Karnataka: Jayanagar Assembly Election 2018 sees 34% polling till 1 pm

The Congress, which won from the RR Nagar Assembly segment on May 31, hopes to wrest the Jayanagar seat from the BJP and take its Karnataka Assembly tally to 79

Till 1 pm, about 34 per cent polling was recorded in Jayanagar Assembly bypoll,  which was countermanded due to the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and MLA B N Vijaya Kumar.

The BJP has nominated Kumar's younger brother, B N Prahlad, as its candidate, while Congress has fielded former Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy. 

The Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) had fielded Kalegowda but later withdrawn his candidature to support the Congress nominee.

In all, 19 candidates, including nine Independents, are in the fray. Nayeema Khanum of the Praja Raita Raajya Paksha is the only