<p class="title">Elections for six Legislative Council graduate teachers' seats were held on Friday. The polling began at 7 am will end at 5 pm. Incumbents --JD(S)' Marithibbe Gowda, Ramesh Babu and BJP's Captain Ganesh Karnik are in the fray. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In view of the heavy rains in various parts of the state, the election commission has asked voters to come to booths and cast their votes as early as possible. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the south-east constituency, in Tumakuru 22.76% polling was reported by 11 am. Maximum polling was in Kunigal (40%). By 1 pm it was 52.2% turnout for the constituency as a whole. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kolar, the polling percentage was 27.48 by 11 am. Though voting was slow during the first two hours in most booths, after 9 am, it picked up. There are 2018 male voters and 1385 female voters (total 3403). </p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP candidate K B Srinivas Reddy cast his vote in Hospet (north-east constituency) at the taluk office. The turnout for the whole constituency by 1 pm was 36.79%</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA C T Ravi cast his vote in Chikkamagalur (south-west constituency), as did JD(S) candidate S L Bhoje Gowda. The turnout for the whole constituency by 1 pm was 40.15%. </p>.<p class="bodytext">North-east constituency polls were held in Ballari at Bala Bharati school booth, taluk office and Sarala Devi college. At 9 am the polling percentage was a mere 5.16%. There are 20737 voters in the constituency. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the south teachers' constituency in Mysuru, the polling was as low as 5.31% at 9 am. The constituency has 19 booths (10 in Mysuru city) and includes Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Hassan districts. A total of 20,678 voters are registered here. The turnout was 46.74% as a whole.</p>
<p class="title">Elections for six Legislative Council graduate teachers' seats were held on Friday. The polling began at 7 am will end at 5 pm. Incumbents --JD(S)' Marithibbe Gowda, Ramesh Babu and BJP's Captain Ganesh Karnik are in the fray. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In view of the heavy rains in various parts of the state, the election commission has asked voters to come to booths and cast their votes as early as possible. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the south-east constituency, in Tumakuru 22.76% polling was reported by 11 am. Maximum polling was in Kunigal (40%). By 1 pm it was 52.2% turnout for the constituency as a whole. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kolar, the polling percentage was 27.48 by 11 am. Though voting was slow during the first two hours in most booths, after 9 am, it picked up. There are 2018 male voters and 1385 female voters (total 3403). </p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP candidate K B Srinivas Reddy cast his vote in Hospet (north-east constituency) at the taluk office. The turnout for the whole constituency by 1 pm was 36.79%</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA C T Ravi cast his vote in Chikkamagalur (south-west constituency), as did JD(S) candidate S L Bhoje Gowda. The turnout for the whole constituency by 1 pm was 40.15%. </p>.<p class="bodytext">North-east constituency polls were held in Ballari at Bala Bharati school booth, taluk office and Sarala Devi college. At 9 am the polling percentage was a mere 5.16%. There are 20737 voters in the constituency. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the south teachers' constituency in Mysuru, the polling was as low as 5.31% at 9 am. The constituency has 19 booths (10 in Mysuru city) and includes Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Hassan districts. A total of 20,678 voters are registered here. The turnout was 46.74% as a whole.</p>
