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Kundapur, May 8: It was cake-walk for independent candidate Halady Srinivas Shetty as he defeated his rivals Kishor Kumar of BJP and Malyadi Shivaram Shetty of Congress. He won by a huge margin of 40611 votes. It was the most interesting political battle in Udupi district as Mr. Halady, proved a point to the BJP top brass for treating him in a cavalier manner. Mr. Halady had resigned as MLA and

Mangalore, May 8: He quit his meritorious public service job just to contest the polls and the voters of Mangalore South Assembly constituency, did not let him down. Surprisingly, this political novice defeated none other than BJP's four-time MLA N Yogish Bhat by 11610 votes. While Mr Bhat spent four terms only giving assurances and making dream plans, the voters have given the opportunity to

Mangalore, May 8: During the last Assembly election he had lost by a romping 16,000 votes but Congress' MoideenBava is not one of those who would settle with a defeat. Contesting for the second time from the same constituency and against the same opponent, Bava won over Mangalore South constituency by defeating BJP MLA Krishna J Palemar with a margin of 2420 votes. There were a bunch of aspirants

Mangalore, May 8: He entered the political ring after quitting a government job. He was once fielded as the Congress candidate from Sullia constituency and he tasted defeat. However, not bogged down by the defeat he went on to contest again this time, but yielded no positive result. The voters have rejected Dr Raghu again. S Angara, the four time winner of BJP has won for the fifth time, thereby

Mangalore, May 8: If there is a candidate who can purely win on the basis of his own personality, then it is Vasanth Bangera of Congress. During his political career, he has changed three parties and has won from all the three parties. Though in this election, he declared to stay away from fray, he was pressurized by Congress leader Janardhan Poojary to contest the polls. Even this time Poojary

Mangalore, May 8: After having contested in seven assembly polls and winning over six polls, Dakshina Kananda district Congress Committee president B Ramanath Rai emerges to be class apart, creating history. He defeated his closested rival Rajesh Naik of BJP by a margin of 10, 526 votes. Mr has emerged as a leader who cannot be defeated easily as he has won the hearts of the voters by his

Mangalore, May 8: Though it was initially predicted that there will be a direct fight between Congress candidate and incumbent MLA Abhaychandra Jain and JD(S) candidate Amarnath Shetty, the latter could hardly make a difference in the entire show. Ultimately Abhayachandra Jain easily walked away with the cake. However what was commendable is the performance of BJP candidate UmanathKotian, who left

Udupi, May 8: Congress candidate Pramod Madhwaraj defeated his nearest BJP candidate Sudhakar Shetty by margin of 39,524 votes and planted flag of victory for the Congress in Udupi constituency. This is going to be a historic victory for the Congress because it is after 18 long years that the Congress is winning over Udupi constituency, despite the fact that it was once considered strong bastion

Mangalore, May 8: After a political career, which had almost hit the rock bottom, former BJP MLA TShakunthala Shetty bravely revived the same by joining the Congress and the voters have accepted her even in this new party that she represents. Ms Shetty had quit the BJP owing to personal reasons and had formed 'Swabhimana Vedike' along with her mentor and former MLA Ram Bhat. However, when the

Bantwal, May 7: If the candidate fielded by BJP Rajesh Naik in Bantwal constituency tastes defeat by B Ramanath Rai, an influential Congress leader, it will be seen as a setback for the RSS head honcho Dr Prabhakar Bhat. As this is a challenge for the BJP, it is anxiously awaiting the victory of Rajesh Naik. In a press conference during the party's election campaign, Ramanath Rai openly proclaimed