Incumbent MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women and also recording them, is leading in Hassan Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. The JD(S) leader was pitted against Congress leader Shreyas Patel in the constituency.
Prajwal Revanna was suspended by his party in the wake of the charges levelled against him.
Media reports suggest that despite the sexual abuse charges levelled against him, Prajwal Revanna is expected to win the seat, which is a Vokkaliga stronghold, with a huge majority. Prajwal Revanna's grandfather former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch won the seat five times previously.
JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (BJP) were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively.
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Prajwal, facing sexual abuse allegations, returned from Germany on Friday and was immediately arrested by the SIT at the Bengaluru airport. A special court in the city remanded him to police custody till June 6.
Early trends from the state had shown that the BJP was ahead in 17 seats, Congress in eight and JD(S) in three.
JD(S) leader and former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (BJP) were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively, according to official sources.
Also leading in the initial rounds were erstwhile Mysuru royal family scion Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of BJP in Mysore, party veteran B S Yediyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra in Shimoga, saffron party senior leader and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shetttar from Belgaum and BJP leader Tejasvi Surya (Bangalore South).
