Cong concedes defeat in Karnataka bypolls

December 09, 2019 11:02

Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar concedes defeat as counting in the bypolls shows the BJP set to win. "We have to agree with the mandate of the voters of these 15 constituencies. People have accepted the defectors. We have accepted defeat, I don't think we have to be disheartened."

The Congress party was heading for defeat in nine out of its 12 seats, with the BJP making huge gains. The BJP was leading in 12 out of 15 seats.

Bypolls were held in 15 out of 17 assembly seats left vacant by MLAs who resigned in July, causing the collapse of the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition and the BJP's takeover.

The BJP currently has 105 MLAs and the support of one independent candidate, while the Congress has 66 and the JDS 3.

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