Lok Sabha election result: Prakash Raj loses from Bengaluru Central
Bengaluru, May 23: Actor turned politician Prakash Raj, who contested from Bengaluru Central as an independent candidate, has lost. Raj got only 28,906 odd votes while his Bangalore Central rivals P C Mohan and Rizwan Arshad got more than 6 and 5 lakh votes respectively.
Raj is taking on BJP's PC Mohan and Congress' Rizwan Arshad. As per News18-IPSOS survey, PC Mohan is likely to win and retain the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha Constituency.
PC Mohan of the BJP is the sitting MP from Bangalore-Central Lok Sabha Constituency. BJP has been winning the seat since 2009 when it came into existence after the delimitation of 2008.
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In 2014 General Election, PC Mohan had defeated Rizwan Arshad of Congress with a margin of 1,37,500 votes. He obtained 51.8 per cent of the overall votes. In 2009 General Election, PC Mohan had defeated HT Sangliana of Congress with a margin of 35,218 votes. He obtained 40.2 per cent of the overall votes.
The leads are as per 8.30 am on May 23.