According to the Election Commission of India’s early leads, Janata Dal-Secular (JD(S)) candidate Prajwal Revvana is poised to win the Lok Sabha seat from Hassan constituency in Karnataka. He holds a lead of 4682 votes over his closest competitors, Shreyas M Patel of the Indian National Congress and Gangadhar Bahujan of the Bahujan Samaj Party. The Hassan constituency, historically represented by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, includes Hassan district and Kaduru Taluk in Chikmagaluru district.
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- Prajwal Revvana, JD(S) candidate, leads in the Lok Sabha constituency of Hassan, Karnataka.
- He leads by 4682 votes as per the early leads announced by the Election Commission of India.
- Opponents include Shreyas M Patel from the Indian National Congress and Gangadhar Bahujan from the Bahujan Samaj Party.
- The constituency was previously represented by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.
- Revanna was suspended from JD(S) and taken into custody by the State’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with an alleged obscene video case.
- He returned from Berlin, Germany, after several obscene videos allegedly involving him surfaced on social media platforms.
- Revanna is facing allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation by a woman who worked as a domestic help at his house.
- Elections in Karnataka were held on April 26 and May 7, with Hassan’s elections conducted on April 26.
- The Lok Sabha elections saw a massive voter turnout of around 642 million people over seven phases.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims for a third consecutive term in power, while the Opposition seeks to challenge its dominance under the umbrella of the INDIA bloc.
