Bengaluru:
The Election Fee ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar constituency within the metropolis the place Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy is in shut contest with BJP’s C Ok Ramamurthy.
Reddy was main by 294 votes as she secured 57,591 votes and Ramamurthy 57,297 after counting.
An EC official stated the recounting of postal ballots was ordered following an enchantment by Ramamurthy.
Congress state president D Ok Shivakumar and occasion working president Ramalinga Reddy amongst different workplace bearers staged an illustration in protest in opposition to the electoral physique’s order.
Of the full 224 seats in Karnataka, Jayanagar is the one section the place the consequence has not but come out.
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