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Though Mandya is a Vokkaliga-dominated district, BJP managed to get only 2,44,377 votes.
Shivaramegowda broke the record of actor and politician Ambarish who earlier in 2004 won the Mandya Lok Shaba polls with a margin of 1,24,238 votes.
Though Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s aim to create a new history by winning the Mandya constituency with a margin of more than 7 to 8 lakhs votes remained unfulfilled, he was extremely happy on Shivaramegowda’s victory.