Bengaluru: The Congress on Wednesday won the Jayanagar assembly seat in the city by a margin of more than 2,800 votes, wresting it from the BJP.
According to election officials, Congress’ Sowmya Reddy secured 54,457 votes against her nearest rival from the BJP, B N Prahlad, who managed 51,568 votes.
Assembly elections were held across the state on May 12, but the polling on Jayanagar seat was countermanded owing to the death of BJP candidate B N Vijayakumar, who was holding the constituency.
The bypoll was held on June 11.