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Rajya Sabha elections: Congress wins three seats, BJP one in Karnataka

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Bengaluru, Feb 27 (PTI) The ruling Congress in Karnataka won three seats and the BJP one in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka on Tuesday.

Those who were elected to the Upper House are Ajay Maken, G C Chandrasekhar and Syed Naseer Hussain, all belonging to the Congress, and Narayansa K Bhandage of the BJP.

Five candidates were in the fray for the four seats in the elections, including JD(S) contestant D Kupendra Reddy.

The elections were marred by cross-voting. While one of the BJP MLAs, S T Somashekar, voted for the Congress’s Maken, the other, A Shivaram Hebbar, abstained. PTI GMS RS GMS ANE

This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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