MLC Results: NDA Sweeps Karnataka, SP Wins Varanasi Seats

The BJP and JD(S) won all four Karnataka Legislative Council seats, the Samajwadi Party took both Varanasi division seats, and Congress came away empty-handed in Karnataka, as counting for 28 graduates’ and teachers’ seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka ran into 29 October. Polling was held on 23 October. The results below come from reports by PTI and several outlets; two Maharashtra seats were still being counted at the last report.

Congress Loses Bengaluru Teachers’ by 908 Votes

In Karnataka, JD(S)’s A P Ranganath beat sitting Congress MLC Puttanna in Bengaluru Teachers’, 10,810 votes to 9,902. BJP’s Shashil G Namoshi defeated Congress’s Sharanappa Mattur by 3,297 votes in North-East Teachers’. BJP’s S V Sankanur and K M Suresh won the West and South-East Graduates’ seats, according to Outlook India. The state Congress chief, B K Hariprasad, acknowledged the loss, the report said.

SP Holds Varanasi, Jan Suraaj Opens Its Account

In Uttar Pradesh, Oneindia reported that the SP’s Lal Bihari Yadav beat BJP’s Pramod Kumar Mishra in Varanasi Teachers’, and the SP’s Ashutosh Sinha beat BJP’s Kedar Nath Singh in Varanasi Graduates’. The BJP won the Meerut Teachers’ and Graduates’ seats. Outlets gave different party-wise counts for the 11 UP seats, so IPB is not publishing a tally.

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In Bihar, Jan Suraaj’s Suresh Prasad Rai won Darbhanga Teachers’, defeating former Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha, in the party’s first council win. The RJD won Patna Teachers’, ending the BJP’s Nawal Kishore Yadav’s hold on the seat, which he had held since 1996, Oneindia reported.

Two Maharashtra Seats Still Open

PTI reported that Shiv Sena’s Kiran Sarnaik won Amravati Teachers’, BJP’s Kaustubh Gawade won Pune Teachers’ with 23,117 votes against 16,347 for Sachin Sanap, and NCP (SP)’s Harshada Deshmukh-Jadhav won Pune Graduates’ by 9,928 votes over BJP’s Smita Jadhav.

Nagpur Graduates’ and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Graduates’ had not been formally declared in that report. Congress’s Abhijit Wanjari said he was leading in Nagpur after second-preference counting began, with the BJP’s Sudhakar Kohale ahead on first-preference votes. NCP (SP)’s Pratapsinh Patil reported a lead of about 17,000 votes in Sambhajinagar after the third round. Final declarations for both are the next thing to watch.

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Source: Based on reporting by PTI via ThePrint, Outlook India and Oneindia.

Image: Oneindia.