Hassan (Karnataka) Election Results 2023 Live: HS Prakash vs Preetham Gowda – Who will win? Counting begins
Hassan Election 2023 Results Live Updates: The counting of votes in the Hassan Assembly constituency is underway. Among the eight Assembly divisions of the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, the elections here are a battle between Preetham J Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Banavasi Rangaswamy of the Indian National Congress (INC), Swaroop HS Prakash of the Janata Dal (Secular), and Agile Yogish of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Preetham beat Prakash by a margin of 13,006 votes in 2018.
The region is considered a stronghold of the family of HD Deve Gowda, a powerful leader of the Vokkalliga community and the national president of JD(S), who began his political career from the Holenarasipura Assembly segment in the district. Over the years, he has built a formidable political base, earlier for Janata Party and now for JDS, in Hassan district. While six constituencies in the district have JDS MLAs, the Hassan constituency is represented by BJP’s Preetham.