Karnataka bypoll: JD-S wins lone assembly seat

Janata Dal-Secular candidate Jamir Ahmed on Sunday won the Chamarajpet assembly seat in the byelection held in Karnataka on June 2.

Jamir Ahmed defeated his nearest Congress rival R V Devaraj by a margin of 3938 votes.

The bypoll was caused following the resignation of former chief minister S M Krishna from the seat after he was appointed governor of Maharastra.