Basanagouda Badarli, nephew of Sindhanur Congress MLA Hampannagouda Badarli, was elected president of the Karnataka Youth Pradesh Congress.
Mr. Badarli defeated Madhugiri MLA K.N. Rajanna’s son K.N. Rajendra by a margin of over 9,000 votes.
Mr. Badarli succeeded Congress MLC Rizwan Arshad, whose tenure as the Youth Congress president for six years has ended.
Four candidates — Kemparaju K., Amruth Raj Gowda, R. Rajendra (reserved category), Sumaiya Tabrez (women category) — have been elected as vice-presidents of the youth Congress.
A total of 1.41 lakh voters exercised their franchise. Polling for all posts of office-bearers for the State, district and city committees was held from May 14 to May 16.
