Sunday, June 5 2005 10:31 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: JDS (Janata Dal Secular) candidate Jamir Ahmed Khan won the Chamarajpet Assembly seat in the bye-elections held in Karnataka.

Khan defeated his nearest Congress rival R V Devaraj by a margin of 3938 votes, according to electoral authorities in Bangalore.

The bye-election was held on June 2 and votes were counted today (June 5, 2005).

The bypoll was caused following the resigning of the seat by former Chief Minister S M Krishna, after he was appointed Governor of Maharashtra.

With this, JDS has drubbed its coalition partner Congress.