Update: 4.30pm
BJP failed to retain Raichur-Koppal local bodies’ constituency in Legislative Council, as the Congress candidate Basavaraj Patil Itagi won against his nearest contestant BJP’s C.V. Chandrashekhar by a margin of 328 votes.
Update: 4.14pm
The JD(S) candidate C.R. Manohar has won the Kolar Local Constituency defeating nearest Congress rival M.L.Anilkumar.
Update:2.26pm
BJP rebel candidate Basanagouda Patil Yatnal wins Vijayapura twin seat.
Update: 2.25pm
Independent candidate Vivek Rao Patil secured highest number of votes in the state. He secured 3951 votes from Belagavi constituency.
Update: 2.19pm
Congress candidate Prasanna Kumar wins in Shivamogga constituency. This has come as a huge setback for the BJP and former CM Yeddyurappa.
Update: 2.12pm
Congress candidate IT & BT minister S R Patil wins in Vijayapura twin seat
Update: 1.35pm
Congress candidate Dharmasena and JD(S) candidate Sandesh Nagaraj have won twin seats in Mysuru.
Update at 1.00pm
Huge setback for Devegowda as JD(S) candidate loses in Hassan. MA Gopalswamy with a total of 2037 votes defeated JD(S) candidate Patel Shivaram who received 1823 votes.
Update at 12.45pm
Congress candidate G Raghu Achar wins in Chitradurga constituency.
Chikmagalur seat won by BJP candidate MK Pranesh.
Independent candidate Vivekrao Patil and Congress candidate Mahantesh Kavatagimath win twin seats in Belagavi Constituency
Update: 12.24pm
Congress candidate Shrinivas Mane and BJP candidate Pradeep Shettar have won from Dharwad constituency.
Update: 12.13pm
Congress candidate S Ravi wins in Bengaluru Rural constituency
Update: 12.10pm
Congress candidates are leading in 13 out of 25 seats.
Update: 12.09pm
BJP candidate Kota Shrinivas Poojary and Congress candidate Pratapchandra Shetty have won twin seats in the MLC election from Dakshina Kannada constituency.
The BJP candidate secured 2,977 first priority votes, while Congress candidate Pratapchandra Shetty got 2,237 first priority votes. Independent candidate J P Hegde secured 872 first priority votes and another independent candidate Harikrishna Bantwal received only 127 first priority votes.
Update: 11.54am
Congress candidate Vijay Singh wins in Bidar constituency
Update: 11.29am
Congress candidates are leading in Bellary, Chitradurga, Hassan constituencies.
Update: 10.58am
BJP candidate Sunil Subramani wins in Kodagu constituency.
Update: 10.53am
Congress candidate M Narayanaswamy won by 1394 votes. BJP candidate got 1302 votes.
The Rebel Congress candidate Dayananda Reddy polled only 9 votes.
Congress is leading in four of the 25 seats and BJP in two.
Earlier report:
MLC polls Update: Congress wins Bengaluru Urban seat
Bengaluru: The counting of the recently held MLC polls is underway across the state and the result will be out today.
The polls were held for 25 Local constituencies on December 28.
Congress candidate M Narayanaswamy was leading in Bengaluru Urban constituency. Meanwhile, in Kodagu and Chikkmagaluru, BJP candidates took an early lead. In Shivamogga, JDS candidate is ahead.
Supporters of N Narayanaswamy and Dayananda Reddy were involved in a verbal fight during the counting in Bengaluru.
Good numbers are crucial for the ruling Congress, which will help in getting Bills passed in the Upper House, as it has only 28 members against 30 of the BJP and 12 of the JD(S), besides four Independents. Besides BJP and JD(S), party rebels are also posing a threat in two constituencies for the Congress.
