Cardamom Sales Cooperative Society Election Victory for BJP Supporters

Madikeri, Nov. 18: The counting of votes for the Kodagu Cardamom Sales Cooperative Society director posts was held peacefully at the city's Bala Bhavan and BJP supporters won.

The court had directed that separate booths be created and voting allowed after some people filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking permission to cast their votes in the election. After examining the petition of the association, which had approached the High Court, the judge ordered that 'only the votes cast by eligible voters with permission be counted'. The counting of votes was carried out today.

There were 10 candidates in the fray for 5 seats in the general constituency of Madikeri taluk, 5 candidates for 3 seats in Somwarpet taluk, 4 candidates for 2 women's reserved seats, 2 candidates for 1 Scheduled Tribe reserved seat, 3 candidates for 1 Scheduled Caste reserved seat, 2 candidates for 1 Backward Class A reserved seat. The remaining 3 and 1 Backward Class B seats in Virajpet taluk were elected unopposed.

Winners' details

Sudan Eerappa (205 votes), K.R. Anantkumar (157), Talur Dinesh Kumar (150), Kumbagoudana Vinod Kumar (144) and Mandrira Mohan Das (143) who contested from the general constituency of Madikeri taluk won.

K. Uthappa of Kupadira (94), M.A. Gopalakrishna (108), G. Changappa of Chondira (102), K. Parvati of Kadya (103), Bopaiah of Beppura (139) were defeated.

D.C. Raju (272), C.P. Vijay Kumar (267) and A.J. Krishnappa (246) who contested from Somwarpet taluk constituency emerged victorious. C.N. Thammaiah (187), K.P. Bhanuprakash (210) were defeated. K.E. Soumya (390) and B.B. Pushpavathi (387) were victorious from the women's reserved constituency. (From the front page) P.S. Kavita (290), A.N. Priya (295) suffered defeat.

From the Scheduled Tribes reserved seat, K. Muthanna of Kudiya (402) won, while K. Manu of Kudiya (293) lost. From the Scheduled Castes reserved seat, S.C. Satish (449) won. H.C. Ponnappa (205) and H.A. Bollu (28) lost.

From the Backward Class A seat, V. Harish (397) won. B.C. Chennappa (296) lost.

Unopposed election

From the Virajpet seat, K. Kuttappa of Machetira, T. Bopanna of Pemmanda, S. Suresh of Shivachara and K. Uday Kumar of Periya were elected unopposed from the Backward Class B seat.

Assistant Registrar of the Cooperative Department, Shailaja, acted as the Returning Officer and Sandeep and Suresh acted as the By-Election Officers.

Victory for BJP supporters

BJP-backed candidates have won 13 out of a total of 17 seats. 4 candidates of the Raitha Mitra Kookatu team who contested from Madikeri constituency have won.

Disclaimer: This article has been translated by xklsv.com using advanced AI-based translation tools. Please note that the use of AI for translation is still experimental and may not be 100% accurate. The original content is sourced from shakthidaily.info, and Shakthi Daily is not responsible or liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies that may appear in the translated version, including spelling, grammar, or contextual misunderstandings.

If you come across any mistakes or inconsistencies in this translation, we kindly request you to report them by sending an email to [email protected]. Your feedback will help us improve the quality of our translations.