Karnataka   

Shivakumar wins taluk panchayat bypoll

DAVANGERE: D. Shivakumar of the Congress won the byelection to the Alur Taluk Panchayat in Davangere taluk on Monday.

Mr. Shivakumar secured 2,508 votes while Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shankara Naika got 2,305 votes. The Janata Dal (S) candidate, H. Raju Naika, got 747 votes.

Alur constituency was left without a representative following the resignation of M. Basavaraja Naika, who was elected to the Assembly from Mayakonda constituency.

The total number of votes recorded was 5,715, of which 155 were declared invalid.

D. Basavaraj, general secretary of the District Congress Committee, while congratulating Mr. Shivakumar, said the result showed that the people were beginning to reject the B.S. Yeddyurappa Government.

Supporters of Mr. Shankara Naika and Mr. Raju Naika clashed after the elections. The police came to the spot immediately and brought the situation under control.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Defeat BJP, Congress urges voters
Shivakumar wins taluk panchayat bypoll
Mysore Musings
Girl drowns
Drawing the crowds
Kharge puts blame on partymen themselves
Workshop
‘There is no direct evidence to prove father-son duo’s terrorist links’
Communalism has no place in society, says Medha Patkar
Abandoned prayer hall destroyed by fire
Contact classes
In monumental mockery words and ideas

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu