Bengaluru: The high profile Jayanagar Assembly constituency in Bengaluru, became the last result to be announced by the Election Commission, after several rounds of re-counting of votes was taken up following a complaint by BJP candidate C.K. Ramamurthy after his Congress rival and sitting MLA Sowmya Reddy was declared winner yesterday afternoon.
Sowmya Reddy of the Congress, who had edged out her nearest rival C.K. Ramamurthy of the BJP by a margin of just 160 votes, was initially declared the winner after the counting of votes of all the rounds ended at SSMRV PU college in Jayanagar. But the BJP candidate Ramamurhty raised objections and insisted on recounting of votes and also to take count of 177 postal ballots which were earlier rejected.
