BENGALURU, June 19 -- Cross voting by at least 11 legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) helped the Congress capture an unexpected fifth seat in Karnataka's legislative council elections on Thursday, giving the ruling party a majority in the 75-member Upper House and marking a success in chief minister DK Shivakumar's first political test. The Congress won five of the seven seats on offer, and the BJP secured the remaining two. JD(S) candidate Govindraju, whose party had relied on the BJP support for the final seat, was defeated. Based on the available figures, at least six BJP lawmakers and between four and eight JD(S) lawmakers appear to have voted against their parties, although the precise distribution may be...