Bhaskar Moily elected Mangaluru Mayor

K.Bhaskar Moily (left), new Mayor of Mangaluru, and Mohammed Kunjathbail, Deputy Mayor.

K. Bhaskar Moily and Muhammad Kunjathabail, both from Congress, were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru on Thursday.

Mr. Moily and Mr. Kunjathabail got 37 votes each while BJP’s Surendra Shetty and Meera Karkera contesting for Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively got 19 votes each. The election was held on the Mangaluru City Corporation premises.

Members to different standing committees were elected unopposed. Mysuru Regional Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad conducted the proceedings as the returning officer.