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  1. Apr 24, 2024 · Sowmya Reddy, who lost the 2023 Assembly polls from Jayanagar by 16 votes, faces an uphill task to defeat Surya. Can she break the BJP stronghold, or will Tejasvi secure another term?

    • Varsha Sriram
  2. Early results showed the 33-year-old leader’s spirited challenger on the seat was Congress party’s Sowmya Reddy, who lost the Karnataka State Assembly elections last year by 16 votes.

    • According to reports, Sowmya Reddy was declared the winner by a margin of 160 votes at the end of regular counting. However, BJP the raised objection and demanded a recounting.
    • Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Padmanabhanagar MLA R Ashok and others took objection to the rejection of 177 postal ballot votes citing technical reasons, The Hindu reported.
    • Soon, BBMP Chief Commissioner and District Election Officer, Tushar Giri Nath reached the counting centre and the "rejected" postal ballots were counted.
    • "The result was announced by the officials at the Counting Centre at SSMRV College in Jayanagar late tonight," a state Information Department official said in a statement on Saturday.
  3. Jun 4, 2024 · Bangalore, Karnataka Election Results 2024 Live: Bangalore South, a traditional bastion of the BJP, saw a heated battle between the sitting MP Tejasvi Surya and the Congress candidate Sowmya...

  4. May 15, 2023 · Congress’s Sowmya Reddy lost the Jayanagar assembly seat in Bengaluru on Saturday by the slimmest of margins—16 votes—raising allegations that her namesake independent candidate who got 320 votes was propped up by BJP to confuse voters. BJP’s CK Ramamurthy wrested the seat from his Congress opponent.

    • Pearl D'souza
  5. Jun 4, 2024 · Sowmya Reddy is the general secretary of the All India Mahila Congress and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Reddy had lost the Jayanagar assembly election in 2023 by just 16 votes – a seat ...

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  7. Jun 4, 2024 · The sitting MP from the BJP, Tejasvi Surya, took on former Jayanagar MLA and Congress leader Sowmya Reddy in this general election. After losing an assembly election with a small margin, the Congress fielded Sowmya Reddy against Surya in the election. Sowmya Reddy, who is also the daughter of transport minister Ramalinga Reddy, campaigned ...