India News | Karnataka Polls: Swaroop Prakash of JD Snatches Hassan Seat from BJP
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Janata Dal (Secular) leader Swaroop Prakash on Saturday snatched the Hassan seat from the BJP's Preetham J Gowda, securing a victory by a margin of 7,854 votes.
Hassan, May 13 (PTI) Janata Dal (Secular) leader Swaroop Prakash on Saturday snatched the Hassan seat from the BJP's Preetham J Gowda, securing a victory by a margin of 7,854 votes.
The seat witnessed a neck-and-neck fight with the JD(S) candidate bagging 85,176 votes while the BJP's Gowda polled 77,322 votes. Congress candidate Banavase Rangaswamy was in third place with 4,305 votes.
In 2018, Gowda had broken the JD(S) monopoly on the seat, defeating H S Prakash by a margin of about 13,006 votes.
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