Chamarajanagar: Congress candidate C Puttarangashetty won the seat against BJP candidate V Somanna. Puttarangashetty secured 7,500 more votes than his rival candidate.
In Chamarajanagar, currently, Congress is holding the seat, with C Puttarangashetty was again in the fray against the regional as well as national parties.
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JDS-- AM Mallikarjuna Swamy
Congress-- C Puttarangashetty
BJP-- V. Somanna
Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore district in the year 1997. The town is also known as “silk city”.
Meanwhile, the district will witness a major brawl between the leaders of Congress, JD-S and the Bharitya Jatana Party. As the seat is currently under the Congress regime, the saffron party has brought top leaders to campaign against the Opposition parties. Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also conducted a roadshow in the region where he boasted his claims about winning the next polls.
Earlier in 2018, C Puttarangashetty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party by over a 50,000 margin.
