Bypoll underway in three constituencies in Karnataka
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A wheelchair-bound old woman coming out of a polling station after casting her vote at Muchalabada village in Basavakalyan constituency.
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Polling is underway in the three byelection-bound constituencies of Belagavi (Lok Sabha), Maski and Basavakalyan (Assembly) in Karnataka.
Polling got off to a slow start and picked up around 11 a.m. in all the constituencies.
BJP candidate Mangala Angadi, her daughters Dr Spoorti Patil and Shraddha Shettar voted in the government school in Vishweshvarayya Nagar. She performed pooja to the EVM before voting.
At Belagavi, Congress candidate Satish Jarkiholi, his wife and children voted in the government school in Gokak. MES candidate Shubham Shelke voted in the government Marathi school on Mahadwar road. BJP MLA Abhay Patil and his wife voted in the government Marathi school in Basavana Galli in the old city.
Voting largely peaceful in Basavakalyan bypoll
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Polling percentage at 59.57 when voting ended at 7 p.m.
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Polling percentage at 59.57 when voting ended at 7 p.m.
Polling in the Basavakalyan byelection was almost peaceful without any incidents on Saturday.
It began at 7 a.m. and went on till 7 p.m. The turnout of voters, which was less in the initial hours, gradually picked up through the day. Disregarding the rising temperature, people enthusiastically participated in the high-voltage election that drew the attention of the State.
Congress candidate Mala B. Narayanarao, wife of B. Narayanarao whose death necessitated the byelection, visited the samadhi of her husband and paid homage in the morning before proceeding to vote. BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar offered puja at Basaveshwar Temple and cast his vote at polling station 99A in Basavakalyan APMC yard. JD(S) candidate Sayed Yasrub Ali Quadri cast his vote at polling station 97 established