The JD(S) has suffered a jolt in its stronghold — Hassan — while the Congress and the BJP strengthened their base. Hassan is native of party patriarch and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.
He campaigned extensively, despite his old age, in Hassan and that helped the party get back Hassan seat, which was won by the BJP last time. However, it lost both Sakaleshpur and Belur to the BJP. And, Arasikere is won by former JD(S) MLA K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, who joined the Congress before the elections. The Congress had not won any seat in the district in the last elections.
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