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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).
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Congress leader and Siddaramaiah has won the election for the Varuna seat with 1,19,430 votes.
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Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has wins from the Varuna constituency with a massive 1,16,856 vote in his share.
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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.
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As the counting progresses, V Somanna is trailing behind with 42,928 votes against Siddaramaiah's 69731.
Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Results: Siddaramaiah ahead of V Somanna
Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 25,617 votes against BJP’s V Somanna.
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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.
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Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 52124 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 30048, from Varuna seat.
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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).
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Former CM Siddaramaiah is leading from Varuna constituency as the Congress leads in 120 seats in Karnataka Election.
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BJP’s V Somanna has secured 13180 from Varuna seat and is inching closer to Congress leader Siddaramaiah's vote share tally.
Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Siddaramaiah in lead
Congress leader Siddaramaiah leads by 18661 votes against BJP’s V Somanna, 13180, from Varuna seat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Varuna Assembly Karnataka Result 2023: Congress Leading
Currently, Cong candidate and leader Siddaramaiah is leading in Varuna.
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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.
Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Initial trends
Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Siddaramaiah leads against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candiate V Somanna.
Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result: Voter count
As many as 1,98,740 people voted in the May 10 elections.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Varuna Karnataka Assembly Election Result: Siddaramaiah leading
Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah is leading as per the roll out.
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,"
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.
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.
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.
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.