Pralhad Joshi Questions Absence of FIR Over DK Shivakumar’s CEO Office Dharna (1 October 2026)
- DK Shivakumar Denies Staging Protest at Election Office, Says ‘File a Case if I Broke the Law’ (2 October 2026)
- Karnataka Congress Plans October 10–20 Padyatras Against Alleged Voter-List Deletions (8 October 2026)
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