Congress corporator Kavitha Sanil was today elected the new mayor of the Mangaluru City Corporation.
Rajaneesh was elected as deputy mayor, a post reserved for scheduled tribe category in the elections held at MCC headquarters, officials said.
The mayor seat was open to women in general category.
Kavitha Sanil was elected with a margin of 18 votes as shesecured 38 votes against the Opposition BJP candidate Poornima who got 20 votes.
Congress MLAs J R Lobo, Mohiuddin Bava and Ivan D'Souza MLC also cast their vote in the election. Sanil, a two-time corporator, has been acting as the chairperson of the MCC standing committee for Health.
Congress has 35 members in the 60-member council of the MCC. BJP has 20 members, JD-S 2, CPI-M, SDPI one each and anindependent.
The election process was conducted by Regional Commissioner M V Jayanti from Mysuru Division.
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Meanwhile, Shiv Sena nominee Hemangi Worlikar romped home as the deputy Mayor of BMC.
In the election, 218 corporators out of total 227 voted.
Worlikar bagged 166 votes whereas her opponent and the Congress nominee Vinfred D'souza got just 31. Of remaining 30 votes, five votes were found to be invalid. While 16 corporators remained neutral, eight were absent whereas a AIMIM member abstained though he was present in the city hall.
Meanwhile, newly-elected Mayor Mahadeshwar has announced names of members of Standing Committees, Education Committee, Improvement Committee and BEST Committee, which are deliberative wings of the civic body.
