Udupi GP By-election : Congress Bags 5, BJP 2, JD(S) 1
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (PS)
Udupi, Sep 13: In the by-election held for eight gram panchayat constituencies of Udupi district, 5 Congress-backed candidates, 2 BJP-backed candidates and 1 JD(S) backed candidate have been elected.
Leela Poojarthi (BJP-backed) in Nalkuru gram panchayath of Udupi, Ramananda Shetty (Congress-backed) in Hanehalli gram panchayat of Kundapur, Rekha (BJP backed) in Durga gram panchayath of Karkala, Ammakka, Manjamma (unanimously elected) in Uppunda of Byndoor, Rama Kharvi (Congress-backed) in Navunda, Vanitha Nayak (Congress-backed) in Trasi, and Mansoor Ibrahim (JD(S) backed) in Maravante have won.
The polling was held on Sunday September 9 and the results were announced on Wednesday September 12.