Chamarajanagar: Congress candidate A.R. Krishnamurthy (ARK), who hit the headlines after losing by just one vote in the 2004 Assembly polls from the then Santemarahalli constituency, has finally triumphed, by registering a resounding victory from Kollegal (SC) Constituency of the district.
Krishnamurthy who secured 1,08,363 votes, defeated his nearest rival N. Mahesh of the BJP, who could muster just 48,844 votes. Krishnamurthy, who won by a margin of over 59,000 votes registered one of the biggest victories in this Assembly polls.
