Janardhana Reddy, a mining magnate-turned-politician who founded his own Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP), was in the lead in Gangawathy constituency in Koppal district.
Reddy received 25,585 ballots, while Iqbal Ansari of the Congress party received 19,615 votes. Paranna Ishwarappa Munavalli of BJP polled 11,402 ballots. Reddy was in the lead with 5,969 votes.
In the Bellary municipal segment, Reddy’s spouse Gali Lakshmi Aruna received 13,653 votes.
Here, the BJP candidate is Somashekara Reddy, the sibling of Janardhana Reddy.
Somashekar Reddy lagged behind in third place. He has received 8,920 votes thus far.
With 18,854 votes, Congress candidate Nara Bharath Reddy was in the lead.