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Tejasvi Surya has won the Bangalore South constituency by the margin of 3.31 lakh votes in the city of Bangalore.
Tejasvi Surya was up against Congress candidate B K Hariprasad, a heavyweight who was defeated by Ananth Kumar in 1996.
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Tejasvi Surya was a surprise choice of the party for the Bangalore South seat over the claims of Tejaswini Ananthkumar. However, he had overcome initial reservations on his candidature and the party had worked for him in a concerted manner.
His victory was never in doubt, but the margin of the lead is quite a surprise. The 28-year-old lawyer secured a comfortable margin of 3,31,192 votes against Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP.
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Former union minister Ananth Kumar has won six times from this constituency and had never tasted defeat here.
The constituency was represented by Ananth Kumar six times. He had been an MP from 1996 till the time of his death in November 2018
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