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Athani Constituency Bypoll Result: BJP takes the seat with 39,989 votes

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mahesh Kumatalli​ won the Athani Constituency with 39,989 votes against Indian National Congress candidate Gajanan Mangasuli.

Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election 2019 Athani results counting of votes Image Source : INDIA TVKarnataka Legislative Assembly by-election 2019 Results

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mahesh Kumatalli​ won the Athani Constituency with 39,989 votes against Indian National Congress candidate Gajanan Mangasuli.

There are a total of 2,13,807 voters in this assembly of which 1,10,347 are males, 1,03,458 are females, and 2 are of the third gender. 

In the 2018 assembly elections, this seat was won by INC candidate Mahesh Eranagouda Kumatalli.

Athani is a part of the Chikkodi Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

Bye-elections for 15 of the 17 vacant seats in the Karnataka Assembly were held on December 5, 2019, and the votes were counted on December 8, 2019. 

The constituencies which have gone for by-polls are: Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Yellapur, Hirekerur, Ranibennur, Vijayanagara, Chikkaballapur, KR Pura, Yeshvanthapura, Mahalakshmi Layout, Shivaji Nagar, Hosakote, Krishnarajapete, and Hunasuru.

Karnataka-Athani
Result Status
O.S.N. Candidate Party EVM Votes Postal Votes Total Votes % of Votes
1 GAJANAN BHALACHANDRA MANGASULI Indian National Congress 59196 18 59214 35.71
2 MAHESH IRANAGOUD KUMATALLI Bharatiya Janata Party 99114 89 99203 59.83
3 DR.NAGANATH V YADGIR Uttama Prajaakeeya Party 878 0 878 0.53
4 VINAYAK PARAYYA MATHAPATI Karnataka Jantha Paksha 398 2 400 0.24
5 IMRAN MUKTAR AHMED PATEL Independent 781 2 783 0.47
6 RAVI SHIVAPPA PADASALAGI (SAVADI) Independent 317 0 317 0.19
7 RAJU PARASHURAM DAWARI Independent 1577 0 1577 0.95
8 SHRISHAIL TUKKAPPA HALLADAMAL Independent 1892 0 1892 1.14
9 NOTA None of the Above 1532 0 1532 0.92
  Total   165685 111 165796  

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