Live! Congress ahead in LS by-polls in Karnataka

August 24, 2013 10:29

The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JD-S in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 bypolls as counting of votes was taken up today.

Congress' candidate actress Ramya was ahead of her opponent C S Puttaraju by over 12,000 votes while her party colleague D K Suresh had established a lead of over 18,000 votes against JDS' Anita Kumaraswamy, wife of former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, in the third round, officials said.

Both Mandya and Bangalore Rural seats were held by JDS in its heartland. The Congress swept to power in the May Assembly polls and JDS had fought an acrimonious and bitter battle.

The BJP had backed JDS candidates in the two segments, where bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of N Cheluvarayaswamy (Mandya) and Kumaraswamy (Bangalore Rural) who quit after being elected to the Assembly in May.

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