Voting better in 10 non-B’luru LS seats

Maqsood Maniyar | NT

Bengaluru: The 10 Karnataka Lok Sabha constituencies outside of Bengaluru Central, North, South and Rural that went to polls on Friday, registered a better turn-out in comparison with Mandya topping the list with a stellar 81.48 per cent.

Mandya had recorded an 80.56 per cent turn-out in the 2019 general elections. A cumulative voting percentage of 69.23 per cent was registered in the 14 constituencies of the state compared to 68.96 per cent in 2019.

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru recorded a voter-turn-out of 76.06 per cent compared to 76.07 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Dakshina Kannada recorded a voter turn-out of 77.43 per cent as compared to 77.99 in 2019.

About 77.51 per cent of electors turned up in the Hassan seat as opposed to 77.35 per cent in 2019.

Chitradurga also witnessed an uptick in voter turn-out as 73.11 per cent cast their ballot as compared to 70.80 per cent in 2019.

Tumakuru recorded a turn-out of 77.70 per cent compared to 77.43 per cent in 2019. About 70.45 per cent of voters cast their ballot in Mysuru-Kodagu.