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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Over 70 per cent turnout in Karnataka
Updated On: 08 May, 2024 08:21 AM IST | Bengaluru | PTI
Meanwhile, the Shorapur Assembly segment in Yadgir district which went for bypoll recorded 66.72 per cent voter turnout. The bypoll is necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik last month
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Voting was held on Tuesday in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka and a turnout with over 70 per cent was recorded, as the Congress and the BJP locked horns again on the electoral battleground in less than a fortnight. Poll officials said that as per figures available till 10.53 pm, an estimated 70.03 per cent of voters cast their ballots. "This is tentative. It will vary slightly based on the detailed reports of the PRO (presiding officer)," an official said. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the same 14 segments had recorded a turnout of 68.43 per cent.
The state has a total of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. Polling in the other 14 seats was held on April 26, in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The constituencies which went to polls earlier, including those in state capital Bengaluru, witnessed a turnout of 69.56 per cent. "No violence was reported. The second phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state was peaceful," Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena told PTI. Of the 14 segments that went to polls on Tuesday, the highest turnout of 76.47 per cent was recorded in Chikkodi, followed by 76.23 per cent in Davangere. The lowest turnout of 61.81 per cent was recorded in Raichur. A total of 227 candidates -- 206 men and 21 women -- were in the fray for this phase which covered mostly the state`s northern districts.
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