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In Shira, JDS ticket was given to Ammajamma, the wife of recently deceased MLA Satyanarayana. Rajesh Gowda is contesting from BJP while former minister TB Jayachandra will contest from Congress.
BJP does not have much hold in Shira. It seems that the BJP leaders are calculating that their adjustment at Shira with JD(S) may get them the RR Nagar seat easily.
Since 1951, there have been a total of 16 assembly elections in Shira constituency. Of these, Congress candidates were elected 10 times, JDS and non-Congress candidates won three times each.
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In the 2013 election, Jayachandra won again with 46.47% of the votes. JDS’s Satyanarayana received 37.26% while BK Manjunath received 11.84%. In the 2018 elections, Satyanarayana won with 41.24% of the votes and TB Jayachandra got 35.49%. However, the candidate from the BJP. R Gowda received only 9.41% of the votes.