RR Nagar election result 2018-Congress takes huge lead over BJP-updates Counting is currently underway for the RR Nagar assembly election. Catch latest updates here
The counting of votes in Karnataka's Rajarajeshwari (RR) Nagar assembly constituency election is currently underway amid tight security arrangements.Contesting for the seat are Munirathna from Congress, BJP's Muniraju Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) candidate G H Ramachandra and 11 other candidates.According to latest trends, the Congress candidate has a significant lead over other candidates in the fray. RR Nagar recorded around 53 percent voter turnout in all 471 polling stations on May 28. A total of 14 candidates are in the fray in the constituency. Voting in the constituency, which was earlier scheduled to go on polls on May 12 with the rest of the constituencies of Karnataka, was postponed in light of the alleged fake voter ID scam. Before the May 12 polling for Karnataka assembly polls, 9,746 voter ID cards were found from a flat in SLV Park View Apartment in Bengaluru's Jalahalli locality by Election Commission (EC) officials on May 8.
Following the recovery of the voter IDs, a political slugfest had broken out between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both accusing each other of being involved in the scam. The Election Commission decided to countermand the election in the constituency. Here are the latest updates on 'RR Nagar election result 2018': Congress' Munirathna leading by 46,593 votes: After 12th round of counting, Congress candidate Munirathna was leading by a huge margin of 46,593 votes.BJP far second: After 9th round of counting, BJP's Muniraju Gowda was far behind the Congress candidate with 31,182 votes and GH Ramachandra of JDS was at third with 19,509 votes.
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