<p> An electorate of 1.25 crore will decide the fortunes of 1.15 lakh candidates in fray for 40,351 Gram Panchayat seats. Polling will be held between 7 am and 5 pm. <br />As many as 3,938 candidates have been elected unopposed.<br /><br />State Election Commission Secretary D K Ravindranath said preparations for the smooth conduct of the polls have been completed. As many as 81,000 polling officials have been deployed. <br /><br />Polling will be held in 16,064 booths, of which 4,539 have been declared sensitive and 3,200 as hyper-sensitive.<br /><br />Nearly 19,000 police personnel of various ranks are deployed for election bandobust duties in addition to armed police personnel. <br /><br />More security<br /><br />Additional security measures have been taken in naxal affected areas.<br /><br /> Districts that will go to polls during second phase include Mysore, Chikmagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Chamarajnagar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Haveri, Bagalkot, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, Gadag, Udupi (Kundapur taluk).<br /><br />Repolling <br /><br />Repolling will be held in 24 polling stations in various districts which went to polls during phase one.<br /><br />Counting of votes will be taken up at all taluk headquarters on May 17.</p>
<p> An electorate of 1.25 crore will decide the fortunes of 1.15 lakh candidates in fray for 40,351 Gram Panchayat seats. Polling will be held between 7 am and 5 pm. <br />As many as 3,938 candidates have been elected unopposed.<br /><br />State Election Commission Secretary D K Ravindranath said preparations for the smooth conduct of the polls have been completed. As many as 81,000 polling officials have been deployed. <br /><br />Polling will be held in 16,064 booths, of which 4,539 have been declared sensitive and 3,200 as hyper-sensitive.<br /><br />Nearly 19,000 police personnel of various ranks are deployed for election bandobust duties in addition to armed police personnel. <br /><br />More security<br /><br />Additional security measures have been taken in naxal affected areas.<br /><br /> Districts that will go to polls during second phase include Mysore, Chikmagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Chamarajnagar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Haveri, Bagalkot, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, Gadag, Udupi (Kundapur taluk).<br /><br />Repolling <br /><br />Repolling will be held in 24 polling stations in various districts which went to polls during phase one.<br /><br />Counting of votes will be taken up at all taluk headquarters on May 17.</p>
