70% of K’taka govt employees voted for BJP, says EC
ManuAiyappa.Kanathanda@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru:27.05.2019
A large majority of Karnataka government employees, who form the backbone of the public administration, overpoweringly rejected the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the Lok Sabha polls. Election Commission figures show that the BJP secured 70% of postal ballot votes as against 25% for the Congress-JD(S) combine.
As many as 59,881 of the 85,022 state government employees who voted through postal ballots went with the BJP. The Congress secured 16,678 votes (20%) and the JD (S) 4,932 votes (5%). The remaining 5% either voted for candidates of different parties and independents or chose the NOTA (none of the above) option.
In 2014, the BJP bagged 47% of the votes via postal ballots and the Congress around 38%.
The BJP won the most postal votes in all 27 constituencies it contested including the two that it lost, Hassan and Bengaluru Rural. What is more alarming for coalition partners is the quantum of the saffron party’s lead from postal votes in some constituencies.
For instance, BJP’s PC Gaddigoudar, who won from Bagalkot, got 2,976 postal votes, compared to 30 votes secured by Congress’ Veena Kashappanavar. In Bengaluru Rural and Hassan, where BJP lost, the Congress-JD(S) alliance got 546 and 1,094 postal votes respectively against BJP’s 2,566 and 1,893. In Mandya, Nikhil Kumaraswamy got 1,239 votes compared to 1,493 for independent Sumalatha Ambareesh.
Full report, www.toi.in
ManuAiyappa.Kanathanda@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru:27.05.2019
A large majority of Karnataka government employees, who form the backbone of the public administration, overpoweringly rejected the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the Lok Sabha polls. Election Commission figures show that the BJP secured 70% of postal ballot votes as against 25% for the Congress-JD(S) combine.
As many as 59,881 of the 85,022 state government employees who voted through postal ballots went with the BJP. The Congress secured 16,678 votes (20%) and the JD (S) 4,932 votes (5%). The remaining 5% either voted for candidates of different parties and independents or chose the NOTA (none of the above) option.
In 2014, the BJP bagged 47% of the votes via postal ballots and the Congress around 38%.
The BJP won the most postal votes in all 27 constituencies it contested including the two that it lost, Hassan and Bengaluru Rural. What is more alarming for coalition partners is the quantum of the saffron party’s lead from postal votes in some constituencies.
For instance, BJP’s PC Gaddigoudar, who won from Bagalkot, got 2,976 postal votes, compared to 30 votes secured by Congress’ Veena Kashappanavar. In Bengaluru Rural and Hassan, where BJP lost, the Congress-JD(S) alliance got 546 and 1,094 postal votes respectively against BJP’s 2,566 and 1,893. In Mandya, Nikhil Kumaraswamy got 1,239 votes compared to 1,493 for independent Sumalatha Ambareesh.
Full report, www.toi.in
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