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Karnataka Legislative Council Election Results and Cross-Voting Allegations

Friday, June 19, 2026
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Karnataka Legislative Council Election Results and Cross-Voting Allegations

Thursday brought some messy results from the Karnataka Legislative Council election. Congress managed to snag five seats, and the BJP got two. But that wasn't even the main story. What really started stirring up talk was the whole cross-voting allegation the way votes seemed to shift across party lines in a way that just felt... off.

You had the actual tally, of course. Congress candidates Vinay Karthik, Tippannappa Kamakanur, B.S. Shivanna, B.K. Hariprasad, and P.V. Mohan got elected. The BJP side also managed to get Raghu Kautilya and Lingaraj Patil into the Council seats. And then there was Govind Raju from the JD(S), who unfortunately didn't make the cut after polling only fourteen votes.

But the real friction came from those transfers. People started looking at where these votes actually went. It immediately drew attention from both sides, naturally. BJP leaders quickly indicated they were going to take this alleged cross-voting issue straight up with their party leadership. Congress, on the other hand, seemed more settled, expressing satisfaction with the final outcome and saying they felt pretty confident about winning in the first place.

The numbers themselves told a slightly different story when you looked closer at who pulled those votes. Vinay Karthik ended up with the most votes, hitting thirty-two. Then you had Tippannappa Kamakanur, Shivanna, and Hariprasad, all sitting on thirty votes apiece. Mohan managed twenty-nine. On the BJP side, Raghu Kautilya also landed at twenty-nine votes, and Lingaraj Patil secured twenty-seven.

It’s these little discrepancies that make things complicated. Take Raghu Kautilya for instance. He was expected to get around thirty votes, but he only managed twenty-nine. He acknowledged the whole cross-voting thing had actually been brought up by the party high command.

“I am happy that I have been given an opportunity,” Kautilya said. “The cross-voting issue is in front of the high command.” It sounds like a statement, but it just emphasizes how serious this is becoming.

Now, these results aren't just about who won. They’ve kicked off fresh political discussions across Karnataka. Everyone is now going to be looking really closely at those voting patterns. Trying to figure out if actual legislators actually crossed lines during the election process. It’s going to be a talking point for days, I think. Both Congress and BJP are expected to review everything very carefully moving forward. The shadow of that alleged cross-voting is definitely hanging over things now.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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