RR Nagar election result: Congress' Munirathna wins by 41162 votes; updates

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Congress candidate Munirathna on Thursday won the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly seat in Karnataka by defeating his nearest rival by 41162 votes. 

Munirathna was up against BJP's Muniraju Gowda and JD(S)' G H Ramachandra.

Voting in the constituency, which was earlier scheduled to go on polls on May 12 with the rest of the constituencies of Karnataka, was postponed in light of the alleged fake voter ID scam. Before the May 12 polling for Karnataka assembly polls, 9,746 voter ID cards were found from a flat in SLV Park View Apartment in Bengaluru's Jalahalli locality by Election Commission (EC) officials on May