TIMES CITY | BANGALORE DECIDES 5THE TIMES OF INDIA, BANGALORETUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010

EJIPURAElectorate - 36,307148P M Saroja INC 6,924

H G Lakshmi BJP 3,099

Margin 3825

KORAMANGALAElectorate - 30,995151B N Kokila INC 6,518

P Bhagya BJP 5,450

Margin 1,068

ADUGODIElectorate - 26,270147S M Murugesh Modaliyar

INC 5,953

B Mohan BJP 5,864

Margin 53

SUDDAGUNTEPALYA152G Manjunath BJP 8,887

C R Gopal INC 4,810

Margin 4,077

JAKKASANDRAElectorate - 22,837173Saraswathamma BJP 6,155

Shilpa JD(S) 3,355

Margin 2800

MADIWALAElectorate - 33,206172B N Manjunath Reddy INC

7,176

A Gopal Reddy 3,479

Margin 3697

BTM LAYOUTElectorate - 32,889176G N R Babu INC 5,058

H K Mutthappa BJP 4,626

Margin 432

PATTABHIRAMNAGARElectorate - 25,828

168C K Ramamurthy BJP 6,951

T N Kamal Kumar INC 3,983

Margin 3068

ASSEMBLY - JAYANAGAR

JAYANAGAR EASTElectorate - 28,002170Muni Sanjeevaiah INC 4,934

N Lakshmikanth BJP 3,893

Margin 41

BYRASANDRAElectorate - 32,206169N Nagaraju BJP 6,109

A Mohammad Rasool

JD(S) 5,602

Margin 507

GURAPPANAPALYA Electorate - 39,208 171Rizwan Nawab INC 11,669

Shakeebula Khan JD(S)

3,203

J P NAGARElectorate - 27,439177N Chandrashekar BJP 7,817

Prakash Kumar Cong 3,654

Margin 4163

SARAKKI Electorate 178S K Nataraj BJP 6,777

Arun Kumar R Cong 4,140

Margin 2,637

GARUDACHAR PALYAElectorate - 31,930082N Pillappa INC 7,034

S A Puttaraju Independent

6,015

Margin 1019

KADUGODIElectorate - 27,236083K N Anjaneya Reddy INC 7,393 K N Ashwath Narayana ReddyBJP 6,617Margin 776

DODDA NEKKUNDIElectorate - 30,842085Sridhar Reddy BJP 9,085

K Vasudeva Reddy INC 4,649

Margin 4,436

HAGADUR Electorate - 31,126 084H A Srinivas INC 9,157

H K Narayanaswamy BJP

7,486

Margin: 1,671

MARATHALLI Electorate - 25,030086Varalakshmi J INC 6,912

Dr Annapoorna Lokesh

Kumar BJP 5,314

Margin 1,598

SHAKAMBARI NAGARElectorate - 23,304179B Somashekar BJP 6,514

P Chandrashekar Raju

Cong 3,139

Margin 3375

HOODYElectorate - 28,149 054B A Basavaraju INC 11,676

Anand Kumar BJP 4,525

Margin 7151

ASSEMBLY - MAHADEVAPURA

BELLANDURElectorate - 40,515150Babu Reddy INC 8,780

K Jagannath BJP 8,406

Margin 374

VARTHURElectorate - 33,994149S Uday Kumar INC 11,674

B K Rajareddy BJP 8,774

Margin 2,900

BOMMANAHALLIElectorate - 42,784175Manjunath Reddy B S

BJP 9,864

P Reddy Cong 5,726

Margin 4138

HSR LAYOUTElectorate - 48,352174Latha K BJP 11,086

Prof. Amaravathi INC 7,039

Margin 4047

ASSEMBLY - BOMMANAHALLI

JARAGANAHALLI Electorate - 24,613186Suguna Balakrishna

BJP 5,186

Sujatha T Lokesh INC 3,354

Margin 1832

PUTTENAHALLI Electorate - 37,854187L Ramesh BJP 9,975

K S Dushyanth INC 4,540

Margin 5,435

BILEKAHALLI Electorate - 39,518188M Roopa Ramesh BJP 6,203

K M Suguna Ind 4,910

Margin 1,293

HONGASANDRAElectorate - 55,320189Sukanda BJP 13,218

Padma R Cong 3,934

Margin 9,284

MANGAMMANAPALYAElectorate - 47,855 190Haseena Taj BJP 11,428

Reshma A INC 2,829

Margin 8,599

ARAKEREElectorate - 39,970193A N Purushotham BJP 11,466

C Krishna Reddy INC 7,988

Margin 3478

YELCHENAHALLI

185R Manjunath INC 7503

R Balaji Singh BJP 5796

Margin 1707

BEGUR Electorate - 52,177192M Srinivas JD(S) 10139

B Nagaraj BJP 8184

Margin 1955

KONANAKUNTEElectorate - 41,121195Shashirekha BJP 8974

Krishna HC INC 4201

Margin 4773

ANJANAPURAElectorate - 36,226196S Gangadhar INC 6154

P Muniraju BJP 5597

Margin 557

GOTTIGEREElectorate - 37,468194S K Pushpa INC 9800

G Shanthamma BJP 6105

Margin 3695

UTTARAHALLI

184Ramesh Raju K BJP 11,261

Shivakumar K Cong 4,450

Margin 6811

ASSEMBLY - BANGALORE SOUTH

SINGASANDRAElectorate - 44857191Kavitha Babu INC 10553

Rani Srinivas BJP 10183

Margin 370

ASSEMBLY - ANEKAL

VASANTHAPURA Electorate —197NOT AVAILABLE

TEAM TOI

Monday’s poll theatrics proved yet againthat an election is one big festival for In-dians, and the results, a carnival. The city

buzzed with number-crunchers counting and cal-culating, and thousands of party workers throngedthe lanes near the main counting centres.

Right from the JSS Mahavidya Pitha, HSR Lay-out, where counting for Bommanahalli and Ban-galore South constituencies was being held, to theB R Ambedkar Stadium at Agrahara Dasarahalli,the mood was celebratory.

Across constituencies, people thronged by theirhundreds and shouted slogans to cheer on the vic-torious candidates. Bursting of crackers was asure-fire signal of victory.

While Bommanahalli constituency saw BJPscoring a full eight on eight, the Congress had aslight edge in Bangalore South, scoring four oneight, with BJP and JD(S) coming in second andthird respectively.

A crowd of over 3,000 not only filled the lanes,but also entered the BDA complex and occupiedprime locations from where they could rejoice. Thepolice had a tough time keeping them from enter-ing the JSS College building.

The crowd was a mix of the three major par-ties, waiting impatiently on the lanes till some-body came out to indicate which party had won.And a deafening roar would ensue — whistling,sloganeering, throwing colours, the supportersdanced to the tunes of drummers, hired for thisspecial occasion, kicking up heat and dust underthe scorching sun.

GOVINDARAJANAGAR/VIJAYANAGARThere was a virtual sea of people at Govindarajanagarand Vijayanagar counting centres — supporters ofparty candidates had gathered early in the morningeven before counting started. They held flags andshouted slogans in favour of their candidates.

As the results trickled out towards noon, it be-came clear that the BJP had romped home, wipingout the other contenders by bagging 8 out of 9 wards.There were animated conversations of who beatwho, and by what margin. People were busy on cell-phones, calling to assure every few minutes, andshouting excitedly when the lead was strong.

Govindarajangar being the home ground of V So-manna — a Congressman who is now in the BJP —the results gave him a shot in the arm, as he had lostthe MLA by-elections to Priya Krishna of the Con-gress. Mohan Kumar won the main Govindarajana-gar ward. The mood at Vijayanagar counting cen-tre was as frenzied — hundreds of people had gath-ered at the Vidyaranyapura counting centre, andas it neared noon, it became clear that like Govin-darajanagar, the BJP had swamped Vijayanagarconstituency too, bagging 6 of 8 wards.

MALLESWARAMCelebrations, disappointments and not many sur-prises: this was the mood in the two counting cen-tres for seven wards under Malleswaram assem-bly constituency.

With the segment coming under a BJP MLA,there was a clear lead for party candidates rightfrom the start. By noon, BJP had won five of thesix wards. The Kabaddi Ground building and ad-jacent BBMP Boys & Girls’ High School, along N Subbaiah Road, were the two main action pointsfor the entire Malleswaram constituency.

Counting began at 8 am, starting with AramaneNagar. The first results were announced even be-fore 9 am. But the crowds, which had gathered at7.30 am, only grew by the hour. There were nocrackers, just resonant ‘Jai Jai’s.

SHANTHINAGAR/SHIVAJINAGAR The scene outside Maharani Women’s College waspulsating, with hundreds of party workers sway-ing the BJP flag. Party workers had started cele-brations early in the day, with slogans of ‘BharatMata ki Jai’. However, the Congress won three ofthe seven wards in Shanthinagar assembly con-stituency. At Ramanarayana Challaram College,

Shivajinagar constituency, the Congress again tookaway four wards out of seven. Nothing new forMuslim-dominated Shivajinagar constituency.

However, BJP candidate for VasanthnagarJagdish Katta made a clean sweep with a lead of

3,831 votes. The air outside RC College was filledwith smoke and the loud noise of crackers, as soonas Katta made an appearance. And his sound byte?That he would try his best to make Bangalore thenext Singapore!

WAROVER, IT’SPARTYTIMEJai Ho: Roaring Carnival At Counting Centres Kicks Up Heat And Dust

VICTORY LAP

FOR THE WINNER STAMP OF GLORY

A BIG LEAP

UP IN THE AIR

Photos: Chethan Shivakumar, Md Asad

Margin 8496