Karnataka registers 54.20 percent turnout, Chikkodi tops with 59.65 per cent voting
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Tuesday recorded 54.20 percent voting for its remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats, where polling was held in the fourth round of the general elections, as of 3 p.m., officials said.
The Chikkodi Parliamentary seat, which witnesses a tough fight between BJP’s Anna Saheb Jolle and Priyanka Jarkiholi, the daughter of state PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi, recorded the highest voting at 59.69 percent, against 45.69 percent by 1 p.m.
The Kalaburagi seat from where Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani is contesting recorded 47.67 percent voting – the lowest in the state so far. He faces sitting MP Umesh Jadhav of the BJP.
The high-profile Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat, from where former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s son B.Y. Raghavendra faces late CM S. Bangarappa’s daughter Geetha Shivarajkumar and expelled BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa, recorded 57.96 percent voting, against 44.98 percent till 1 p.m., 27.22 percent till 11 a.m. and 11.39 percent till 9 a.m.
Uttara Kannada Parliamentary seat registered a voter turnout of 55.98 percent. Former Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri of the BJP faces Congress candidate Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar here.
Another high-profile Parliamentary seat Dharwad from where Union Minister Pralhad Joshi is contesting against Congress poll debutant Vinod Asuti had seen 55 percent voting, up from 40.61 percent by 1 p.m.
The Haveri and Belagavi constituencies, from where former CMs Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, respectively, are the BJP candidates, logged 58.45 percent and 53.85 percent turnout.
Bellary Lok Sabha seat saw 56.76 percent polling, Bagalkot 54.95 percent, Bijapur 49.88 percent, Raichur 49.04 percent, Bidar 49.89 percent, Koppal 55.06 percent, and Davanagere 57.31 percent.
The by-election for the Shorapur Assembly constituency in Yadgir district, also being held simultaneously, recorded 53.83 percent turnout. The BJP has fielded Raju Gowda aka Narasimha Naik as its candidate and Raja Venugopal Naik is the Congress candidate. The bye-election is being held following the death of the Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik.
