BJP loses three seats in DK

Mangalore, May 25 (UNI) The BJP which had its strong hold in the 2004 election by capturing 11 seats out of 15 assembly seats in the undivided Daxina Kannada district has lost Belthangady, Bantwal and Karkala seats.

The strong contender Congress on the other hand which had shown poor performance in the 2004 elections had improved its position in the current election by wresting the seats of Karkala in addition to the retaining its seats in Mangalore city (erstwhile Lula), Moodabidre besides making inroads in Belthangady, Bantwal and Karkala.

In Bantwal, where two heavy weights- former ministers B Ramanath Rai who is also the DCC president and B Nagaraja Shetty were fighting the election, Mr Rai, fighting the election for the 6th time won by a margin of over 1250 votes.

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