<p>The byelection was necessitated following Karadi Sanganna, who won on the JD(S) ticket in the last election, switching over to the ruling BJP. <br /><br />Sanganna had won with a margin of 10,345 votes against his nearest Congress rival Hitnal. This time too they have locked horns but Karadi is now the BJP candidate. <br /><br />The counting of votes will be held on September 29. After the BJP came to power, winning byelections had become a sort of routine. But this time it has faced the election not under the leadership of B S Yeddyurappa but D V Sadananda Gowda as the chief minister. <br /><br />However, Yeddyurappa campaigned vigorously in Koppal despite initial resistance from the seniors in the party.<br /><br />Peaceful<br /><br />Voting was peaceful barring a few arrests and verbal duel between the Congress and the JD(S) workers.<br /><br />BJP candidate, Karadi Sanganna cast his vote at a booth here in Vijayanagar Colony. <br /><br />Congress candidate K Basavaraj Hitnal voted at Hitnal, his native village and JD(S) candidate Pradeep Gowda Malipatil exercised his franchise in his village Kavaluru.</p>.<p>In Hitnal, police arrested Bhima Reddy, Khasim Ali and Subhashchandra, all said to be Congress workers for allegedly distributing money to voters and seized Rs 11,000 from the arrested.<br /><br />Cops intervene<br /><br />A verbal duel ensued between the Congress and the JD(S) workers at Kavalur. However, the situation was brought under control with the police intervention.<br /><br />Voting was delayed for about 45 minutes at a booth following a technical snag with the electronic voting machine in Bisaranahalli. <br /><br />Sub-inspector of police attached to Gulbarga station Basavaraj Hagaragi and two constables on poll duty were injured as the jeep they were travelling in turned turtle near Minahalli.</p>
<p>The byelection was necessitated following Karadi Sanganna, who won on the JD(S) ticket in the last election, switching over to the ruling BJP. <br /><br />Sanganna had won with a margin of 10,345 votes against his nearest Congress rival Hitnal. This time too they have locked horns but Karadi is now the BJP candidate. <br /><br />The counting of votes will be held on September 29. After the BJP came to power, winning byelections had become a sort of routine. But this time it has faced the election not under the leadership of B S Yeddyurappa but D V Sadananda Gowda as the chief minister. <br /><br />However, Yeddyurappa campaigned vigorously in Koppal despite initial resistance from the seniors in the party.<br /><br />Peaceful<br /><br />Voting was peaceful barring a few arrests and verbal duel between the Congress and the JD(S) workers.<br /><br />BJP candidate, Karadi Sanganna cast his vote at a booth here in Vijayanagar Colony. <br /><br />Congress candidate K Basavaraj Hitnal voted at Hitnal, his native village and JD(S) candidate Pradeep Gowda Malipatil exercised his franchise in his village Kavaluru.</p>.<p>In Hitnal, police arrested Bhima Reddy, Khasim Ali and Subhashchandra, all said to be Congress workers for allegedly distributing money to voters and seized Rs 11,000 from the arrested.<br /><br />Cops intervene<br /><br />A verbal duel ensued between the Congress and the JD(S) workers at Kavalur. However, the situation was brought under control with the police intervention.<br /><br />Voting was delayed for about 45 minutes at a booth following a technical snag with the electronic voting machine in Bisaranahalli. <br /><br />Sub-inspector of police attached to Gulbarga station Basavaraj Hagaragi and two constables on poll duty were injured as the jeep they were travelling in turned turtle near Minahalli.</p>
