He avenged the defeat of his father and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda who had lost to Congress novice Tejaswini Gowda in the 2004 polls.
This time Tejaswini Gowda came in third with the Bharatiya Janata Party's C.P. Yogeshwar emerging second.
Published 16 May 2009, 07:24 IST