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Let us take a look at some of the most prominent winners and losers in the Karnataka assembly election.
Karnataka Janatha Party's Shobha Karandlage, who is considered close to B S Yeddyurappa, has lost in Rajajinagar despite a massive election campaign.
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suresh Kumar beat the much-hyped Karandlage in Rajajinagar.
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Actress Pooja Gandhi, a candidate of the BSR Congress, lost badly in Raichur.
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Ramanath Rai, chief of the Congress's Managalore unit, has won in Buntwal.
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In Sorab constituency, Congress leader Kumar Bangarappa lost to his brother and JD-S candidate S Madhu Bangarappa.
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BJP leader S Karunakara Reddy, one of the formidable Reddy brothers of Bellary, has lost to Congress candidate M P Ravindra in Harapanahalli.
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Former excise minister Renukacharya, who joined the Karnataka Janatha Party after quitting the BJP, has lost in Honnalli constituency.
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KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa has won by nearly 14,000 votes in Shikaripura constituency.
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State Congress unit chief G Parameshwara lost to JD-S candidate Sudhakara Lal in Koratagere constituency.
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B Sriramulu, former BJP leader and founder of BSR Congress, has won the Bellary rural seat.
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Congress leader Siddaramaiah won in Varuna constituency by a margin of 20,000 votes.
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Congress leader Mallkirajuna Kharge's son Priyank Kharge has won the Chittapur seat by 11,000 votes.
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H D Kumarswamy, whose party JD-S has turned in an impressive performance, won the Ramnagar seat.
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Anita Kumaraswamy, wife of JD-S leader H D Kumarawamy, lost by a margin of 6,000 votes in Channapatna. She was defeated by C P Yogeshwar of the Samajwadi Party.
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Actor and Congress leader M H Ambareesh has won the Mandya assembly seat by a mammoth margin of 35,000 votes. He managed to win despite stiff opposition from veteran leader S M Krishna, who wields considerable political clout in the area.
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Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has won the Hubli Dharwad Central seat by a massive margin of 18,000 votes.
Shettar, the third BJP CM in the last five years, is expected to hand over his resignation to the governor soon.
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Mining baron and Congress leader Anil Lad has won in Bellary City constituency. Lad managed to win in the traditional BJP bastion in spite of a rebellion by local party workers.
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Home Minister and BJP leader R Ashok won from the Padmanabha Nagar constituency in Bangalore City.
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Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa has suffered a humiliating defeat in Shimoga constituency, ending up in the third slot in the former BJP stronghold.
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