But JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy registered a thumping victory in Bangalore Rural constituency with a margin of 1,30,275 votes -- the third highest in the State.
The results in Bangalore Rural also proved that Kumaranna’s (as he is affectionately called in the constituency) popularity has surged not only in Ramanagara but across Bangalore Rural district also.
Avenged defeat
Through his victory Kumaraswamy has in a way avenged the humiliating defeat his father H D Deve Gowda suffered against Congress’ Tejasvini Gowda in 2004.
Tejasvini has now been relegated to third place, while BJP’s C P Yogeeshwara ended up in second place.
She remained incommunicado once the results were out. In fact, Kumaraswamy was not in Ramanagara at the time of counting, but his BJP rival
C P Yogeeshwara was present. When was trailing by 40,000 votes, he quietly left the place.
Published 16 May 2009, 17:54 IST