In a shock to former PM HD Deve Gowda`s household, his grandson and JD-S candidated Nikhil Kumaraswamy misplaced the Ramnagar seat to Congress candidate H.A. Iqbal Hussain. Hussain polled 72,898 votes and Kumaraswamy secured 61,692 votes. BJP candidate Gautham Gowda managed to get solely 10,870 votes. This is the second defeat for Kumaraswamy. His mom Anita Kumaraswamy represented the seat earlier.
Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar had appealed to the voters to assist his occasion candidate as Nikhil Kumaraswamy can get alternatives in future. Conceding the defeat, his father and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy said that he’ll settle for the victory and defeat in the identical spirit. H.D. Kumaraswamy gained towards the BJP`s C.P. Yogeshwar in Channapatna.
