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Karnataka Assembly Election result 2023: These new MLAs won by a margin of 50,000 votes or more

2 min read 13 May 2023, 10:58 PM IST Edited By Anwesha Mitra

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar was among 12 party candidates who defeated their closest rivals by a margin of over 50,000 votes in the state assembly results declared on Saturday. Four seats also saw BJP candidates pull off a similar feat.

Folk artists perform during Congress party's celebrations after the party's decisive lead in Karnataka Assembly elections, in Bengaluru. (PTI) — Folk artists perform during Congress party's celebrations after the party's decisive lead in Karnataka Assembly elections, in Bengaluru. **(PTI)**

The Congress secured a landslide victory in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly elections with several candidates recording a win margin of 50,000 votes or more. And while some new members of the 224 seat Assembly won by a scant handful of votes, others left their rivals gasping in the dust. Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar incidentally tops this list with a margin of 1,22,392 votes - maintaining a winning streak since 1989.

Here are some of the candidates who won the elections by a margin of 50,000 votes or more:

Chamrajpet - Congress candidate BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan defeated former Bengaluru Police Commissioner and BJP candidate Bhaskar Rao, by a margin of 53,953 votes.
Athani - Congress candidate Laxman Sangappa Savadi won by 76,122 votes from the Belagavi district of the Mumbai-Bengaluru region. His closest rival was BJP's Mahesh Kumathalli.
Belgaum Rural - Congress leader Laxmi Hebbalkar defeated BJP candidate Nagesh Manolkar by a margin of over 56,016 votes.
Chamrajpet - Congress candidate BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan defeated Bhaskar Rao of BJP by a margin of 53,953 votes.
Chikkodi-Sadalga - Ganesh Hukkeri of the Congress party won the Assembly seat of Chikkodi-Sadalga by a margin of 78,509 votes.
Chitradurga - Congress candidate KC Veerendra Puppy outshone his closest rival – GH Thippa Reddy of the BJP – by a margin of 53,300 votes.
Kolar Gold Field - Congress' Roopa Kala M defeated BJP's Ashwini Sampangi by a margin of 50,467 votes.
Kollegal - AR Krishnamurthy of the Congress won by a margin of 59,519 votes against BJP's N Mahesh.
Kudligi - Congress candidate Srinivas NT bagged the seat with a victory margin of 54,350 votes. His closest rival was Lokesh Nayaka of BJP.
Pulakeshinagar - Congress leader AC Srinivasa defeated BSP candidate Akanda Srinivasa Murthy R by 62,133 votes.
Sarvagnanagar - Kelachandra Joseph George of Congress defeated Padmanabha Reddy of the BJP by 55,768 votes.
Yemkanmardi - Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi defeated BJP's Basavaraj Hundri by 57,211 votes.
Basavanagudi - BJP candidate Ravi Subramanya LA won by a margin of 54,978 votes against Congress' UB Venkatesh.
Khanapur - BJP's Vithal Somanna Halagekar defeated his Congress opponent Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar by a margin of 54629 votes.
Mahalakshmi Layout - BJP leader K Gopalaiah defeated his rival candidate Congress' Keshavamurthy by a margin of 51,165 votes.
Padmanaba Nagar - BJP's R Ashoka defeated Congress' V Raghunatha Naidu by a margin of 55,175 votes.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Updated: 13 May 2023, 10:58 PM IST