Setback to Congress-JD(S) coalition as independent candidate Sumalatha Ambaressh wins on Mandya LS seat

In a major setback for Congress- JD(S) coalition government, Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambaressh won against Nikhil Kumaraswamy of JD(S) with a massive 90,000 votes, in Mandya the Cauvery heartland. With this Sumalatha scripts history as no independent candidate has been elected to the Lok Sabha from Karnataka in the last 52 years