In their first electoral outing as National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners in Karnataka, the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) suffered a setback on Tuesday, as their nominee was defeated by Congress candidate P. Puttanna, who retained his seat from the Bangalore Teachers’ constituency in the Legislative Council.
From all three parties
In the keenly contested election, former Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council and four-time MLC Mr. Puttanna polled 8,260 votes, defeating Janata Dal (Secular) candidate A.P. Ranganath by a margin of 1,507 votes. Mr. Ranganath, who lost to Mr. Puttanna for the second time in a row, polled 6,753 votes. Mr. Puttanna will get a three-year term. With the result, Mr. Puttanna has recorded wins to the Legislative Council from all the three parties.
