Bellary Assembly Election 2023: Indian National Congress emerged as the clear winner in the electoral battle in Karnataka. The grand old party nominated B Nagendra from the Bellary Constituency for the polls. B Nagendra guarded his and his party's prestige from their current turf and defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's B Sreeramulu from the seat. Nagendra polled around 103836 votes whereas, Sreeramulu received 74536 votes.
Karnataka witnessed a tussle for power between political giants BJP and Congress. The bellary constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the state where the election was held on May 10 and the result was declared today (May 13). The constituency comes under the Bellary district of Karnataka.
In the 2018 assembly election, B Nagendra of the Congress outsmarted Sanna Pakkirappa of the BJP with a margin of 2679 votes.
In 2018, the Karnataka Assembly Elections were conducted on May 12. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) outsmarted Congress and JDS and gained 104 seats. But the saffron party failed to touch the majority 112 mark. Congress and JDS who secured second and third positions with 78 and 38 seats respectively decided to join hands to form a coalition government in the state.
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