Ananth Kumar Hegde is a five-time MP from the Uttara Kannada constituency, which is mostly a BJP bastion since 1996.
Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde of the BJP was leading by 20,178 votes against Anand Asnotikar of the JD(S) in Karnataka’s Uttar Kannada constituency as votes were counted in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday.
File image of Anant Kumar Hegde(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
Ananth Kumar Hegde is a five-time MP from the Uttara Kannada constituency, which is mostly a BJP bastion since 1996.
Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka were conducted in two phases, on April 18 and April 23. There are 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state and the voting percentage recorded was at 67.4% compared with 67.2% during the 2014 elections.