The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday cleared the poll result of Karnataka's Hubli Dharwad Assembly constituency, which was held up due to mismatch of actual votes cast and votes reflected on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
Bharatiya Janata Party's Jagadish Shettar has been announced as the winner from the constituency.
"If there is difference between EVM count and paper slip count, paper slip count prevails.
Winning margin in Hubli Dharwad Constituency is more than 20,000 and VVPAT slips counted in polling station no 135 A is only 459.
Hence Returning Officer declared Jagadish Shettar as the winner," read an official statement.