Karnataka bye-elections results highlights: BJP wins Belgaum Lok Sabha, Basavakalyan Assembly seat, Congress retains Maski

BJP has won two of three seats in the 2021 bye-election. BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar won the Basavakalyan Assembly seat by a 20,620 vote margin against Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao. In the Maski Assembly Constituency, Congress candidate Basavanagouda Turvihal beat BJP's Pratapgouda Patil. And in the Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency, candidates of the Congress and BJP had to wait till the final round of the vote-counting to decide the winner. BJP's Mangala Angadi (wife of former Union Minister Suresh Angadi) has won the seat by a close margin of 5,240 votes against Congress candidate Suresh Jarkiholi. Thank you for tuning in! Do keep an eye out for continued coverage of the Karnataka bypolls and other Assembly elections.

Karnataka Parliament/Assembly constituencies' bye-election results 2021

Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka declares the results for all three -- Belgaum LokSabha, Basavakalyan and Maski assembly seats.

Election Commission of India declares result for Basavakalyan assembly bye-election 2021

BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar won the Basavakalyan assembly seat by a margin of 20,620 votes against Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao.

PM Modi thanks BJP Karyakartas for good performance in the bye-elections in Karnataka and other states

Election Commission of India declares result for Belgaum Lok Sabha bye-election 2021

BJP's Mangala Angadi beats Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi by 5,240 votes margin to win Belgaum Lok Sabha bye-election 2021.

In a nail-biting finish, BJP's Mangala Angadi has won the Belgaum Lok Sabha bypoll by a close margin against Congress Candidate Satish Jarkiholi. The Election Commission of Karnataka is expected to make the official announcement soon.

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BJP candidate Mangala Angadi's lead against Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi recedes to 2,903 votes in 89th round in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

BJP candidate leads by 4,137 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency in 88th round.

BJP candidate leads by 4,081 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency in 87th round.

BJP's Mangala Angadi leads by 3,967 votes against Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency in the 86th round.

BJP's lead increases against Congress by 3,530 votes in the Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency after 85th round.

BJP's Mangala Angadi has garnered 4,23,112 votes and the Satish Jarkiholi has secured 1,19,582 votes. Just five more rounds left.

After the 84th round, BJP's Mangala takes the further lead of 3,101 votes against Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi. Only six vote-counting rounds left.

Belgaum Lok Sabha bypolls: After trailing for more than 40 rounds, BJP takes lead against Congress

After trailing for long, BJP candidate Mangala Angadi takes lead by 2,692 votes against Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi in the 83rd round of vote-counting.

After the 82nd round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi's lead against BJP's Mangala Angadi reduced to just 293.

After the 81st round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi's lead against BJP's Mangala Angadi reduced to just 488 votes.

After the 79th round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi leads by 2,049 votes against BJP's Mangala Angadi.

After the 78th round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi is leading by 1,705 votes against BJP's Mangala Angadi for the Belgaum Lok Sabha bye-election.

Vote counting is the final stages for Belgaum Loksabha bypolls

Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency vote-counting isturning out to be a nail-biter, asno candidate is taking the decisive lead with few rounds of counting left.

After the 77th round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi's lead reduced to 1,972 votes against BJP's Mangala Angadi.

In the 75th vote-counting round, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi's lead decreases to 4,944 against BJP's Mangala Angadi.

After the 70th round,Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi maintains alead of 5,380 votes against BJP's Mangala in theBelgaum Lok Sabha Constituency bypolls.

After 66 rounds, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi is leading by 9,257 votes against BJP's Mangala in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

Congress consolidates lead in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency

As per the latest report, Satish Jarkiholi's lead against BJP's Mangala increases by 10,694 votes.

Congress' lead against BJP increases to 8,976 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

DH Political Theater: Karnataka Bypolls 2021

With every round of vote counting, we are witnessing a lot of twists and turns. Congress who was leading by more than 9,000 votes is now reduced to 5,362 against BJP.

As per the latest figure, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has secured 2,97,364 votes and BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has garnered 2,92,002 votes.

Sharanu Salagar: Amazing journey from being teacher to now becoming MLA of Basavakalyan

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Congress lead increases by 9,855 votes against BJP in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

Congress maintains lead in Belgaum

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi continues to maintain the lead in the by-election for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

After 51 rounds of counting, Jarkiholi polled 2,65,391 votes. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi polled 2,57,984 votes

Congress continues to lead in Belgaum Loksabha constituency

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has secured 2,51, 910 votes. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has got 2,42,008 votes.

Congress regains lead in Belgaum

After the initial lead, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi began to trail in the following rounds. Now, he has regained the lead in the 48th round by 9,596 votes.

After the 48th round of vote counting, Jarkiholi had polled 24,6468 votes. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi was trailing and had polled 2,36,872 votes.

BJP wins Basavakalyana assembly seat

BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar has won the Basavakalyan seat by a 20,904 vote margin against Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao.

As per the final figure, Salagar got 70, 566 votes.

Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa congratulated Salagar on Twitter.

"My heartfelt thanks to all the voters in the constituency who have blessed the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Basavakalyana Assembly constituency bye-election. Congratulations to Mr. Sharanu Salagara, our candidate who has won the confidence of the people of the constituency," said BSY.

Congress Candidate Basanagouda Turvihal has reportedly won against BJP Candidate Pratapgouda Patil in Maski assembly bypolls. An official announcement is awaited.

Accepting defeat, Patil has left the vote-counting centre.

BJP's lead recedes in Belgaum

The lead maintained by BJP candidate Mangala Angadi in the by-election for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency has receded as counting progressed.

Angadi's lead has comedown to 5,709 votes. She has secured 1,87,919 votes.

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has garnered 1,82,210 votes. Independent Shubham Shelke has got 50,664 votes.

Basavakalyan: BJP maintains lead after the 18th round

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar continues to maintain a lead by 13,044 votes after the completion of the 18th round of counting.

BJP candidate has secured 44,614 votes while Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao got 31,570 votes. JD(S) candidate Syed Yasrab got 10,052 votes.

Basavakalyan: BJP maintains lead after the 17th round of vote counting

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar continues to maintain a lead by 11,787 votes after the completion of 17th round of vote counting.

BJP candidate polled 41,425 votes while Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao secured 29,638 votes. JD(S) candidate Syed Asrab got 9,686 votes. District Election Officer Dr. R Ramachandran is supervising the counting of votes.

Basavakalyan: BJP increases its lead

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar has steadily increased his lead since the first round of vote counting.

BJP candidate has a lead of 9,645 votes after the 15th round of counting. In the previous round, he had a lead of 8, 233 votes.

While Sharanu polled 35,725 votes, Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao secured 26,048 votes. JD(S) candidate Syed Asrab got 9,360 votes. BJP rebel candidate Mallikarjun Khuba relegated to the fourth position with 6,320 votes.

BJP maintains lead in Belgaum

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi leading by 13,703 votes. So far, she has garnered 1,53,839 votes.

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has got 1,40,136 votes. Independent Shubham Shelke secured 40,087 votes.

Congress gains massive lead over BJP in Maski

Congress candidate Basavanagouda Turvihal continues to maintain a massive lead by 20,000 after the completion of the 17th round of counting.

Sensing defeat, BJP Candidate Pratapgouda Patil has walked out of the counting centre.

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi maintains lead in Belgaum

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi continues to maintain the lead in the by-election for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

Angadi was leading by 11, 535 votes as counting progressed. She secured 1,34,916 votes.

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi polled 12,3381 votes. Independent Shubham Shelke got 34,493 votes.

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar at the counting centre in Bidar

BJP continues to lead over Congress in Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar continues to maintain a lead by 8,240 votes after the 12th round of counting.

While Salagar secured 28,728 votes, Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao got 20,488 votes. BJP rebel candidate Mallikarjun Khuba has garnered 4,514 votes. Counting of 64,437 votes completed and the remaining 83,210 votes are yet to be counted.

Maski BJP candidate Pratapgouda Patil walks out of counting centre

As Congress Candidate Basavanagouda Turvihal continued to increase the lead in the counting of votes polled in Maski assembly bypolls, BJP Candidate Pratapgouda Patil walked out of the counting centre.

Pratapgouda said the anti-incumbency factor is apparent in the constituency and the people of the constituency didn't give the vote for the BJP despite implementing several developmental works. The party leaders will introspect the reasons behind his defeat and will be abiding by the decision taken by the party, he added.

Congress gains massive lead over BJP in Maski

BJP widens lead over Congress in Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar continues to maintain a lead by 7,355 votes in the ninth round of counting.

While Sharanu has garnered 23, 354 votes, Congress candidate Mala B Narayan Rao has secured 15, 999 votes.

It should be noted that the BJP candidate has maintained the lead since the first round of the counting.

BJP widens lead over Congress in Belgaum

BJP lead increases by 9,370 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

So far, BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has secured 1,05,852 votes and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has garnered 96,482 votes.

In the last few rounds, BJP has managed to widen the gap with the second-placed Congress.

BJP leads by 6,080 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi polls 92,776 votes and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi polls 86,696 votes.

BJP continues lead over Congress in Belgaum

BJP leads by 3,541 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi garnered 87,468 votes and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has secured 83, 927 votes.

BJP continues to lead in Belgaum

As per the latest report, BJP leads by 3,380 votes in Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has garnered 70,873 votes and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi has secured 67,493 votes.

Maski: Cong leads by 7,047 votes after round six

After six rounds of vote counting, Congress Candidate Basanagouda Turvihal continuesto maintain the lead by 7,047 votes over BJP candidate Pratapgouda Patil in the Maski bypoll.

After three rounds, BJP continues to maintain lead in Basavakalyan

The BJP Candidate Sharanu Salgar continues to maintain the lead with 4,434 votes in the third round in the Basavakalyan assembly constituency bye-election.

While Sharanu polled 9,282 votes, Congress candidate Mala B Narayanrao secured 4,848 votes. BJP rebel candidate Mallikarjun Khuba has garnered 420 votes so far.

BJP overtakes Congress in Belgaum by-election

After trailing for several rounds, BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has taken lead over Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi inBelgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

As per latest report, Angadi is leading by 3, 065 votes by polling 54,508 votes.

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi is trailing with 51, 443 votes.

BJP takes lead in the 1st round in Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan BJP candidate Sharanu Salgar has taken lead over Congress candidate Mala B Narayanrao in the first round of the counting.

While BJP got 3,736 votes, Congress has secured 1,562 votes. JDS candidate Syed Yasrab Ali Quadri has received 549 votes.

Maski: Counting going on in a smooth note

The counting of votes of Maski by-elecrionis going on smoothlywithout any confusion and disruptions.

Heavy police have been deployed surrounding the counting centre at SRPS College.

Due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, the election Commission issued new guidelines prohibiting assemble of supporters of the candidates and public near the counting centre.

Shouting slogans have also been banned.

Congress' lead reduces against BJP in Belgaum

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi's lead in the by-election for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency receded as counting continued.

Jarkiholi has garnered 18,619 votes and is leading by 2,128 votes.

BJP candidate Mangala Angadi has secured 16,491 votes. Independent Shubham Shelke is third with 6321 votes.

Congress continues to maintain lead in Belgaum Loksabha bypolls

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi continues to maintain the lead in the second round of counting of votes for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency.

After the second round of counting, Jarkiholi has secured 17,075 votes. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi is trailing with 12,956 votes, while others polled 6,192 votes and NOTA votes were 375.

Cong maintains lead in 2nd round in Maski

Maski Congress candidate Basanagouda Turvihal continues to maintain the lead in the second round by 789 votes. While Congress got 2,989 votes, BJP has secured 2,200.

Counting of votes of the region where agitation for implementation of NRBC (Narayanpur Right Bank Canal) 5A canal is going on is being held.

Congress takes lead against BJP in round one in Belgaum

Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi leading in the first round of counting for the by-election for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi is trailing.

As of now,Satish Jarkiholi hasgot 9,816 votes and Mangala Angadi - 6,777 votes.

Counting of votes for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency bye-election begins in RPD College

Counting of votes of recently concluded bye-election of Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency began in the premises of RPD College, Tilakwadi.

Ten candidates are in the fray and are said to be a straight contest between BJP candidate Mangala Angadi and Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi.

Congress takes lead against BJP in Maski assembly constituency

Basanagouda Turvihal, Congress candidate for the Maski assembly constituency has taken the lead in the first round of counting. He has garnered 579 votes more than the BJP candidate Pratapgouda Patil.

Agent warned for misconduct during postal ballot count in Belagavi

While the ballot boxes containing postal ballots were being opened in the counting centre on the premises of RPD College, Belagavi, one of the counting agents attempted to create some problems.

Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Dr. K Harish Kumar inspected the situation and asked the agent to behave or leave the hall.

Counting of votes polled in the bye-election of Basavakalyan assembly constituency has begun at the premises of B V Bhoomareddy College in Bidar. There will be 28 rounds of vote counting.

Preparation of counting of votes polled in bye-election at B V Bhoomareddy Reddy college in Basavakalyan assembly constituency (Bidar).

Strong room is being opened to commence vote counting in Belagavi

Strong rooms were opened in the presence of District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner Dr K Harish Kumar, election observers, and counting agents of respective candidates.

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Vote counting to start at 8:00 am

Vote counting is slated to begin at 8:00 am and we expect to see the early trends in a couple of hours.

Covid-19 Protocol: Karnataka bypoll vote counting will take longer

The counting of votes polled in the by-elections of Belgaum Lok Sabha, Maski, and Basavakalyan Assembly constituencies is slated to start on Sunday (May 2), but it willtake double the time due to Covid-19 protocols.

It is estimated that the vote-counting may conclude around 4:00 pm in the evening.

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Voter turnout at bypolls of Belagavi Loksabha, Maski (Raichur) and Basavakalyan (Bidar) on April 17

Election Commission of India conducted bypolls of Belagavi Loksabha, Maski (Raichur), and Basavakalyan (Bidar) on April 17, 2021.

A total of 22,68,038 voters (including service voters) were eligible to cast their votes at 3,197 polling stations in the three constituencies where voting began at 7:00 am and concluded at 7:00 pm.

Among voters from all three segments, over 11.37 lakh were men and over 11.22 lakh were women.

A total of 30 candidates are in the fray from all three constituencies. While Belgaum has 10 candidates, Basavakalyan and Maski have 12 and eight respectively.

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