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BJP workers rejoice as Shankaramurthy, Karnik win Council poll

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June 13, 2012

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Mangalore, June 13: Bharatiya Janata Party activists in the city erupted in joy on Wednesday as their candidates D H Shankaramurthy and Ganesh Karnik were declared winners in the recently held elections to the Legislative Council.

Mr Shankaramurthy was elected to Legsilative Council from graduates constituency for the fifth time while Capt Ganesh Karnik was elected for the second time.

However, both of them could not reach the target (quota) in their respective constituencies. While Mr?Shankaramurthy polled 13,926 votes, S?P?Dinesh (Cong) managed to secure 10,140 votes and S?L?Bhoje Gowda (JDS) secured only 6,875 votes. Similarly, in the Teachers' constituency, Capt Ganesh Karnik (BJP)?polled 4,139 votes, Hosur Ramesh Joyappa (Cong) managed to secure only 627 votes.

Independent candidate K?K?Manjunath Kumar gave a tough competition to Karnik by securing 3,393 votes. The quota for graduates constituency was 14,066 votes while the quota for teachers' constituency was 4,558 votes. Both the winners could not achieve the desired quota.

The results were announces on Wednesday afternoon a couple of hours after the counting was started at Mysore. Polling for three Graduates' and three Teachers' Constituencies had taken place in the state last Sunday.

Soon after the results were announced the BJP workers celebrated 'Vijayotsav' in front of their party office in the city. Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat was also present.

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The State Information Commissioner in his order had termed the conduct of the KPSC as against the spirit of transparency among the public authorities.

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