Congress candidate Madhu Madegowda, who enjoyed a head start in the poll campaign that started barely months following the death of his father G. Madegowda, a prominent farmers’ leader in the Cauvery heartland, has given the Congress party its first-ever victory in the elections to the Legislative Council from South Graduates constituency.
Hitherto, the Congress had never won from the constituency spread across Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, and Chamarajanagar ever since it was created in 1992. Out of the six elections held in the constituency so far, including one bypolls, the BJP has won on four occasions while the JD(S) emerged victorious twice, including the elections held in June 2016.
