Udupi, May 16 Udupi, May 16: Riding on unprecedented Modi wave, former minister Shobha Karandlaje has emerged victorious in Udupi- Chikmagalur constituency. She manages to defeat incumbent Congress M P K Jayaprakash Hegde, who had defeated BJP's Sunil Kumar in 2012 by elections.
Ms Karandlaje polled 5,81,168 votes as against 3,99,525 votes secured by Mr Hegde. Ms Karandlaje is the only woman BJP MP from Karnataka.
After confirming her huge margin win, Ms Karandlaje came out of the counting centre with a victory smile and walked towards the party workers and media persons.
“This is not my victory but the victory of all the party workers and all people of my constituency,” she said adding that people have fed up with the Congress rule both at the centre and state.
“Now people have decided to bring a change in the constituency and in the country. Entire country is today celebrating the victory of BJP and all its leaders including prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi,” she said.
As soon as Ms Karandlaje's leading margin started to increase, Mr Hegede left the counting centre. He said that he will accept the people's decision.
There are eight Assembly segments in the Udupi-Chikmagalur parliamentary constituency. They include four each from Udupi and Chikmagalur district. The Assembly segments from Udupi district are Kundapur, Udupi, Kaup and Karkala, while those from Chikmagalur district are Sringeri, Tarikere, Mudigere and Chikmgalur.
There are 14 tables for each Assembly segment, while there are three tables for counting the postal ballots. The rounds of counting would vary according to the size of the Assembly constituency from 14 to 18 rounds. While the Kundapur Assembly segment will have 16 rounds of counting, the number of rounds for counting in the other Assembly segments would be as follows: Udupi – 15, Kaup – 14, Karkala – 15, Sringeri – 18, Mudigere – 16, Chikmagalur – 17 and Tarikere – 16.
Nearly 500 personnel are involved including 51 officers, 136 supervisors, 136 assistants and 136 micro-observers. There were 2,978 postal ballots in the district and their counting would start first. “We have made all arrangements for smooth conduct of counting of votes.
Tight security would be in place. As many as 414 police personnel including a party of Central Paramilitary Force, three parties of Karnataka State Reserve Police and five parties of District Armed Reserve (DAR) Police were in place. “In addition to this, a DAR party is being stationed in every police circle and picketing points had been established in sensitive areas of the district. A mobile unit is also being pressed into service,” said Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah.
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