For a third straight time, Congress MLA NA Haris won from the Shantinagar constituency in Bengaluru with 60,009 votes.
The other contenders for the seat were K Vasudevamurthy (BJP), NR Sridhar Reddy (JD(S), and Renuka Vishwanathan (AAP), who got 41,804 and 13,569 and 2,658 votes repsectively.
Haris emerged victorious despite being in the eye of controversy following the arrest of his son Mohammed Haris Nalapad in an assault case.
When the Congress announced its first list of candidates in April, it did not announce the name of the Shantinagar candidate in an attempt to avoid controversy.
Harris is said to have threatened to quit following this, but senior leaders in the party's state unit are said to have told him to wait for a few days before his name was announced.
Later in the same month, Haris’ candidature was formally announced in the revised list.