Congress retains both Bagalkot, Davangere South seats in bypolls

The Congress has retained some the Davangere South and Bagalkot Assembly seats successful the byelections, which witnessed aggravated campaigning with Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Union Ministers and a big of elder leaders of Congress, BJP, and JD(S) actively involving themselves successful it.

In Bagalkot, Umesh Hullappa Meti of the Congress secured 98,919 votes arsenic against 76,587 by Veerabhadrayya (Veeranna) Charanthimath of the BJP, registering a triumph by a borderline of 22,332 votes. However, it was a spot pugnacious for Samarth Mallikarjun of the Congress successful Davangere South.