Mangaluru: Congress party candidate Kavita Sanil has been elected as 19th Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) whereas Rajanish S Kapikkad became the new Deputy Mayor of MCC in the elections held on Thursday.

Kavita Sanil succeeded to get 38 votes whereas BJP candidate Purnima obtained the support of 20 members in the elections held for Mayor post. Meanwhile, Rajanish unanimously elected as deputy mayor of MCC.

The Congress has a strength of 35 members followed by the BJP which has 20 members. The JD(S) has two members while the CPI(M) and SDPI has one member. There is one independent corporator. This is the last one year term of the five year term of the Congress rule in the MCC.

The election process was conducted by M V Jayanthi, Regional Commissioner from Mysuru division. MCC Commissioner Mohammad Nazir, Mysuru Division Additional Commissioner Bharati were also present.