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In 2019, the BJP won 25 seats with a vote share of 51.2% in Karnataka – which was its best performance both in terms of number of seats and vote share – while the Congress party, JD(S) and Independent won one seat each.
Venkataramane, a contractor by profession, is the brother of KH Puttaswamy Gowda, an Independent MLA from Gauribidanur, who is currently aligned with the Congress party. He is a BSc graduate from Bangalore University.
Congress has won the Mandya Lok Sabha seat 13 times since the first parliament elections, with SM Krishna of the Praja Socialist Party being the only notable disruption during a by-election
Villagers talk of unfinished service roads, longer detours, loss of business, rising real estate prices. However, their vote would be on national issues or candidates, they add.