Bengaluru : BJP candidate Gautam Kumar Jain has been elected as the new Mayor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Jain defeated Congress Candidate RS Satyanarayana.
With this victory, BJP will be heading the top post in the BBMP after a gap of four years.
Gautam Kumar Jain a second-time corporator from the Jogupalya ward in Shantinagar assembly constituency received 129 in his favour and 110 votes against, while Congress candidate R S Sathyanarayana received 112 votes in favour and 129 against.
Meanwhile, Gurumurthy Reddy and Mahalakshmi H Ravindra withdrew their nominations for the Deputy Mayor’s post.