Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the families of his two sons and state president B.Y. Vijayendra and BJP candidate from Shivamogga, B.Y. Raghavendra cast his vote at booth number 137 in Shikaripura town of Shivamogga district. Before casting their vote, the Yediyurappa family went to Hucharya Swamy temple and offered prayers.
Former CM and BJP candidate from Haveri Basavaraj Bommai will cast his vote at boot number 112 at the Government Boys Kannada Medium School in Shiggaon town of Haveri district.
Voting is being held for seats in the North Karnataka region apart from the hilly district Shivamogga and the coastal district Uttara Kannada.
The Election Commission said that elaborate arrangements are being made for the second and final phase of voting on the remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on Tuesday. A total of 1,40,705 polling officers, 4,027 micro observers, 45,695 policemen, 65 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and 2,360 sector officers have been deployed.There are 28,269 polling stations, of which 17,643 are being covered by webcasting.
There are 2,59,17,493 voters on 14 seats.
1,29,83,406 male voters and 1,29,67,70 female voters. There are 339 overseas voters, while those aged 18-19 years account for a total of 6.9 lakh and those aged above 85 years account for 2.29 lakh. The number of disabled voters is 3.43 lakh.
Kalaburagi constituency has the highest number of voters at 20.98 lakh, while Uttara Kannada has the least number of voters at 16.41 lakh. There are 227 candidates, including 21 women, in Tuesday's contest, with the highest number of candidates (30) contesting from Davangere Lok Sabha.constituency and least number (8) are contesting from Bijapur constituency.
Prominent candidates include Union ministers Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), former chief ministers Jagadish Shettar (Belagavi) and Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa's son B.Y. Are included. Are included. Raghavendra (Sivamogga) (all BJP), and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani (Kalaburagi).
Former CM and BJP candidate from Haveri Basavaraj Bommai will cast his vote at boot number 112 at the Government Boys Kannada Medium School in Shiggaon town of Haveri district.
Voting is being held for seats in the North Karnataka region apart from the hilly district Shivamogga and the coastal district Uttara Kannada.
The Election Commission said that elaborate arrangements are being made for the second and final phase of voting on the remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on Tuesday. A total of 1,40,705 polling officers, 4,027 micro observers, 45,695 policemen, 65 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and 2,360 sector officers have been deployed.There are 28,269 polling stations, of which 17,643 are being covered by webcasting.
There are 2,59,17,493 voters on 14 seats.
1,29,83,406 male voters and 1,29,67,70 female voters. There are 339 overseas voters, while those aged 18-19 years account for a total of 6.9 lakh and those aged above 85 years account for 2.29 lakh. The number of disabled voters is 3.43 lakh.
Kalaburagi constituency has the highest number of voters at 20.98 lakh, while Uttara Kannada has the least number of voters at 16.41 lakh. There are 227 candidates, including 21 women, in Tuesday's contest, with the highest number of candidates (30) contesting from Davangere Lok Sabha.constituency and least number (8) are contesting from Bijapur constituency.
Prominent candidates include Union ministers Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), former chief ministers Jagadish Shettar (Belagavi) and Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa's son B.Y. Are included. Are included. Raghavendra (Sivamogga) (all BJP), and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani (Kalaburagi).
