A.P. Ranganath wins Bengaluru Teachers' Constituency MLC seat

A.P. Ranganath, representing the NDA alliance, has won the Bengaluru Teachers' Constituency election for the Legislative Council. He secured 10,810 votes, defeating the Congress candidate Puttanna, who received 9,902 votes, by a margin of 908 votes.

The election saw a high voter turnout of 81.98%, with 22,468 out of 27,405 voters casting their ballots. Of the valid votes, 20,611 were counted, while 1,857 votes were declared invalid. Other candidates included Dr. G.R. Hebbur of the Karnataka Rashtra Samiti, Umesh Babu Pilligowda, B.S. Nagaraju, and Dr. N. Lakshmana Swami.

Following the results, leaders from the BJP and JD(S) expressed their satisfaction with the victory.