West Graduates Constituency records 70.11% polling in Council elections
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Polling in the elections to the Karnataka West Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council unfold over the districts of Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada concluded peacefully with none glitches on Wednesday. As a lot as 70.11 % of the full citizens, together with some COVID-19 optimistic sufferers, exercised their franchise.
The constituency has a complete of 74,278 voters, together with 47,954 males, 26,673 ladies and 11 of the opposite gender. Of these, 52,080 voters, together with 35,664 males, 16,415 ladies and one of many different gender, voted on Wednesday.
With that, 74.93 % of the boys voters, 61.54 % of the ladies voters and 9.09 % voters of the opposite gender exercised their franchise.
Among the 4 districts, Gadag with 15,978 voters recorded the best polling proportion of 74.59 % adopted by Uttara Kannada, which has 13,148 voters, with 71.08 % and Dharwad, which has 21,549 voters, with 68.65 %. And, Haveri district, which has the best variety of voters — 23,603, recorded 67.89 % polling.
Polling started on a gradual observe with solely lower than 10 % of the voters turning as much as vote in the primary two hours. By midday, polling picked up with 24.89 % voters exercising their franchise. By 2 p.m., it was 44.47 % and by 4 p.m., it elevated to 57.96 %.
In the final elections in 2014, solely 36,001 voters out of the full 94,352 solid their votes for 49.48 % polling.
Prominent among the many elected representatives who solid their votes had been Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar, MLC Pradeep Shettar and Srinivas Mane and the previous Minister Basavaraj Horatti. Mr. Joshi and Mr. Shettar mentioned that it was heartening to see that regardless of the concern of COVID-19, the graduate voters had been popping out to train their franchise.
Confusion
As polling started, there was some confusion as an extra listing of voters carried by a number of political events didn’t tally with the voter listing on the polling stations. Mr. Shettar even raised the problem with Assistant Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil. However, it later turned out that the extra listing being carried by the occasion staff was not an up to date one.
Mr. Nitesh Patil informed The Hindu that they’d equipped the up to date voter listing to all polling stations and it was given to candidates additionally. However, it turned out that some carried an outdated further listing creating confusion amongst voters. “We have cleared confusion,” he mentioned.
Due to the pandemic, elaborate preparations had been made on the polling stations, together with establishing of isolation services for COVID-19 optimistic sufferers. In Dharwad district, two COVID-19 optimistic sufferers solid their votes carrying private safety tools at Booth No 50 in Annigeri. The administration had organized for transportation for them and the polling station was sanitised after they solid their votes.
Meanwhile, Election Observer Shalini Rajneesh visited numerous polling stations in the constituency and interacted with the polling employees.
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