K’taka bypolls: Cong leading in all 3 segments, Kumaraswamy’s son trails by 18,029 votes [Video]

As the counting for three Assembly segments for which bye-elections were held was progressing in Karnataka on Saturday, the Congress was leading in all three seats and also taking major leads in two segments.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was leading in all three Assembly segments early on has suffered a setback.

Importantly, the Congress has registered a lead by a huge margin in the high-profile Channapatna constituency.

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the NDA candidate from this segment.

According to official statistics released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), in the Channapatna constituency, Nikhil Kumaraswamy was trailing by 18,029 votes at the end of the ninth round.

Nikhil polled 37,286 votes while the Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwara has got 55,315 votes.

There are 20 rounds of counting for this segment which witnessed a remarkable 88.80 per cent voting in the bye-election, even as 192 voters opted for NOTA here.

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