Karnataka election results 2024: Mallikarjun Kharge’s leadership helps Congress sweep Kalyana Karnataka
The Hindu
Karnataka Election Results 2024: AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge leads Congress to victory in Kalyana Karnataka, defeating BJP in all five seats.
In a big boost to All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge, the party comfortably won all five seats — Bidar, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Koppal and Ballari — in Kalyana Karnataka. It is a massive win for the grand old party as its candidates, including Mr. Kharge himself, were defeated by BJP candidates in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Though the region had been a Congress stronghold till 2004, the BJP made inroads with the help of mighty miners of Ballari in 2009 and the ‘Modi wave’ in 2014 and 2019.
The BJP won three seats and the Congress won two seats in 2009 when the Reddy Brothers of Ballari were at the peak of their power. The same results were repeated in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered national politics.
In 2019, the saffron party swept the region by winning all the five seats in the region when Mr. Modi sought second term in office.
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Five years down the line, the balance of power between the two parties completely tilted towards the Congress as its candidates won in all five seats – Sagar Eshwar Khandre defeated Union Minister Bhagwanth Khuba in Bidar, Radhakrishna Doddamani defeated Umesh Jadhav in Kalaburagi, G. Kumar Naik won against Raja Amareshwara Naik in Raichur, K. Rajashekhar Hitnal defeated Basavaraj Kyavater in Koppal and E. Tukaram won against B. Sriramulu in Ballari.
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