Congress party scripted history in the elections to the Legislative Council from South Graduates’ constituency on June 16 by recording its first-ever victory from the constituency. Congress candidate Madhu Madegowda defeated his nearest rival M V Ravishankar of the BJP.
After the counting of preferential votes, Mr Madegowda had secured 45,275 votes against the BJP candidate’s 33,878 votes. JD(S) candidate H K Ramu was pushed to the third position with 19,360 votes.
Mr Madegowda was formally declared elected after about 29 hours of counting, which began at 8 am on June 15. Regional Commissioner G C Prakash, who is also the Returning Officer, handed over the certificate of election to Mr Madegowda at the counting centre on June 16 afternoon.
