Lok Sabha Elections (Karnataka) Highlights: Nearly 70% voter turnout in Phase 3

BJP, Congress again set for battle in 14 Karnataka seats

The Congress and BJP will lock horns on the electoral battleground again today Karnataka, as the stage is set for the second phase of elections in the 14 remaining Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday.

It is going to be a straight fight between the ruling Congress and BJP in Parliamentary segments in the northern districts. The JD(S) is not contesting in these seats and is supporting its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner -- the BJP.

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Here are the constituencies across the state that are going to polls today

1. Chikkodi

2. Belgaum

3. Bagalkot

4. Bijapur

5. Gulbarga

6. Raichur

7. Bidar

8. Koppal

9. Bellary

10. Haveri

11. Dharwad

12. Uttara Kannada

13. Davangere

14. Shimoga

Preparations under way for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls; visuals from the Haveri Lok Sabha constituency

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Polling begins at brisk space for Belgaum, Chikkodi

Polling for the Lok Sabha election for Chikkodi and Belgaum parliamentary constituencies began at brisk pace on Tuesday.

Scorching summer resulted in many of the voters reaching polling centre's early. Morning walker's arrived directly to the polling stations with their identity cards to cast their votes and prevent waiting under son as day progressed. Senior citizens too arrived at the polling stations early in the city.

Presiding officers in the presence of agents of political parties and candidates conducted mock polling to ensure that the EVMs were working normally.

"We are going to win a minimum 25 to 26 Lok Sabha constituency...," says B S Yediyurappa as voting begins

Voter's waiting in queue to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha election at polling station coming under Belgaum parliamentary constituency at Godsewadi in Belagavi on Tuesday.

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Heatwave poses big challenge to voter turnout in Karnataka's 14 seats

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Visuals from Karnataka as voting continues in phase three

MLA Abhay Patil and his wife cast their votes from Belgaum Lok Sabha seat

Amid voting in Karnataka, state BJP chief Vijayendra attacks Congress over sexual abuse accused Prajwal Revanna leaving the country

Speaking to media, Vijayendra said, "We have already condemned this act. BJP never supports this kind of attitude, this kind of activity. But the manner in which the Congress party is using it, had the Congress party wished, they could have stopped Prajwal Revanna from leaving the country. But Congress didn't do it...They were waiting for the timing. So, Congress has nothing to do with the issue, Congress wants to politicise it."

Citizens line up to check their name in the voter list near polling station in Hosur suburb in Belagavi on Tuesday

Voting began in Davangere Lok Sabha constituency at 7:00 am. People stand in a queue in the polling booth at Bhanuvalli village.

Women stand in queue in a polling booth of Davangere North assembly segment.

Voters young and old line up to vote for Lok Sabha 2024 elections in Shivamogga constituency.

91-year-old Kamalamma exercised her vote in the polling booth at government PU college in Shivamogga without using the wheel chair.

First-time voter Inchara KM exercised her franchise in Lok Sabha polls to Shivamogga.

BJP Lok Sabha candidate Sriramalu casts his vote in Bellary

Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti and his family cast their vote in Hubbali

Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, his son Vasanth Horatti and family members show their inked finger after exercising franchise at the polling station at Lamington School in Hubballi (Dharwad parliamentary constituency) on Tuesday.

Electoral officials dress up in royal attire to welcome voters in Shivamogga

Electoral officials dress up in royal attire to welcome voters in Shivamogga.

Voter poses for a photo with his inked finger by sitting on the 'throne' wearing a crown in the polling booth in Shivamogga.

BJP will win 25 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, says former CM BS Yediyurappa

BJP nominee and the incumbent MP BY Raghavendra performs puja at Huchcharayaswamy temple in Shikaripur with his father and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and brother BY Vijayendra who is State BJP president, before visiting the polling booth.

Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP parliamentary board member BS Yediyurappa exuded confidence that BJP would win 25 seats in the state.

Speaking to media persons after casting his vote, he said BY Raghavendra would win the Shimoga seat by a margin of more than two lakh votes.

Belgaum BJP candidate Jagadish Shettar reaches voting booth

Belgaum Lok Sabha BJP candidate Jagadish Shettar, incumbent MP Mangal Angadi and Shraddha Angadi-Shettar waiting in queue to cast vote at the polling station at Visvesvaraya Nagar in Belagavi on Tuesday.

Women and Child Welfare Minister of Karnataka, Laxmi Hebbalkar with her son Mrinal Hebbalkar (Belgaum Lok Sabha Congress candidate), MLC Channaraj Hattiholi and family members showing their inked fingers after casting vote at polling centre,  Hindalga in Belagavi on Tuesday.

BJP Lok Sabha Chikkkodi candidate and sitting MP Annasaheb Jolle with MLA Shashikala Jolle and family members showing their inked fingers after casting vote at the polling station, Examba town in Chikkodi taluk (Belagavi district) on Tuesday.

Karnataka voter turn out stands at 9.45% till 9:00 am

Chikkodi: 10.81%

Belgaum: 9.48%

Bagalkot: 8.59%

Bijapur: 9.26%

Gulbarga: 8.71%

Raichur: 8.27%

Bidar: 8.90%

Koppal: 8.79%

Bellary: 10.37%

Haveri: 8.62%

Dharwad: 9.38%

Uttara Kannada: 11.07%

Davanagere: 9.11%

Shimoga: 11.39%

I am not supporting BY Raghavendra, KSE accuses B S Yediyurappa's son of spreading fake messages

Shimoga Lok Sabha 2024 Independent candidate KS Eshwarappa.

Independent candidate KS Eshwarappa has accused BJP nominee and incumbent MP BY Raghavendra of circulating messages and videos on social media networking sites claiming that Eshwarappa is supporting him in the Lok Sabha polls.

Speaking to media persons after casting his vote, on Tuesday, he said he had not seen such heinous tactics in his political career.

Probably sensing BJP would suffer defeat in Lok Sabha poll in Shimoga, Raghavendra has resorted to such shady tactics, Eshwarapa charged.

Eshwarappa, who is also former deputy chief minister, exuded confidence that he would win the Shimoga seat by a margin of two lakh votes.

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Women voters in Lambani traditional dress at the polling station, Nelliharavi in Kalghatgi taluk of Dharwad district.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and his wife cast their vote in Kalaburagi

Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai casts his vote

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Voter turn out at Belgaum and Chikkodi stand at 22.62% and 26.98%, respectively till 11:00 am

Karnataka state voter turnout stands at 24.48% till 11:00 am

Chikkodi: 27.23%

Belgaum: 23.91%

Bagalkot: 23.80%

Bijapur: 23.91%

Gulbarga: 22.64%

Raichur: 22.05%

Bidar: 22.33%

Koppal: 24.64%

Bellary: 26.45%

Haveri: 24.24%

Dharwad: 24.00%

Uttara Kannada: 27.65%

Davanagere: 23.73%

Shimoga: 27.22%

Holige, a popular sweet dish of Karnataka, is being prepared, for the lunch of poll officials in Davangere district.

Polling in morning hours highest by urban voters in Dharwad constituency

Urban segments covering Hubballi city in the Dharwad parliamentary constituency recorded the highest polling rate in the first four hours, while the entire constituency recorded 24 per cent polling rate.

From 7:00 am to 11:00 am, urban segments of Hubballi-Dharwad East, and Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituencies had 26.66 per cent, and 26.21 per cent polling respectively. The turnout was 25.8 per cent in Dharwad, 24.97 per cent in Hubballi-Dharwad West, 23.97 per cent in Kalghatgi, 23.21 per cent in Navalgund, 21.17 per cent in Shiggaon, and 18. 69 per cent in Kundgol.

People headed to the voting station early to avoid inconvenience due to the high temperature at noon. It is seen as the reason for the good polling rate in the morning in the city.

BS Yediyurappa and family including BY Vijayendra ( Karnataka BJP president) and Shimoga Lok Sabha BJP candidate BY Raghavendra cast their vote in Shikaripura.

EVM glitch temporarily halts voting again in Kittur segment

Belagavi: An EVM became defunct for the third time since the commencement of polling at polling station No 211 (Kittur assembly segment) which comes under the Uttar Kannada parliamentary constituency on Tuesday.

Voters in large numbers had been waiting in queue for the poll officials to fix the EVM.

EVM issue was also reported at polling station No 215 and the sector officer changed it and facilitated voting to commence.

Kalaburagi records 22.63% polling till 11:00 am

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and his wife Radhabai cast vote at Basavanagar Kannada Higher Primary School in Brahmapur layout in Kalaburagi.

Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency recorded 22.63 per cent voter turnout till 11:00 am.

With the temperature hovering around 44 degrees Celsius, more people preferred to cast their vote in the morning to avoid the sweltering heat on Tuesday.

So far, the polling has passed off peacefully except for technical problems with electronic voting machines in some booths.

Meanwhile, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and his wife Radhabai have exercised their franchise at Basavanagar Kannada Higher Primary School in Brahmapur layout here. District In-charge Minister Priyank Kharge, his wife Shruti Kharge and Congress candidate Radhakrishna Doddamani have cast their votes at Gundagarthi Government Higher Primary School in Chittapur assembly constituency.

Polling is expected to increase in the evening after the weather cools down later in the day.

Truth has to come out: HD Kumaraswamy attacks Karnataka Congress over video leak

"Truth has to come out. DK Shivakumar had said that Kumaraswamy you cannot win. On 26th April, elections concluded (second phase). Still, no action has been taken against anyone. On 26th April, a letter was written to CM by Nagalakshmi Chowdhary, chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Women, mentioning "powerful leaders involving in it." On 28th, a complaint was prepared and typed in Bengaluru and sent to Holenarasipura and FIR was lodged there, no issues with that. So, CM formed the SIT quickly. I understanding what's happening. I thought SIT would do free and fair investigation. But I readied it's not special investigation team, it's a Siddaramaiah investigation team and Shivakumar investigation team," said HD Kumaraswamy

"This Karnataka govt does not want a fair inquiry. Nothing is going to happen ultimately. They wanted the character assassination of HD Revanna and for that reason, they are using their office...With all documentary evidence, we are going to submit a memorandum to the Governor to take action against this govt. The way this inquiry is going on, it seems this is not Special Investigation Team but Siddaramaiah/Shivakumar Investigation Team..." said Former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on obscene video leak case

Shivamogga district in-charge minister Madhu Bangarappa stands in a queue to cast his vote with his wife at Kubatur in Sorab taluk

Family of 96 members cast their vote in Hubballi

As many as 96 members of the Koppad family cast their votes at Noolvi village in Hubballi Rural taluk on Tuesday.

Renavva Jalapannavar (on wheelchair) being helped to reach the polling station at the government higher primary boys' school at Kusugal village in Hubballi (Rural) taluk on Tuesday.

In every state, BJP will win: KS Eshwarappa

Karnataka voter turnout touches 41.59%

Chikkodi: 45.69%

Belgaum: 40.57%

Bagalkot: 41.91%

Bijapur: 39.87%

Gulbarga: 37.48%

Raichur: 38.06%

Bidar: 37.97%

Koppal: 42.74%

Bellary: 44.36%

Haveri: 43.26%

Dharwad: 40.61%

Uttara Kannada: 44.22%

Davanagere: 42.32%

Shimoga: 44.98%

Post of photos featuring 20 people to stand a chance to win a special prize: SVEEP committee

T R Hugar and family members show their inked finger after casting their votes at Nandigavi in Harihar taluk of Davangere district.

Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) committee has asked voters to send photos featuring a minimum of 20 persons after exercising their franchise to win prizes.

At Hospet in Vijayanagara district, a themed polling booth on village life has been attractively constructed and is succeeding in attracting voters.

Popular folk artist and State Election Ambassador, Manjamma Jogathi, a transgender casts her vote

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge meets former Karnataka CM SM Krishna in Bengaluru

Bijapur BJP MP Ramesh Jigajinagi leave after casting their ballot at a polling booth at Butanol's Tanda

Karnataka Industries minister M B Patil casts his vote at Bijapur

53.83% polling recorded till 3 pm for Shorapur bypolls

Karnataka records 54.20% voter turnout in for Phase 3 till 3 pm

Chikkodi: 59.65%

Belgaum: 53.85%

Bagalkot: 54.95%

Bijapur: 49.88%

Gulbarga: 47.67%

Raichur: 49.04%

Bidar: 49.89%

Koppal: 55.06%

Bellary: 56.76%

Haveri: 58.45%

Dharwad: 55.00%

Uttara Kannada: 55.98%

Davanagere: 57.31%

Shimoga: 57.96%

Chikkodi witnesses highest voter turnout till 3 pm

Out of the 14 constituencies, the highest turnout of 59.65% was recorded in Chikkodi, followed by Shimoga 57.96%, and least was 47.67% in Gulbarga.

BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal with family members shows his inked finger after casting vote

'History will be created in Belgaum this time', says Laxmi Hebbalkar after casting her vote

Ex-BJP MLA from Vijayapura with family members shows his inked finger after casting vote

Karnataka records 66.05% voter turnout in for Phase 3 till 5 pm

Chikkodi: 72.75%

Belgaum: 65.67%

Bagalkot: 65.55%

Bijapur: 60.95%

Gulbarga: 57.20%

Raichur: 59.48%

Bidar: 60.17%

Koppal: 66.05%

Bellary: 68.94%

Haveri: 71.90%

Dharwad: 67.15%

Uttara Kannada: 69.57%

Davanagere: 70.90%

Shimoga:72.07%

BJP bribed voters through digital payment, alleges Priyank Kharge

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday accused BJP leaders of distributing money to the voters through the digital payment in Chittapur and Sedam assembly constituencies.

In a post on X, he attached a list of 20 voters allegedly prepared by the BJP along with their phone numbers to make payment through the PhonePe. The phone numbers are erased in the list.

The minister stated that he will file a complaint with more evidence of such transactions to the Election Commission. He also alleged that BJP’s Karnataka unit is taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital payment mission to the next level through bribing the voters directly using PhonePe. He has attached the payment receipt of Rs 350 distributed to two voters.

With over 66% turnout till 5 pm, Karnataka likely to cross the 2019 mark

With 66.05% polling by 5 pm, turnout in 14 parliamentary constituencies spread over north Karnataka followed the pattern seen in Phase 2 elections. Hourly trends showed no major changes till 5 pm.

The 5 pm data put Gulbarga at lowest (57.2%), followed by Raichur (59.48%), while the rest of the constituencies crossed the 60% mark. Chikkodi led the list with 72.75%, followed by Shimoga (72.07%), Haveri (71.90%) and Davangere (70.90%).

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