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Deputy Commissioner K. Harish Kumar hands over the Form 21E and victory certificate to the BJP’s Mangala Angadi in Belagavi on Sunday.
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P.K. BADIGER
The BJP’s Mangala Angadi on Sunday won by a slender margin of 5,240 votes against Satish Jarkiholi of the Congress in Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency. This was in stark contrast to the late Suresh Angadi’s victory margin of 3.91 lakh votes two years ago.
Political observers say multiple factors contributed to the close fight, first among them being the “Jarkiholi factor”. Mr. Satish Jarkiholi, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president who has publicly shared his dream of “becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka one day”, went out in full force. This was unlike the mild contenders that Suresh Angadi had to face in the past, including political greenhorn V.S. Sadhunavar, KLE director, in 2019.