BJP wins Belagavi and Basavakalyan, Congress retains Maski in Karnataka bypolls
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Belagavi saw a nail biting finish, with former minister of state for railways Suresh Angadi’s wife Mangala who contested on a BJP ticket, defeating Congress’s Satish Jarkiholi with a slender margin of about 2,900 votes (final figures yet to arrive). Belagavi was the strong bastion of the BJP for over two decades and Angadi had won the 2019 Lok Sabha election from this seat with over 390,000 margin.
The results of Karnataka bye-elections to three constituencies was a mixed bag for the ruling BJP, as the party lost Maski seat, retained Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency with a thin margin, and wrested Basavakalyan from the Congress with a comfortable margin of over 20,000 votes.