Premananda Shetty elected Mayor and Sumangala Rao as Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru

Mangaluru: Seniormost member of the BJP in the council Premananda Shetty has been elected as the Mayor and Sumangala Rao as the Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru on Tuesday, March 2.

The term of Diwakar as Mayor and Janaki alias Vedavathi as Deputy Mayor ended on Sunday. The office of Mayor was reserved for general category while the office of Deputy Mayor was reserved for general category woman.

Premananda Shetty represents Mangaladevi ward which is in Mangaluru City South Assembly segment.

In the 60-member House, the ruling BJP enjoys 44 seats, the Congress 14 seats and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has two seats.