Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, his son and Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra voted in the elections to Shivamogga local authority constituency comprising three taluks of neighbouring Davangere, in town municipal council office in Shikaripur town.
The polling started at 8 am on Friday.
Before voting, BSY performed a special puja at Huchcharayaswamy temple. BJP candidate D S Arun, son of legislative council former chairman D H Shankaramurthy, was also present on the occasion.
Four candidates including D S Arun of BJP, R Prasanna Kumar of Congress, Shashikumar BK of JD (U) and independent candidate P Y Raju are in the fray. As many as 4,164 candidates are eligible to cast their votes in the constituency.
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