Bengaluru: BJP candidate Shashil G. Namoshi defeated Congress candidate Sharanappa Mattur in the North-East Teachers’ constituency election to the Karnataka Legislative Council, securing victory by a margin of 3,297 votes.
Namoshi polled 15,596 votes, while Mattur secured 12,299 votes, according to the results announced on Wednesday.
The victory is part of a broader electoral success for the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance, which won all four seats contested in two Graduates’ and two Teachers’ constituencies of the Legislative Council. BJP candidates won three seats, while JD(S) candidate A.P. Ranganath secured victory in the Bengaluru Teachers’ constituency.
