Bengaluru, June 3
In a setback to state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, the Congress has won majority of wards in his constituency of Shikaripura in Shivamogga district in the town municipal council poll there for which results were declared today.
Of 23 wards in Shikaripura that went to polls on Saturday, the Congress has won in 12, BJP eight and independents in three.
The BJP’s performance has also not been that good in other urban local bodies of Shivamogga district, considered as its bastion.
In Shiralakoppa town panchayat, the Congress has won in seven of 17 wards that went to polls, while the BJP managed two, the JD(S) three and Independents five.
In Hosanagara town panchayat, of 11 wards, the Congress and BJP managed to win four each, the JD(S) three.
In the district’s Soraba town panchayat and Sagara municipal council, the BJP fared better, winning six of 12 wards in Soraba; the Congress won four, JD(S) and independents have won in one each.
In Sagara of 31 wards, the BJP bagged 16, Congress nine, JD(S) one and independents five. The Congress and JD(S), which are in alliance in the state, had decided to go to polls separately. Results were declared on Monday for a total 140 wards in Shivamogga and Bengaluru Rural that went to polls Saturday. Of 140 wards, the Congress won 53, BJP 40, JD(S) 28, BSP one and independents 18.— PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/315I5Nb
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