<p align="justify" class="title">The rebel Congress candidate Bhagyavathy was elected as the new mayor of the Mysuru Mahanagara Palike, here in Mysuru on Wednesday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Consequently, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been humbled on his own turf by this unexpected outcome.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah hails from the district and has consistently maintained that he will contest the Assembly polls this year from Varuna constituency in Mysuru district. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Bhagyavathy bagged 43 votes to beat her rival-- the designated Congress candidate --Kamala Uday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">JD(S) candidate Indira Mahesh was elected Deputy Mayor. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Bhagyavathy submitted her nomination as a rebel Congress candidate, once she came to know that the party had chosen Kamala Uday as the party's designated candidate. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">As a consequence of that move, Bhagyavathy won the support of the JD(S) and BJP which had entered into a pact. All these happenings ultimately worked out in Bhagyavathy's favour. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Congress workers tried in vain to get Bhagyavathy who was sitting with the JD(S) members to sit with them. But she refused to budge.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A heated argument ensued between Congress and JD(S) members. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There was utter chaos when ministers Tanveer Sait and MLA G T Deve Gowda began a war of words. Congress workers tried to stall the election process. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">For the final period of the incumbent council, the mayoral position is reserved for scheduled caste and the deputy mayoral for scheduled tribe women. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The final composition of Council</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">At final count, the 65 member council now has 21 Congress members, 20 JD(S) members and 13 BJP members. The other parties share the 11 other seats. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">The rebel Congress candidate Bhagyavathy was elected as the new mayor of the Mysuru Mahanagara Palike, here in Mysuru on Wednesday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Consequently, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been humbled on his own turf by this unexpected outcome.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah hails from the district and has consistently maintained that he will contest the Assembly polls this year from Varuna constituency in Mysuru district. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Bhagyavathy bagged 43 votes to beat her rival-- the designated Congress candidate --Kamala Uday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">JD(S) candidate Indira Mahesh was elected Deputy Mayor. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Bhagyavathy submitted her nomination as a rebel Congress candidate, once she came to know that the party had chosen Kamala Uday as the party's designated candidate. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">As a consequence of that move, Bhagyavathy won the support of the JD(S) and BJP which had entered into a pact. All these happenings ultimately worked out in Bhagyavathy's favour. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Congress workers tried in vain to get Bhagyavathy who was sitting with the JD(S) members to sit with them. But she refused to budge.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A heated argument ensued between Congress and JD(S) members. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There was utter chaos when ministers Tanveer Sait and MLA G T Deve Gowda began a war of words. Congress workers tried to stall the election process. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">For the final period of the incumbent council, the mayoral position is reserved for scheduled caste and the deputy mayoral for scheduled tribe women. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The final composition of Council</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">At final count, the 65 member council now has 21 Congress members, 20 JD(S) members and 13 BJP members. The other parties share the 11 other seats. </p>