Ramanagara Election 2023: Congress candidate HA Iqbal Hussain won the Ramanagara assembly seat in Karnataka, defeating former Karnataka chief minister HD Deve Gowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy and BJP's Gowtham Gowda. Hussain bagged 87,690 votes and won the seat by a margin of over 10,715 votes. According to the Election Commission of India, Nikil got 76,975 votes, while Congress candidate H A Iqbal Hussain bagged 87,690 votes. BJP candidate Gautam was in third place with 12,912 votes.
Ramanagara Assembly constituency of Karnataka Vidhan Sabha is one of the constituencies located in the Ramanagara district. It comes under the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency, along with eight other assembly constituencies. Janata Dal (Secular) has been securing Ramanagara seats since 2004, with former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy emerging victorious on four occasions -- 2004, 2008, 20013, 2018. Currently, this seat is represented by HD Kumaraswamy's wife Anita Kumaraswamy.
Major candidates in fray
Janata Dal’s (Secular) had put its faith in the grandson of former PM Deve Gowda, Nikhil Kumaraswamy. This was Nikhil's second attempt to enter electoral politics after he lost the Mandya Lok Sabha seat to independent candidate Sumalatha in 2019. BJP had fielded Goutham Gowda while Iqbal Hussain, who is a minority leader, is in the fray in Ramanagara from Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had given a ticket to Nanjappa Kalegowda.
In 2018, HD Kumaraswamy won the seat by defeating Iqbal Hussain of Congress with a margin of 22,636 votes. In the last assembly elections, HD Kumaraswamy contested from Ramanagara and Channapatna in old Mysuru region and won at both places. He later vacated Ramanagara seat for his wife Anita Kumaraswamy. This time Kumaraswamy is contesting only from Channapatna and his son is fielded from Ramanagara. His wife is not contesting in assembly elections.
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