Koppala: Karadi Sanganna of BJP as expected has won his by-poll by 12,488 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival, B.Hitnal, by securing 60,405 votes, Hitnal received 47,917 votes, where as JD-S Pradeep Patil got 20,717 votes. Thus BJP has inflicted a daring defeat on its rivals. Only in 2004, Karadi suffered a defeat at the hands of Hitnal, but this is his third win in Koppala, after changing hats.

Ex-CM Yeddurappa is likely to take the credit for the current win for his party and assert his supremacy in Karnataka, when DVS Gowda is hoping to became MLC to hold on to his CM’s post while remaining Udupi MP these days.