Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy has won the Karnataka’s Javanagar assembly constituency defeating Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate BN Prahlad.
Reddy won the polls by a margin of 2,889 votes s.
After this victory, the Congress has secured 80 seats in the Karanataka Assembly.
Although Karanataka went to polls on May 12, elections in Jayanagar constituency was postponed to June 11, after the death of BJP candidate B.N. Vijayakumar, who was the sitting MLA from the seat. The party fielded his brother BN Prahlad from the same constituency.
Earlier on June 5, the Janta Dal Secular (JD-S) decided to support the Congress after withdrawing its candidate Kalegowda from the constituency.