Samarth Mallikarjun Faces T. Srinivas Dasakariappa in Davangere South — Ndtv Live

ndtv live: The results of the bypolls in Karnataka’s Davangere South and Bagalkot Assembly seats are due on Monday, May 4, 2026. The count will settle two seats that both the Congress government and the BJP have treated as important in the state.

In Davangere South, Congress candidate Samarth Mallikarjun is fighting BJP nominee T. Srinivas Dasakariappa as he tries to keep the seat in the family after the death of his grandfather, Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Shivashankarappa was a veteran Congress leader.

Davangere South Contest

Mallikarjun’s candidature drew attention inside the party after his selection caused heartburn among Muslim leaders, according to the report. That tension sits alongside the family succession element in Davangere South, where the seat is being defended after Shivashankarappa’s demise.

The Congress government is hoping to retain both Davangere South and Bagalkot, while the BJP is confident of winning both constituencies. Those competing expectations make Monday’s result a direct test of whether each side can convert its local campaign into a seat gain or hold.

Bagalkot And May 4

Bagalkot is the other constituency in the same bypoll set, and its result will be announced with Davangere South on May 4. The announcement closes the waiting period for voters in both seats and sets the Assembly arithmetic for the two outcomes at once.

The article was published on May 3, 2026, at 11:47 pm IST in Bengaluru. Kumar Ramanikanth is named as the election observer in the report, which places the results within an official election process rather than a broader political argument.

For readers in the two constituencies, the practical shift comes with the declaration itself: the seat holder changes immediately once the result is out, and the local political balance turns on whether Congress keeps both seats or BJP takes them. Monday’s announcement is the point at which that question is answered in public.