Karnataka Bar Council Election: Vote Counting Underway
Vote counting for the Karnataka Bar Council election is currently in progress. Out of a total of 33,577 votes cast, 4,300 have been declared invalid, leaving 29,277 valid votes.
A total of 149 candidates, including 43 women, are contesting the election. So far, votes from 93 bar associations have been tallied. The counting is ongoing, and below is the list of leading candidates with their vote counts:
Serial Number|Candidate Name|Votes Received
1 50 KIWAD KALMESHWAR TUKARAM 1,966
2 120 SHIVA KUMAR N 1,346
3 58 MAGADUM ANANDKUMAR APPU 1,192
4 32 GOUTAM CHAND S F 1,003
5 115 SHAILAJA K (W) 932
6 47 KAMARADDI VENKARADDI DEVARADDI 922
7 63 MANGALEKAR VINAY BALASAHEB 915
8 97 RAJANNA R 884
9 24 DEVARAJA M 866
10 25 DHANANJAYA C M 859
11 84 PATIL ISHWAR MALLAPPA 747
12 114 SHAIK ISMAIL ZABIULLA 731
13 35 HARISH S 713
14 119 SHEKARA J P 610
15 121 SHIVAMURTHY 537
16 73 MITTALAKOD SHIDLINGAPPA SHEKHARAPPA 520
17 129 SRIKANTH PATIL K 496
18 128 SRIDHARA T 495
19 79 NARAYANA SWAMY G 484
20 96 RAHAMATHULLA KOTHWAL 479
21 57 MADHUSUDHAN M N 465
22 51 KORIMATH BASAVANNAYYA VIRUPAKSHAYYA 448
23 130 SRINIVAS B V 433
Close contenders include:
24 29 DURGA PRASAD H R 430
25 80 NATARAJA K V 415
26 146 VENKATESHA DODDERI H 410
27 83 PADMA PRASAD HEGDE @ P P HEGDE 377
28 145 VENKATARAMA REDDY K 362
29 44 KADIRAPPA NAYAKA 342
30 52 KOTESWAR RAO K 337
31 133 SRINIVASA T 328
Source: CourtBeat News (Kannada)
