Amid 'Vote Chori' Row, Trouble For Congress Over Karnataka MLA's 2023 Win
The Congress and its 'vote chori' campaign - allegations the BJP is 'colluding' with the Election Commission to commit voter fraud - faces a potentially embarrassing setback in Karnataka after the High Court declared the 2023 Malur Assembly election result invalid and ordered a recount. Two years ago, the Congress scripted an unlikely victory in the Karnataka election; the party swept 135 of the state's 224 seats, winning 55 more than it managed in 2018 and leaving the BJP just 66. The Malur seat was won by KY Nanjegowda. He beat his BJP rival, Manjunath Gowda, by 248 votes.
