Karnataka HC sets aside Karnataka Congress MLA's election, orders recount

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the election of Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda and ordered a recount of votes polled in his Malur constituency in the 2023 Assembly polls, PTI reported on Tuesday.

However, the bench led by Justice R Devadas stayed its own order for a month to allow Nanjegowda to appeal in the Supreme Court.

The judgement came on an election petition filed by KS Manjunath Gowda, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate who had lost to Nanjegowda. The seat is in the Kolar district.