Ranibennur Constituency Result: BJP's Arunkumar Guttur defeats Koliwad of Congress by 23,222 votes

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Karnataka by-election 2019 Results Ranibennur: Congress' Krishnappa Koliwad leads after round 1

Ranibennur Constituency Result: Ranibennur is a Legislative Assembly Constituency in Haveri District of Karnataka. The 2019 Bypoll candidates are Krishnappa Koliwad - Indian National Congress, Mallikarjunappa - Janata Dal (Secular), Arunkumar Guttur - BJP. Ranebennur By-Election Results will be declared on 9th Dec 2019

There is a total of 2,29,149 voters in this assembly of which 1,17,041 are males, 1,12,094 are females, and 14 are the third gender. In the 2018 assembly elections, this seat was won by KPJP candidate R. Shankar.

Here are live updates of Ranibennur Constituency result:

O.S.N.	Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes
Karnataka-Ranibennur
Result Status
1	ARUNKUMAR GUTHTHUR (M M P)	Bharatiya Janata Party	95408	30	95438	55.52
2	K B KOLIWAD	Indian National Congress	72187	29	72216	42.01
3	MALLIKARJUNAPPA RUDRAPPA HALAGERI	Janata Dal (Secular)	979	0	979	0.57
4	I H PATIL	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party	349	0	349	0.2
5	GOUTAM SHIVAPPA KAMBALI	Yuva Karnataka Paksha	323	1	324	0.19
6	NAGAPPA NILAPPA SAUNSHI	Karnataka Jantha Paksha	104	0	104	0.06
7	Dr. G M KALLESHWARAPPA	Independent	104	0	104	0.06
8	PAVAN KUMAR.M	Independent	165	0	165	0.1
9	SHIVAYOGISWAMI.G.MAHANUBHAVIMATH	Independent	624	0	624	0.36
10	NOTA	None of the Above	1608	0	1608	0.94
	Total		171851	60	171911

Congress won this seat in 2013 Karnataka Assembly Elections with a margin of 6,788 votes (4.26%) securing 33.79% of the total votes polled. In 2013 the seat witnessed a voter turnout of 79.31%.

BJP won this seat in the 2008 assembly elections with a margin of 2,732 votes (2.18%) registering 47.29% of the votes polled. In 2018 elections this seat witnessed a voter turnout of 77.4%.

The Karnataka by-elections were necessitated after the disqualification of 17 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, whose rebellion led to the collapse of the HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government in July and paved the way for the BJP to come to power.

The BJP needs to win at least six of the 15 seats to remain in the majority in the 225-member assembly (including the Speaker, who has a casting vote), which would still have two vacant seats -- Maski and R R Nagar.