<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may have broken away from the JD(S) to find his future in the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But it was the votes that JD(S) took, which may otherwise have gone to B Sriramulu (BJP), which helped him win by a slender margin of 1,757 votes. It is said that JD(S) candidate Hanumantha Mavinamarada, a Panchamasali Lingayat and a local, ate into the votes of the community, which would have otherwise gone to the BJP. Mavinamarada managed to get over 20,000 votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress managed to consolidate the votes of the Kurubas and Muslims. The party’s Muslim leaders C M Ibrahim and Zameer Ahmed Khan helped tap into the Muslim votes. The BJP campaigned hard in the rural parts of the BJP, but the Congress rallied urban voters behind it. </p>.<p class="bodytext">During counting, there was a tough fight between the Congress and the JD(S) up to the fourth round. But Siddaramaiah managed to grab the lead in the sixth round.</p>
<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may have broken away from the JD(S) to find his future in the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But it was the votes that JD(S) took, which may otherwise have gone to B Sriramulu (BJP), which helped him win by a slender margin of 1,757 votes. It is said that JD(S) candidate Hanumantha Mavinamarada, a Panchamasali Lingayat and a local, ate into the votes of the community, which would have otherwise gone to the BJP. Mavinamarada managed to get over 20,000 votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress managed to consolidate the votes of the Kurubas and Muslims. The party’s Muslim leaders C M Ibrahim and Zameer Ahmed Khan helped tap into the Muslim votes. The BJP campaigned hard in the rural parts of the BJP, but the Congress rallied urban voters behind it. </p>.<p class="bodytext">During counting, there was a tough fight between the Congress and the JD(S) up to the fourth round. But Siddaramaiah managed to grab the lead in the sixth round.</p>
