Mysuru: The coalition partners Congress and JD(S) successfully passed the litmus test of Mayoral Election this morning with Pushpalatha Jagannath of Congress being elected as Mayor and Shafi Ahmed of the JD(S) being elected as the Deputy Mayor.
The Mayoral polls were held at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar auditorium at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) premises at around 11.30 am. While Pushpalatha Jagannath is the Corporator from Ward 11 Shanthinagar (Mahadevapura Road), Shafi Ahmed is the Corporator from Ward 31 K.N. Pura (Ghousianagar). Pushpalatha was the Deputy Mayor in 2010.
