Kanakapura Constituency result 2023: D K Shivakumar wins poll battle for eighth straight time

BENGALURU: Maintaining his winning streak since 1989, Karnataka Congress chief and Vokkaliga strongman D K Shivakumar emerged victorious in the assembly polls for the eighth consecutive time on Saturday, retaining his Kanakapura seat with a huge margin of 1,21,595 votes.
Shivakumar secured 1,42,156 votes against the 20,561 votes polled by his Janata Dal (Secular) rival B Nagaraju.Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) R Ashoka was in the third place with 19,602 votes.
Shivakumar is the sitting MLA from the seat. In 2018, he defeated JD(S)'s Narayana Gowda.
Shivakumar had emerged victorious in the 2013 and 2008 Karnataka assembly elections as well. He is currently the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).