Hd Thammaiah

Four-time Karnataka BJP MLA and the party's national general secretary CT Ravi is losing by over 7,500 votes in Chikmagalur to the Congress's HD Thammaiah, the Election Commission's website shows. Counting on this seat is still going on.

HD Thammaiah's switch can be damaging for the BJP, which is aggressively campaigning to get the support of the state's dominant Lingayat population, who form 16-17% of the electorate.

Four-time Karnataka BJP MLA and the party's national general secretary CT Ravi is losing by over 7,500 votes in Chikmagalur to the Congress's HD Thammaiah, the Election Commission's website shows. Counting on this seat is still going on.

HD Thammaiah's switch can be damaging for the BJP, which is aggressively campaigning to get the support of the state's dominant Lingayat population, who form 16-17% of the electorate.