MLC Polls: BJP candidate Dhananjaya Sarji wins from South West Graduates Constituency
Mysuru: BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate Dhananjaya Sarji (BJP) won the biennial poll to the Karnataka Legislative Council – from the South West Graduates constituency.
Dhananjaya Sarji secured 37,627 votes and won with a margin of 24,111 votes against Congress candidate Aayanur Manjunatha, who secured 13,516 votes. K Raghupathi Bhat, a BJP rebel candidate who contested as an Independent secured 7039 votes and came in third place.
In the South West Graduates constituency – Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Kodagu, Shimoga, and Udupi districts – 78.19 percent polling was registered on Monday, as 66,497 voters cast their votes out of a total of 85,089 voters.
The counting of votes of polls for this seat concluded by Thursday midnight around 12.30 am at Maharani’s Science College on JLB Road, in Mysuru.
