K.R. Pet: K.R. Pet BJP candidate K.C. Narayanagowda created history when he became the first-ever BJP MLA from Mandya district to win the by-elections held in a constituency considered a traditional JD(S) bastion.
Counting of votes was taken up at the Government Polytechnic College on Channarayapatna Road at 8 am today. K.C. Narayanagowda defeated his nearest rival B.L. Devaraj of the JD(S) by a margin of nearly 10,000 votes, while Congress candidate K.B. Chandrashekar, a former MLA, came a distant third.
