Congress wins 3 seats, BJP 1 in Karnataka RS polls

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Mar 24, 2018, 11:29 AM

Congress wins 3 seats, BJP 1 in Karnataka RS polls

Bengaluru, Mar 24: All the three candidates of the Congress who contested the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka have won, while businessman Rajeev Chandrasekhar retained his seat with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"All three Congress candidates and one from the BJP won the contest while the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) candidate lost for the fourth seat," an Election Commission official told reporters here after counting of votes.

L. Hanumanthaiah, Syed Naseer Hussain and G.C. Chandrasekhar of the Congress and Rajeev Chandrashekar of the BJP were declared elected by the Returning Officer.