DV SADANADA GOUDA IS KARNATAKA's NEW CHIEF MINISTER ( CM )

Lok Sabha member from Udupi- Chikmagalur constituency DV Sadananda Gowda was on Wednesday chosen the next chief minister of Karnataka.
According to sources, Sadananda Gowda got 63 votes in his favour and Jagadish Shettar got 55.
The election of Gowda, who is not a member of either House of the Legislature, has clearly
demonstrated the hold Yeddyurappa has over legislators and his command over the party in the state.
Earlier in the day, Karnataka 's BJP legislators' met to pick a successor to outgoing chief minister Yeddyurappa. The legislators met at a hotel in city centre to choose a new leader between two contenders - DV Sadananda Gowda and rural development minister Jagadish Shettar.
Yeddyurappa had quit as Karnataka chief minister reluctantly on Sunday, days after the Santosh Hegde report on illegal mining severely indicted him and his family .