MYSURU: It was once in Chamundeshwari that chief minister Siddaramaiah faced what he has described as the hardest electoral combat in a political occupation that has spanned four a long time. It was once from this constituency that he contested the 2006 bypoll, after he left the JD(S). In a high-octane election where then CM HD Kumaraswamy and deputy CM BS Yeddyurappa campaigned towards him, Siddaramaiah emerged victorious.
Siddaramaiah subsequently selected to struggle the meeting elections in neighbouring Varuna constituency in 2008 and ‘13. However, mentioning that the 2018 meeting elections would be his last, the CM returned to the constituency where he made his bones as a statesman. With polling having concluded for the 2018 meeting elections, Siddaramaiah exuded self assurance of successful the Chamundeshwari seat via a large margin. However, the high voter turnout – Chamundeshwari registered a voter turnout of 76.05% on Saturday – and consolidation of positive groups of voters has ended in speculation within the section that a close contest might be on the cards.
Although Siddaramaiah admitted that the JD(S) candidate GT Devegowda, who could also be the incumbent MLA for Chamundeshwari, was once most probably to give him a difficult struggle, the CM has alleged that the latter is the use of money to win the seat. “He has spent money. But I don’t know where he has controlled to get the budget. But, one can't win elections merely via spending money. Nobody can. We want folks’s love,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
The CM, then again, mentioned that he might not be capable to secure the lead he had hoped for in Chamundeshwari. “I feel that the margin of victory in Badami constituency in Bagalkot district shall be higher than in Chamundeshwari,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
In the December 2006 bypoll, Chamundeshwari had registered a voter turnout of 66.three%. Interestingly, Siddaramaiah, contesting on a Congress price tag, polled 1,15,512 votes in the bypoll, which is the most secured via any candidate in Chamundeshwari. Although he accounted for 47.24% of the votes forged, the adaptation between him and the JD(S) candidate was once lower than zero.1%, and the margin of victory a paltry 257 votes, which, oddly enough, is the smallest margin of victory in the historical past of Chamundeshwari.
The wafer-thin margin that he secured in the 2006 bypoll was once handiest set in reduction via the thumping victory he had controlled in 2004, when he had romped to victory in Chamundeshwari via a margin of 32,345 votes as a JD(S) candidate.
A look on the vote casting pattern in Chamundeshwari since 2004 issues to a development of decreasing margins for the winner. While the winner in 2004 polled 15.49% more votes than the runner-up, it was once zero.1% in the ‘06 bypoll. In the 2008 elections, the winner polled 9.53% more, whilst it lowered further to four.01% in ’13. In 2013, the JD(S) candidate GT Devegowda controlled to wrest keep watch over of what had traditionally been the birthday party’s stronghold from the Congress.
In the past five years, JD(S) has handiest controlled to enhance its hold in the section, where it has bagged six of the eight zilla panchayat seats and 20 of the 30 taluk panchayat seats.
Sources in Siddaramaiah’s camp mentioned that they have been assured of a win, with the give a boost to of Ahinda (Kannada acronym for Dalits, Other Backward Classes and minorities). Apprehensions of the Dalit and ST votes being divided notwithstanding, Siddaramaiah’s aides consider that it don't have an enormous impact. “While many senior Vokkaliga leaders have campaigned for the JD(S), we've got gained give a boost to in Vokkaliga wallet equivalent to Jayapura Hobli. However, since majority of the Vokkaligas would have voted for the JD(S), the consequences could go right down to the twine,” a source mentioned.
Devegowda, alternatively, informed TOI, “I'm pleased with the give a boost to I've gained from folks of all communities. It will make sure my victory via an outstanding margin.”
Sources in the JD(S) predict Devegowda to win with a margin of 25,000 votes. “Dalits, STs, Lingayats have supported the birthday party, but even so our traditional voter base among the Vokkaligas. Except Kurubas, all of the major communities have supported the JD(S). This is a large consolidation towards Siddaramaiah,” a JD(S) source mentioned.
Murmurs of the BJP having tacitly supported the JD(S) in Chamundeshwari too are doing the rounds.
Siddaramaiah subsequently selected to struggle the meeting elections in neighbouring Varuna constituency in 2008 and ‘13. However, mentioning that the 2018 meeting elections would be his last, the CM returned to the constituency where he made his bones as a statesman. With polling having concluded for the 2018 meeting elections, Siddaramaiah exuded self assurance of successful the Chamundeshwari seat via a large margin. However, the high voter turnout – Chamundeshwari registered a voter turnout of 76.05% on Saturday – and consolidation of positive groups of voters has ended in speculation within the section that a close contest might be on the cards.
Although Siddaramaiah admitted that the JD(S) candidate GT Devegowda, who could also be the incumbent MLA for Chamundeshwari, was once most probably to give him a difficult struggle, the CM has alleged that the latter is the use of money to win the seat. “He has spent money. But I don’t know where he has controlled to get the budget. But, one can't win elections merely via spending money. Nobody can. We want folks’s love,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
The CM, then again, mentioned that he might not be capable to secure the lead he had hoped for in Chamundeshwari. “I feel that the margin of victory in Badami constituency in Bagalkot district shall be higher than in Chamundeshwari,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
In the December 2006 bypoll, Chamundeshwari had registered a voter turnout of 66.three%. Interestingly, Siddaramaiah, contesting on a Congress price tag, polled 1,15,512 votes in the bypoll, which is the most secured via any candidate in Chamundeshwari. Although he accounted for 47.24% of the votes forged, the adaptation between him and the JD(S) candidate was once lower than zero.1%, and the margin of victory a paltry 257 votes, which, oddly enough, is the smallest margin of victory in the historical past of Chamundeshwari.
The wafer-thin margin that he secured in the 2006 bypoll was once handiest set in reduction via the thumping victory he had controlled in 2004, when he had romped to victory in Chamundeshwari via a margin of 32,345 votes as a JD(S) candidate.
A look on the vote casting pattern in Chamundeshwari since 2004 issues to a development of decreasing margins for the winner. While the winner in 2004 polled 15.49% more votes than the runner-up, it was once zero.1% in the ‘06 bypoll. In the 2008 elections, the winner polled 9.53% more, whilst it lowered further to four.01% in ’13. In 2013, the JD(S) candidate GT Devegowda controlled to wrest keep watch over of what had traditionally been the birthday party’s stronghold from the Congress.
In the past five years, JD(S) has handiest controlled to enhance its hold in the section, where it has bagged six of the eight zilla panchayat seats and 20 of the 30 taluk panchayat seats.
Sources in Siddaramaiah’s camp mentioned that they have been assured of a win, with the give a boost to of Ahinda (Kannada acronym for Dalits, Other Backward Classes and minorities). Apprehensions of the Dalit and ST votes being divided notwithstanding, Siddaramaiah’s aides consider that it don't have an enormous impact. “While many senior Vokkaliga leaders have campaigned for the JD(S), we've got gained give a boost to in Vokkaliga wallet equivalent to Jayapura Hobli. However, since majority of the Vokkaligas would have voted for the JD(S), the consequences could go right down to the twine,” a source mentioned.
Devegowda, alternatively, informed TOI, “I'm pleased with the give a boost to I've gained from folks of all communities. It will make sure my victory via an outstanding margin.”
Sources in the JD(S) predict Devegowda to win with a margin of 25,000 votes. “Dalits, STs, Lingayats have supported the birthday party, but even so our traditional voter base among the Vokkaligas. Except Kurubas, all of the major communities have supported the JD(S). This is a large consolidation towards Siddaramaiah,” a JD(S) source mentioned.
Murmurs of the BJP having tacitly supported the JD(S) in Chamundeshwari too are doing the rounds.
All eyes on Chamundeshwari: Will contest go down to the wire?
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