Karnataka polls: Polling ends, 65.69 pc voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

Polling for the Karnataka Assembly ended at 6 pm on Wednesday and the overall voter turnout till 5 pm was recorded at 6569 per cent informed the Election Commission ECFurther according to the EC the highest polling till 5 pm was recorded by Chickaballapur district at 7664 per cent while the BBMP South district recorded the lowest at 4863 per centBangalore Rural recorded 7610 per cent polling till 5 pm with Bagalkot trailing at 7004 per cent and Bangalore Urban at 5219 per centFurther the EC said BBMP Central and BBMP North recorded turnouts of 5010 per cent and 5002 per cent till 5pmA voter turnout of 5218 per cent was recorded till 3 pm up from 3725 per cent at 1 pm and 2099 per cent at 11 amPolling for 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka began at 7 am on Wednesday After a slow start the turnout picked up as the day wore onThe ongoing Assembly polls would decide the electoral fates of 2615 candidates across partiesIn what turned out to be a highdecibel campaign phase the incumbent BJP Congress and the JDS went at each other and pulled out all stops and their heavyweights to woo votersAfter the controversy around its manifesto which included a promise to ban the Bajrang Dal Congress tried to redirect its campaign focus back to the breadandbutter issues and the alleged corruption on the watch of the incumbent BJP governmentAlso Read Shiv Sena UBT delegation meets Governor seeks probe into graft in BMCHowever the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi went big on the pledge to ban the Bajrang Dal and alleged faux pas by the partys designated translator at a campaign rally addressed by Sonia GandhiIn this years Karnataka polls the Congress supported by the CPI and JDS are contesting on their own aiming to form their government with a full majorityThe Congress and JDS had contested as partners in the previous state pollsBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike BBMP Central recorded 2941 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm while it was 2990 per cent in BBMP NorthBBMP South saw a voting percentage of 3068 per cent Bagalkot 4087 per cent Bangalore Rural 4016 per cent Bangalore Urban 3154 per cent Belgaum 3748 and Bellary 3974 per cent till 1 pmDakshina Kannada recorded 4417 per cent voter turnout Bijapur 3655 per cent Davanagere 3864 per cent Uttara Kannada 4243 per cent and Tumkur 4060 per centThe counting of votes will take place on May 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever