The Congress party scripted history in the elections to the Legislative Council from South Graduates constituency on Thursday by registering its first-ever victory with party candidate Madhu Made Gowda defeating his nearest BJP rival M.V. Ravishankar.
After the conclusion of the last round of counting of preferential votes on Thursday, Mr. Made Gowda had secured 46,082 votes against M.V. Ravishankar’s 33,878 votes. The JD(S) candidate H.K. Ramu was pushed to the third position with 19,360 votes.
The Congress candidate was formally declared elected after about 29 hours of counting which began at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Regional Commissioner G.C. Prakash, who is also the Returning Officer, handed over the certificate of election to Mr. Made Gowda at the counting centre on Thursday afternoon.
