Chandrashekar Patil wins by a margin of 4,651 votes in North East Graduates Constituency
The Hindu
In the electoral battle for the North East Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council, Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil retained the seat by bagging 43,484 votes to defeat his nearest rival Amarnath Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 4,651 votes. Amarnath Patil secured 38,833 votes.
In the electoral battle for the North East Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council, Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil retained the seat by bagging 43,484 votes to defeat his nearest rival Amarnath Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 4,651 votes. Amarnath Patil secured 38,833 votes.
In the first two rounds of counting first preference votes, Mr. Amarnath Patil took the lead over Dr. Chandrasekhar Patil. After the second round, Mr. Amarnath Patil secured 8,732 votes, while Dr. Chandrashekar Patil got 8,423 votes and independent candidate N. Pratap Reddy secured 6,163 votes.
In round three, Dr. Chandrashekar Patil‘s vote count rose to 13,878 votes, leaving behind Mr. Amarnath Patil with 13,163 votes. And, Pratap Reddy secured 8,118 votes. In the fourth round, Dr. Chandrashekar Patil’s total votes stood at 19,142 while Mr. Amarnath Patil secured 17,873 votes.
Until round six, there was only a narrow margin of votes between the Congress and the BJP candidates. And, after the completion of the seventh round, the margin increased to 3,459 votes. Dr. Chandrashekar Patil was in lead with 35,052 and BJP candidate polled 31,593 votes.
In the eighth round (final round of counting first preference votes), Dr. Chandrasekhar Patil secured 39,496 votes and Mr. Amarnath Patil secured a total of 35,050 votes. Mr. Pratap Reddy obtained 17,421 votes.
Of the total 1,09,031 votes polled, 96,518 were valid and 12,513 votes were rejected.
Regional Commissioner (Kalaburagi Division) and Returning Officer Krishna Bajpai announced the winning formula, i.e., obtaining more than half of the valid votes, and fixed the magic figure of 48,260 votes for a win.
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