Vote from home – postal votes hold BJP; 16 votes win to C.K. Ramamurthy
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: BJP has won the prestigious Jayanagar assembly constituency by a margin of 16 votes. This is the smallest margin of victory in Bengaluru City district since redistricting, setting a record.
Congress's Dinesh Gundurao won by a margin of 105 votes in Gandhinagar assembly constituency, which was the smallest margin recorded. But by midnight on Saturday, that record was shared by BJP from Jayanagar assembly constituency.
The counting of votes for Jayanagar Assembly Constituency was held at SSMRV PU College, Jayanagar. When the counting of the voting machines was over, Soumya Reddy of the Congress had got 57,591 votes. BJP's C.K. Ramamurthy got 57,297 votes. When the Congress was leading by 294 votes, the BJP resorted to a recount of postal votes.
The counting of postal ballots which includes 'votes from home' was already over. About 30 votes were rejected out of them. Agents of BJP requested the election watchers to look into this. MP Tejaswi Surya also came to the place. On this occasion, Congress leader Ramalingareddy was also there and insisted that the rejected votes should not be reconsidered or recounted.
There were a total of 750 postal votes. There were also votes cast from home. Out of that 30 votes were rejected during counting because the official did not seal them. This is the fault of the officials, not the voters. As a rule these were urged to be checked. The officials took action accordingly, said Somashekar, BJP candidate's agent.
When the rejected votes are counted as normal, the BJP has a lead of 17 votes. Congress candidate Soumya Reddy alleged that one of those votes was rigged. It was thrown out. In the end, BJP's C.K. Ramamurthy was leading by 16 votes. As the results were announced, Ramalingareddy demanded that the Congress candidate, who was ahead by the old 160 votes, be declared the winner. D.K. Shivakumar, MP D.K. Suresh, BJP's R. As Ashoka and MP Tejashwi Surya arrived at the venue, a tense atmosphere was created.
This farce started from 3.30 pm on Saturday and continued till midnight. District Election Officer Tushar Girinath came to the place and reviewed the process of recounting of votes held three times. After proving that everything was in order, the Election Officer declared BJP's Ramamurthy won by 16 votes and distributed the certificate.
Finally, out of 750 votes, 500 votes went to the BJP and 190 votes to the Congress. The rest was distributed among other parties. Thus, in the end Ramamurthy got 57,797 votes including EVM votes, while Soumya Reddy got 57,781 votes. BJP won by the narrowest margin.
BJP gained again:
BJP's Vijayakumar, who had lost against Ramalingareddy twice in Jayanagar assembly constituency, had won twice in Jayanagar since 2008 after the constituency was redistributed. After his death in 2018, Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Soumya Reddy won with JDS alliance. This time BJP tried to regain this constituency. The narrowest margin of victory was recorded in a hotly contested field. Along with this, BBMP's former corporator C.K. Ramamurthy has entered the Legislative Assembly for the first time.
Everything as a rule:
Ramalingareddy first came inside the room of the counting center and shouted. Officials recorded the recount of each vote, BJP's C.K. Ramamurthy said.
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