Sumalatha, wife of late Congress leader M.H. Ambarish, defeated Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, in Mandya. What seemed like a neck-and-neck fight in the morning soon turned into a landslide victory for Sumalatha.
As an independent candidate backed by BJP, Sumalatha secured 7,03,660 votes while Nikhil Kumaraswamy secured 5,77,784 votes.






