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Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Congress Leader Siddaramaiah WINS

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Siddaramaiah, the leader of the Congress and a former chief minister, wins the Varuna constituency which comes under the Mysore district against V Somanna, a state minister for the BJP, and Bharathi Shankar of the JD(S).

 

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Congress Leader Siddaramaiah WINS
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Karnataka Election Varuna Assembly Constituency 2023: In this election, Dr. Bharathi Shankar, the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate  and Minister for Housing V Somanna of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), faced off against the winning candidate and Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah in this traditionally stronghold of the Congress party.

One of the 224 constituencies for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Varuna is part of the Mysore district. The Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 took place in Varuna on May 10, and the results will be announced on May 13.

The Varuna seat fielded 23 candidates for the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. The Indian National Congress won 80 seats, including Varuna. In a one-sided election, Yathindra S of the Indian National Congress won single-handedly by defeating T Basavaraju of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a massive majority of 58,616 votes.

Siddaramaiah has defended his family bastion, with the former chief minister winning in 2008 and 2013, and his son Yathindra taking the seat in 2018 by beating BJP contender T Basavaraju by a margin of 58,616 votes and garnering 52.53 percent of the total votes cast and now keeping the winning streak on with a whooping vote share of 1,19,430 votes.

Varuna had 1,98,740 voters out of a total electorate of 2,34,533, making the turnout on May 10 84.74%, the highest since the segment was formed in 2008 from Chamundeshwari, T Narasipura, and Nanjangud. The electoral contest between Lingayat strongman and BJP minister V Somanna and opposition leader Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba, is blamed for the high voter participation.

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15:33 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result Update: 'We have won, and now we have to work'

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge emphasises, "We have won, and now we have to work. I don't want to criticize anybody," on the party's win in Karnataka.

Congress leader and Siddaramaiah has won the election for the Varuna seat with 1,19,430 votes.

14:58 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result LIVE: Siddaramaiah WINS

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has wins from the Varuna constituency with a massive 1,16,856 vote in his share.

14:50 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Congress leading on the home turf

Congress leader Siddaramaiah is leading by over 44,167 votes with BJP candidate V Somanna trailing behind.

14:29 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Congress in lead

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah is in lead with 98,035 votes in his share.

13:58 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Siddaramaiah secures lead

Congress stalwart Siddaramaiah leads by 30,019 votes Varuna, a keenly watched constituency in the state owing to its Lingayat domination, has the potential to impact the overall result of the Karnataka Assembly Election.

13:43 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: 'Rahul Gandhi to be country's PM in 2024'

Rahul Gandhi will become the nation's prime minister in 2024, according to Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leader. He said that the Karnataka result will pave the way for Congress to win in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024.

 

13:36 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: BJP’s V Somanna is trailing

As the counting progresses, V Somanna is trailing behind with 42,928 votes against Siddaramaiah's 69731.

13:18 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: Siddaramaiah ahead of V Somanna

Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 25,617 votes against BJP’s V Somanna.

13:05 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result LIVE: Siddaramaiah leads

Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 12759 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 7471, from Varuna seat. According to trends, Somanna is trailing against Siddaramaiah by over 22,000 votes.
 

12:49 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Elections Results: Siddaramaiah Ahead

Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 52124 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 30048, from Varuna seat.

12:39 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: 'V Somanna to lose in both seats'

According to Congress leader Siddaramaiah, when the results of the Assembly elections are announced later in the day, V Somanna of the Bharatiya Janata Party would lose in both the Varuna and Chamarajanagar constituencies.

12:38 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Contesting candidates in Varuna

The candidates contesting in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections from Varuna are: V Somanna (BJP); Siddaramaiah (INC); Shiva E (KPPRP); Ravikumar M (KRS); Rajesh (AAP); Pyarijan (IND); N Ambarish Kadamba Naa Ambarish (KJP); Mahadevaswamy R (UPP); M Mahesh (IND); Krishnamurthy M (BSP); K Nagesha Naika (SJPK); Dr U P Shivananda (IND); Dr Bharathi Shankar N L (JDS); Chethan E (IND); Arun Linga Kannada Chakravarthi (KDP).

12:28 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads

Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah is leading with 38731 votes from the Varuna assembly constituency.

12:16 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result LIVE: Counting Underway, Siddaramaiah leads

Siddaramaiah leads Somanna in Varuna by over 10,000 votes, counting underway. Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads with 38731 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 22816, from Varuna seat.

11:50 IST

Varuna Election Result 2023 Live: 'Will form government'

Senior Congressman Siddaramaiah claimed that Congress party is going to come to power on its own by winning more than 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and that the state's voters were unaffected by the visits of the BJP leadership led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

11:47 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: BJP's Somanna faces tough challenge

According to initial trends, Somanna is trailing against Siddaramaiah by over 9,000 votes.
 

11:43 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: Congress leads in 120 seats

Former CM Siddaramaiah is leading from Varuna constituency as the Congress leads in 120 seats in Karnataka Election.

11:37 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: BJP’s V Somanna inching closer

BJP’s V Somanna has secured 13180 from Varuna seat and is inching closer to Congress leader Siddaramaiah's vote share tally.

11:34 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Siddaramaiah in lead

Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 18661 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 13180, from Varuna seat.

11:25 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Congress leading with 5000+ vote share

The Indian National Congress is leading the vote share tally with 12759 in it's kitty and with Bharatiya Janata Party trailing behind at 7471 votes.

11:21 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Siddaramaiah marching ahead of the rest

Siddaramaiah is leading the vote share tally with a total vote share of 12759 votes.

11:10 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Who is V Somanna?

V Somanna, 72 is the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development govt of Karnataka and is the Member of Karnataka Vidhan SabhaNo.166 Govindarajanagar Assembly Constituency currently.

11:01 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: BJP's V Somanna Trailing Behind

Minister for Housing V Somanna from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trailing behins with a vote percentage of 35.42 and a total vote share of 3866.

10:58 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Siddaramaiah leading with 60.24% of votes

Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah is leading with 60.24% of votes, with a total of 6576 total votes in his favour.

10:56 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Extent of Varuna constituency

Varuna seat is bordered by a total of 8 Assembly districts in the state of Karnataka, including Chamundeshwari, Shrirangapattana, T Narasipur, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, Nanjangud, Heggadadevankote, and Gundlupet. This constituency and have a shared interstate boundary.

10:41 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Results: Number of Candidates

In all, 15 people contested for this position in the elections of 2023. For this seat, there were 23 candidates running in 2018, 27 in the 2013 Assembly elections, and 12 in 2009.

 

10:37 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Past winners

Yathindra S of the INC defeated T Basavaraju of the KJP in this seat in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections by a margin of 58,616 votes, or 33.49% of the total votes cast for the seat. In this seat, INC received 55.09% of the vote in 2018.

 

10:35 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Voter Turnout in 2018

In the 2018 Assembly polls, there were a total of 2,13,812 eligible electors, of which 1,11,983 were male, 1,09,052 female and 18 electors of the third gender.

10:25 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: History of the Varuna seat

Yathindra Siddaramaiah of the INC won the seat in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections by a margin of 58,616 votes over T Basavaraju of the BJP.  Siddaramaiah won the seat on an INC ticket in the last elections in 2013. He beat Kapu Siddalingaswamy of the Karnataka Janata Paksha.

Siddaramaiah won the seat in 2008 by beating L Revanasiddaiah of the BJP. 

10:13 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Why is the Varuna seat important?

Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's family holds a significant position in the Varuna assembly. In the past, Siddaramaiah has twice won the seat in Karnataka elections—in 2008 and 2023. Additionally, Yathindra, his son, won the district in 2018.

 

10:11 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Who is Siddaramaiah?

Since December 2019, Siddaramaiah, 75, has presided as the opposition's state assembly leader. After Congress lost the state's majority in May 2018, he resigned from his position as Chief Minister.  From 2013 to 2018, he presided as chief minister for a period of five years. He has held the position of deputy chief minister of the state twice.

 

09:53 IST

Varuna Assembly Karnataka Result 2023: Congress Leading

Currently, Cong candidate and leader Siddaramaiah is leading in Varuna.

09:39 IST

Varuna Karnataka Constituency Result: 'Congress will get an absolute majority'

Yathindra Siddaramiah, Congress leader and the son of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, expressed confidence in Congress' ability to secure an absolute majority and take control on its own. Additionally, he suggested that his father take over as chief minister of Karnataka in the interest of the state.

 

09:28 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Initial trends

Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Siddaramaiah leads against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candiate V Somanna.

09:25 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Voter count

As many as 1,98,740 people voted in the May 10 elections.

09:09 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result 2023: Postal Ballots

In postal ballot ballots, former CM Siddaramaiah is in the lead. In Varuna, there are 855 potal ballot votes.

 

09:03 IST

Varuna Karnataka Constituency: BJP's V. Somanna Trailing

Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate and Minister of Housing V. Somanna is trailing behind  Indian National Congress's Siddaramaiah currently.

08:48 IST

Varuna Karnataka Constituency: All Eyes On Top Candidates

The seat has been a Siddaramaiah family bastion, with the former chief minister winning in 2008 and 2013, and his son Yathindra winning the seat in 2018. Minister for Housing V Somanna from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a major candidate for the seat. The massive voter turnout is attributed to the electoral battle between opposition leader Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba, and BJP minister V Somanna, a Lingayat strongman.

08:40 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Tough contest

There is a close race between JDS candidate Dr. Bharathi Shankar, former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah, and BJP Minister for Housing V Somanna.

08:32 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Siddaramaiah leading

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah is leading as per the roll out.

08:06 IST

Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Siddaramaiah Stronghold

After casting his ballot, Siddaramaiah said, "There is a tremendous response from the voters. I will get more than 60 per cent of the votes. Congress will form the government on its own. I am not going to retire but I will not contest elections. This is my last election," 

 

08:01 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Counting Begins Soon

Out of 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, the winning party must have at least 113 seats from the government in Karnataka.

Watch all Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result LIVE

07:49 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Contesting Candidates

Top Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah will compete in the Varuna constituency against state minister V Somanna of the BJP and JD(S) candidate Bharathi Shankar. The former CM hopes to maintain his recent winning record in this seat dating back to 2008.

07:38 IST

Varuna  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Voter Gender Ratio

According to the electorate's gender ratio, Varuna in 2023 is 975 female voters for every 1,000 male voters.

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