LIVE: Jharkhand | 64.86% voter turnout; Wayanad sees big drop

Update: 2024-11-13 01:44 GMT
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2024-11-13 08:54 GMT

Karnataka bypolls: Over 45% voter turnout in 3 Assembly segments till 1.30 pm

While Channapatna recorded 48.15 per cent voter turnout, it was 43.5 per cent in Shiggaon, and 43.46 per cent in Sandur.

2024-11-13 04:57 GMT

10.14% voting till 9 am in three Assembly segments of Karnataka

An estimated overall 10.14 per cent voter turnout was recorded during the first two hours, since the voting began for by-polls to three Assembly segments in Karnataka on Wednesday, election officials said.

The voting began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

More than seven lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in about 770 polling stations in Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna, where a total of 45 candidates are in the fray.

While Channapatna recorded 10.34 per cent voter turnout till 9 am, it was 10.08 per cent in Shiggaon, and 9.99 per cent in Sandur, election officials said.

Voters, including women and elderly were seen queuing up in front of polling booths in these segments.

By-polls for Sandur, Shiggaon, and Channapatna are necessitated, as the seats fell vacant following the election of their respective representatives -- E Tukaram of Congress, former CM Basavaraj Bommai of BJP, and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) -- to Lok Sabha in May elections.

As many as 31 candidates are in the fray from Channapatna, while Sandur and Shiggaon have six and eight contenders, respectively.

2024-11-13 04:56 GMT

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