Hassan Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result: Prajwal Revanna Loses

HassanLok Sabha Seat Result 2024: Prajwal Revanna loses the Hassan seat to Congress candidate Shreyas Patil

Hassan Lok Sabha Seat Results 2024: The sitting MP from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna loses the election who is in the eye of a storm after multiple cases of sexual assault and rape were registered against him to Congress candidate Shreyas Patil. Hassan became a high-profile controversial seat after sitting MP Revanna's alleged sex tapes went viral. The Congress candidate for the seat is Shreyas Patel. As per exit polls, Revanna is likely to retain the seat.

Hassan Election Results 2024 Updates

12: 39 PM: The sitting MP from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna loses election who is in the eye of a storm after multiple cases of sexual assault and rape were registered against him

12: 07 PM: At Hassan, Congress candidate Shreyas Patel is leading by around 4,000 votes against Prajwal Revanna by a slim margin of 4,000 votes.

10: 26 AM: The tallying of votes has started in Karnataka's Hassan, with initial trends showing JD(S)'s Prajwal Revanna leading in the Hassan seat, while UPP's Prathapa K.A is currently second.

9: 39 AM: Prajwal Revanna from JD(S) is leading in Hassan with Shreyas M. Patel from INC is trailing

8: 44 AM: Here's a look at who's contesting this time around:

Shreyas Patel (INC), Gangadhar Bahujan (BSP), S.K. Ningaraja (BBP), Prajwal Revanna (JD(S)), Devarajachari M.Y. (KRS), H D Revanna (PMPT), Shivaraj. B (RPIB), Prathapa K.A (UPP), R.G. Ramedevarapura (Independent), B.N. Suresha (Independent), Basavaraju J.D. (Independent), Hemanth Gaveesh (Independent), K.R. Gangadharappa (Independent), Santhosh B.N. (Independent), Siddabhovi (Independent)

8: 35 AM: As the counting of votes in the Hassan seat progresses and we await the declaration of results

8:23 AM: Prajwal Revanna from JD(S) is ahead in Hassan, with Prathapa K.A from UPP trailing in the early vote count.

8:01 AM: The vote counting process for Hassan has officially commenced at 8 AM.

7: 52 AM: During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, JD(S) secured success in the Hassan constituency, with Prajwal R being elected as the Member of Parliament after garnering 676,606 votes. Manju A, the BJP candidate, came in second with 535,282 votes.

7: 01 AM: In the previous Lok Sabha election, JD(S) emerged victorious in Hassan. What will unfold this time? Stick around for the freshest updates on vote tallying from the Hassan constituency.

6. 49 AM: Counting of votes to start from 8 am. Postal ballots are to be counted first and EVMs to be opened around 8.30 am or 8.45 am.

Background Details Of The Seat

In the second phase of voting in Hassan, sitting MP Prajwal Revanna was entangled in an alleged sex scandal case. The JD(S), which has held Hassan since 2004, faces challenges due to regional imbalances and unfulfilled promises, particularly concerning irrigation projects.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prajwal Revanna defeated BJP's A Manju by a margin of 1.4 lakh votes, with no alliance between JD(S) and BJP. In the 2014 general elections, former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda defeated the Congress candidate by one lakh votes.

Meanwhile, the BJP-led NDA is expected to dominate in Karnataka. According to India Today-Axis My India Exit Poll predictions, the ruling coalition is likely to win between 20 and 22 seats in the state, while the Congress, which saw a significant victory in last year's assembly polls, is expected to secure three to five seats.