Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from the Jayanagar assembly segment, B.N. Vijaya Kumar, died here early on Friday, a party official said. He was 60.

The two-time lawmaker was in the fray from the same constituency for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections.

“Vijaya Kumar was admitted into a nearby hospital after he collapsed on Thursday evening following a cardiac arrest while campaigning in his constituency,” the official told IANS.

He died at the state-run hospital after efforts to revive him failed, a doctor said.

Born in 1958 in Bengaluru, Vijay Kumar had studied in HAL and R V High Schools. Later he earned B.E degree in civil engineering. After joining BJP in 1990, Vijay Kumar worked as the General Secretary of the party Bengaluru City unit for 12 years, later he was also president of the unit.

The party’s state unit chief B.S. Yeddyurappa mourned the death. “I am deeply pained at the untimely demise of my friend and party stalwart Vijaya Kumar…,” Yeddyurappa tweeted.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also expressed his condolences over Kumar’s demise. “..I express my condolences to his family and loved ones. Vijaya Kumar was a sincere and hard working political leader,” he tweeted.

With his death, the election will be postponed in Jayanagar and the process will begin with on a new date. Now, only a BJP candidate will have the opportunity to file the nomination papers. Other candidates in the fray from this constituency include, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Soumya Reddy from Congress and Ravi Krishna Reddy is contesting from ‘Lancha Muktha Karnataka’ forum.