Team News Riveting
Bengaluru, May 11
Karnataka registered a voter turnout of 73.19 per cent in the Assembly polls held on Wednesday as officials claimed it to be record polling.
The polling for the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly House was held on Wednesday while counting of votes will take place on May 13.
“Karnataka has created a new record for itself. Final voter turnout for Karnataka Election 2023 stands at 73.19 per cent,” the Chief Electoral Office of Karnataka said. While sharing the final figures, the official termed it as the record turnout.
While Chikkaballapura district recorded the highest voter turnout of 85.56 per cent, followed by Bengaluru Rural at 85.08 per cent; the lowest was in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) South limits (parts of Bengaluru city) at 52.33 per cent, the official data showed.
“Largely peaceful voting in all 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, and no repoll indicated in any of the 58,545 polling stations,” the Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday night.
Karnataka recorded 72.44 per cent voter turnout in the 2018 Assembly polls which had thrown up a hung assembly with the BJP emerging as the single largest party tallying 104 seats, falling short of getting a majority. The turnout in 2013 polls was 71.83 per cent.
However, the exit polls have given an edge to the Congress that is likely to emerge as the single largest party; the position mandated to the BJP in the last assembly elections in the state.
