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Jayaprakash Hegde wins Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat by 45,724 votes

March 21, 2012

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Udupi, March 21: Congress candidate K. Jayaprakash Hegde has won the Udupi-Chikmagalur Loksabha byelection by 45,724 votes against BJP's V. Sunil Kumar on Wednesday.


Mr. Hegde who maintained lead over his rival throughout the various rounds of counting finally won over his nearest BJP rival by a massive margin.


As per the latest details available Mr. Hegde has secured 3,98,723 votes and triumphs by 45,724 votes over Sunil Kumar, who has secured 3,52,999 votes while JDS candidate S.L. Bhoje Gowda secured 72,080 votes when the counting completed after 16 rounds. JD(S) candidate along with the remaining 11candidates have lost their deposits.


The Congress candidate, who had lost the Lok Sabha election in 2009 from the same constituency, maintained lead over the BJP rival in all the eight Assembly segments namely Kapu, Sringeri, Mudigere, Tarikere, Udupi, Karkala, Chikmagalur and Kundapur.

Mr. Hegde, the 59-year-old softspoken and well-behaved polititican, had continuously represented Brahmavar Assembly constituency until the seat was merged with the neighbouring constituency during the delimitation process.

He tasted electoral defeat in the 2009 Lok Sabha election against D.V. Sadananda Gowda by a margin of 27,000 votes. However, he remained active in politics and continued to respond to the problems of the people of Udupi on various occasions.

He won in the 1994 Assembly Elections with 46.34% of votes for Janata Dal party respresenting Brahmavar constituency. He was Minster for Ports and Fisheries from 1994-1998 in the Deve Gowda and J.H. Patel ministries.

Although he identified himself with the Janata Parivar from the very beginning of his career, he remained neutral along with M.C. Nanaiah and B.A. Mohidin when the party split into JD(S) and JD (U).

The fact that he won the elections as an independent candidate during the interim period when he could not identify with either of the Janta Dal groups, is a testimony to the popularity he enjoyed among the local people.

However, in 2008 Assembly Elections, he tasted his first defeat by losing by a vote percentage of 37.37% representing the Congress in Kundapura constituency.


He also took a foray into Karnataka Premier League by becoming the owner of Malnad Gladiators and took active part in the annual tournament.

Son of K.Chandrashekar Hegde, a former District and Session Judge and Registrar of Karnataka High Court, Jayprakash Hegde is also an advocate by profession.


He is married to Shobha Hegde and has two children a son ,Nishanth and a daughter,Divya.

My victory is 'triumph of honesty', says Jayaprakash Hegde

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