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BJP candidate from Yellapur Arabail Shivaram Hebbar became the first candidate to register a victory in the bypolls to 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, for which the counting is underway on Monday.
Hebbar defeated Congress’ Bhimanna Naik by a margin of over 31,000 votes, poll officials said, adding that official announcement was awaited.
A two-time Congress MLA from Yellapur, Hebbar was among 13 disqualified MLA whom the BJP had given ticket to contest the bypoll as party candidate.
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