Udupi Chikamagalur
Hassan
Dakshina Kannada
Chitradurga
Tumkur
Mandya
Mysore
Chamarajanagar
Bangalore Rural
Bangalore North
Bangalore Central
Bangalore South
Chikballapur
Kolar
The states (besides Karnataka) which are going to polls in phase 2 are Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Rajasthan, Manipur and West Bengal.
Bidar will witness a direct fight between Union Minister Bhagwanth Khuba and Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre’s 26-year-old son Sagar Khandre.
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Addressing an election rally in favour of Dharwad Congress candidate Vinod Asuti, Siddaramaiah launched a broadside against PM Modi, saying, 'He (Modi) does not visit the state when it’s reeling under drought or floods. But he never misses a poll campaign here.'
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It is 1.35 pm. A convoy of cars slows down at Nagasamudra village in Bhadravathi taluk. A high-end SUV in the convoy stops by the roadside where around 100 people are standing, with some holding garlands in their hands.
Shivanna tells them to be patient and greets the gathering. The top actor is here not to promote any of his movies, but to seek votes for his film producer wife Geetha Shivarajkumar, the Congress candidate from Shimoga Lok Sabha seat.
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The Karnataka State Commission for Women has asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe sex videos - some of them involving force or no consent - that are being circulated in Hassan district.
The Commission, headed by Dr Nagalakshmi Chaudhary, has said that “influential politicians” have sought sexual favours from women besides “raping some of them”.
These clips have reached people, “Making society hang its head down in shame”, the Commission stated. Apparently, sexual acts with thousands of women have been recorded on mobile phones for blackmailing them.
The power couple urged citizens to come out in large numbers and exercise their franchise during the biggest festival of democracy in the world!
Polling was delayed by 40 minutes in booth no 260 under Narasimharaja Assembly segment in Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency as the process began at 7 am on Friday in Mysuru city. There are booths number 260, 261 and 262 in Nehru Nagar Government School on Mahadevapura Main Road in Sathagalli Layout. While polling started at around 7.10 am in booths numbered 261 and 262, there was a technical problem in the EVM in booth 260, for which technical staff had to be summoned. Finally, polling started at 7.40 am in booth number 260.
Voters were seen thronging polling booths early morning to exercise their franchise. Officials started the polling process after mock voting in their polling booths.
Credit: DH Photo/Nrupathunga S K
There are 10 candidates in fray including Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP), Jayaprakash Hegde (Congress).
There are 7,68,215 male voters and 8,16,910 women voters in the constituency. There are 1,842 polling booths.
Web casting has been arranged in 1,270 polling booths.
Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna cast his vote at Ajjarakadu polling booth.
An elderly citizen arrives at a polling booth in Udupi.
Polling in Dakshina Kannada Lok sabha constituency began on a brisk note on Friday morning. Voters were seen waiting in a queue to exercise their franchise since 7 am.
Congress candidate Padmaraj R cast his vote at Capitanio School in Mangaluru.
A woman in Kumpala said that she had arrived at the polling booth at 6.30 am to exercise her franchise so that she could leave to attend a marriage ceremony.
Political parties have set up their counters 200 metres away from the polling booths and were seen helping voters trace their polling stations. Some voters were even clicking selfies at a selfie booth after casting their votes.
The district has 1,876 polling booths and 18,18,127 voters. A total of 11,255 polling personnel have been deployed in polling stations.
The district has 40 sakhi polling booths, eight mission-based booths, eight young voters' booths, and eight traditional booths. Webcasting has been arranged in 938 polling booths. The district has 171 critical polling booths that has been provided security by CAPF personnel.
Shamianas have been set in place at polling booths for ensuring shade to the voters while wheelchairs, ramps, and drinking water facility were made available in most of the booths.
Initial glitch
Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP said that there was an initial glitch at Karopady polling booth but engineer set it right and polling continues peacefully.
The voting process got affected for 45 minutes due to a glitch in EVM at a polling booth in Arenoor of Aldur in Chikkamagaluru.
People who were waiting in a queue expressed their displeasure.
On getting information, assistant returning officer Daljith Kumar rushed to the spot and the engineer fixed the issue.
Technical glitch was also noticed in an EVM at Chemnapura and Halepete in Birur before the commencement of polling.
The poll officer replaced the faulty EVM with a new one to facilitate polling.
Mysuru: A large number of people took part in the voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar districts, right from 7:00 am.
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, BJP candidate for Mysore-Kodagu segment cast his vote along with his wife Trishika Kumari and mother Pramoda Devi Waidyar.
"The FST of Chikkaballapura seized cash worth 4.8 Crores. An FIR also has been lodged by the SST team of Chikkaballapura Constituency against K Sudhakar, BJP Candidate on 25.04.2024 at Madanayakanahally Police Station," said Chief Election Officer, Karnataka on X platform (formerly Twitter)
Opposing the exclusion of the village from mining-affected region, villagers of Siddapura in Chitradurga taluk have decided to boycott the voting
The polling officials have been waiting for voters to turn up at the polling booth to exercise their franchise. The booth has not witnessed single voting so far.
The village has 510 voters. It is two km from Medikeripura where mining is being operated. But Siddapura has not been included in mining-affected region.
The village leaders have instructed citizens not to cast their votes till their demand is met.
From 101 year old Thimmamma to first time voter Miss Karnataka 2023 Tanishka Murthy, Mysureans rushed to polling booths at Krishna Raja assembly segment and others from as early as 7am to cast votes in Loksabha polls on Friday morning.
In Mysuru district polling went brisk in Chamundeshwari, Chamaraja, Krishnaraja Narasimharaja, Hunsur, Periyapatna assembly segments of Mysuru-Kodagu LS constituency; K R Nagar assembly segment of Mandya LS segment; Varuna, T Narsipura, Nanjangud and H D Kote aaaembly segments of Chamarajanagar LS segment.
Of 27,42,108 registered voters, 13,91,043 are female, 13,50,840 are male, and 225 transgenders. Voting is being conducted at 3,471 polling stations in Mysuru district.
Mysuru registers 11.01 per cent voting at 9:00 am.
Mandya registers 7.7 per cent, Hassan 8.23 per cent and Chamarajanagar 7.7 per cent till 9 am
82-year-old Mittu Changappa exercised his franchise at St Michael School in Madikeri. He holds the record of being the first voter for the last 31 elections.
Speaking on the occasion, Mittu Changappa said “he has been exercising his franchise since 1962. Voting is a right which all should exercise.
After resolving the technical glitch in EVM, voting began in polling booth at Vishwanathanahalli in Holalkere taluk.
Suttur seer Shivaratri Deshikendra Swami after casting his vote in Mysuru.
Although elderly voters trickled in slowly at the Poornaprajna Education Centre, Sadashivanagar, chaos ensued when members of the Rajkumar family reached the centre to vote as media persons and local voters scrambled to get their photographs.
Raghavendra Rajkumar, actor and producer, was joined by his sons Yuva and Vinay Rajkumar, and late actor Puneeth Rajkumar's wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar.
"Voting is not an act of charity, it is a right. I urge all voters to vote for whoever they think can do the most for their people," said Raghavendra Rajkumar.
Mysore-Kodagu NDA candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, along with his wife Trishika Kumari and mother Pramoda Devi Wadiyar after casting their votes in Mysuru
JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda at the polling booth to cast his vote in Hassan. His grandson HD Prajwal Revanna is the NDA candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He is pitted against G Puttaswamy Gowda's grandson Shreyas M Patel of Congress.
Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency Congress candidate K Jayaprakash Hegde after exercising his franchise at Korgi School in Kundapura taluk.
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency Congress candidate Padmaraj R Poojary after exercising his franchise at Capitanio School in Mangaluru.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah casted his vote in polling station no 86 at Karnataka Public School at his native Siddaramanahundi of Mysuru taluk, Varuna at 10.24 am on Friday. It falls under the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Karnataka CM was accompanied by his son Dr S Yathindra at the polling booth.
Seers of various mutts exercised their franchise in the Sakhi polling booth at Mathadakurubarahatti on the outskirts of the Chitradurga city.
They stood in queue and showed their identity cards and exercised their franchise on EVM.
The seers who exercised their franchise include Kunchitiga Mahasamsthana Seer Shantaveera Swami, Yadava Gurupeeta Seer Sri Krishna Yadavananda Swami, Bhovi Gurupeeta Seer Immadi Siddarameshwara Swami, Madara Chennaiah Gurupeeta Seer Madara Chennaiah Swami, Medara Gurupeeta Seer Keteshwara Swami and Banjara Gurupeeta Seer Sevalal.
An incident of polling staff official applying indelible ink on the wrong finger of the voters was reported at a booth in Mulki, Mangaluru.
Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP said that the issue has been resolved by the sector office immediately.
The Ink was applied on the wrong fingers of eight to nine voters, noted the DC.
Huge number of people standing in queue for casting vote for Lok Sabha Bengaluru South election at the Royal School booth in Bengaluru
Disappointed over not having basic facilities such as mobile phone tower, power connection and transport, villagers of Yarehalli village have boycotted voting on Friday.
The village has over 150 houses and only four voters have exercised their franchise.
The officials are making efforts to bring voters to the polling booth.
Voter turnout in Karnataka stands at 22.34 % at 11:00 am
Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and his family cast their vote in Ramanagara, which falls under Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency.
Bengaluru: A woman voter in her 50s was saved by a doctor waiting for his turn to vote in a long queue in southern Bengaluru’s Jambu Savari Dinne, JP Nagar on Friday.
Dr Ganesh Srinivasa Prasad, a nephrologist and transplant physician at a private hospital in the city was waiting in line to vote early this morning when a woman collapsed in front of him around 9:00 am.
Dr Prasad immediately performed CPR on her after securing her position, following which, she regained consciousness after about a minute.
The woman has been unidentified as of yet. She couldn't cast her vote but her husband, who is non-verbal, was allowed to vote by the authorities at the polling station.
Bride casts her vote before heading to her marriage in Mudigere
Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar's daughter Aisshwarya DKS Hegde casts her vote in Kanakapura
More than 30 people staged a protest blocking National Highway 209 after they found their names missing from the voter's list at Dasanadoddi village, in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district.
Dakshina Kannada - 48.1%
Hassan - 41.02 %
Mandya - 40.74%
Chamarajanagar - 39.57%
Mysore-Kodagu - 41.58%
Chitradurga - 39.05%
Udupi Chikmagalur - 46.43%
Mysore - 41.58%
Chikkballapur - 39.85%
Kolar - 38.42%
Voter turnout in Bengaluru
Bangalore Rural - 36.09%
Bangalore North - 32.25%
Bangalore Central - 30.10%
Bangalore South - 31.51%
"Since last several years, PM Modi has helped 20-25 super rich people, who now own the most wealth in the country. PM Modi has gifted India's wealth including airports, sea ports and other infrastructure projects to business owners such as Adani," said Rahul Gandhi.
It has created a huge disparity of wealth in the country. If given a chance, our party promises to end the misery of the country citizens.
"Our government will deposit Rs 1 lakh directly to the woman's bank account every year. For unemployed graduates, Congress will offer an Rs 1 lakh apprenticeship guarantee," added Gandhi
"Our government will scrap Agneepath scheme. Every soldier deserves equal pay, good canteen facilities and pension. We will end all disparities in India," said Rahul Gandhi.
"These days Narendra Modi looks very nervous during his speeches. Maybe in a few days, he might shed tears on the stage. 24 hours he’ll try to divert you. Some days he’ll talk about Pakistan, China. Some days he’ll ask you to bang thali, flash your mobile lights," said Rahul Gandhi, senior Congress leader.
Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha casts his vote in Vijayanagar
While addressing a public rally in Bijapur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said "You are seeing the speeches of PM Modi, he is tense. Maybe in a few days, he will shed tears on the stage. He just tries to distract your attention 24 hours..."
A woman electoral staff died of cardiac arrest while on poll duty at Hotteppanahalli village in Challakere taluk on Friday.
Yashodamm (58), polling officer was the deceased. She was serving as teacher in government school at Bommasandra village in Challakere taluk.
Bangalore Rural - 49.62%
Dakshina Kannada - 58.76%
Hassan - 55.92%
Mandya - 57.44%
Chamarajanagar - 54.82%
Mysore-Kodagu - 53.55%
Chitradurga - 52.14%
Udupi Chikmagalur - 57.49%
Chikkballapur - 55.90%
Kolar - 54.66%
Voter turnout in Bengaluru city
Bangalore North - 41.12%
Bangalore Central - 40.10%
Bangalore South - 40.77%
Bangalore Rural - 61.78%
Dakshina Kannada - 71.83 %
Hassan - 72.13%
Mandya - 74.87%
Chamarajanagar - 69.60%
Mysore-Kodagu - 65.85%
Chitradurga - 67.00%
Udupi Chikmagalur - 72.13%
Chikkballapur - 70.97%
Kolar - 71.26%
Voter turnout in Bengaluru city
Bangalore North - 50.04%
Bangalore Central - 48.61%
Bangalore South - 49.37%
A chende artiste Manohar (58) died of cardiac arrest after exercising his franchise in Kodagu district.
He had cast his vote at B Shettigeri polling station in Ponnampet taluk. Later, Chende artiste Manohar (58) reportedly collapsed after coming out of the polling booth. Though he was rushed to hospital, doctors declared him brought dead.
Ponnampet Tahsildar Mohankumar said “Manohar had come out of the polling booth and collapsed 200 metres away from the booth.
Chikkamagaluru Election Officials have booked an FIR (No. 0042/2024) against CT Ravi, BJP Leader for his post in X handle for violation u/s 125 of RP Act and 505(2) of IPC in Basavanahalli PS on 26.04.24 for promoting hatred and enmity between different classes of citizens.
Bangalore Rural - 61.78%
Dakshina Kannada - 71.83 %
Hassan - 72.13%
Mandya - 74.87%
Chamarajanagar - 69.86%
Mysore-Kodagu - 67.52%
Chitradurga - 67.52%
Udupi Chikmagalur - 72.69%
Chikkballapur - 71.85%
Kolar - 73.25%
Voter turnout in Bengaluru city
Bangalore North - 51.51%
Bangalore Central - 49.76%
Bangalore South - 49.37%
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