Bengaluru May 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday nominated B.N. Prahlad to contest in south Bengaluru s Jayanagar Assembly segment poll on June 11.
Prahlad is the younger brother of the party s contestant B.N. Vijaya Kumar whose sudden death on May 4 ahead of the May 12 assembly election led to the poll being countermanded.
Kumar was BJP s two-time lawmaker from the upscale constituency.
A total of 19 candidates are in fray from the seat including Sowmya R. of the Congress Kalegowda of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) seven others from regional and fringe outfits and nine Independents.
Polling will be held on June 11 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the votes counted on June 13.
Polling in southwest Bengaluru s Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly seat was postponed to May 28 following the detection of 9 564 voters ID cards at a flat there. Votes will be counted in the constituency on May 31.

--IANS bha/vd