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Gautam Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s official candidate has won the election for the post of mayor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Bengaluru,Oct.01,2019:BJP corporator from Jogupalya M Gautam Kumar was elected as the 54th mayor of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru’s local civic body.
Gautam Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s official candidate for Bengaluru mayor has won the election.
Kumar won by 17 votes with 129 votes in his favour, while 112 votes went to the Congress candidate RS Sathyanarayana.
He will replace Congress leader Gangambike Mallikarjun as Bengaluru mayor. This is the first time BJP has won the post in four years.
Prasanta Patnaik