Karnataka Election 2018: Clash between BJP and Congress workers outside Bengaluru booth after BJP corporator thrashed at Hampi Nagar
The voting for the 224-member assembly has begun in the 222 constituencies in Karnataka at 7:00 am on Saturday. After a campaign by political parties over the three months, now it’s a time for voters to select their leader in the state. After numerous campaigns and war of words, finally, the polling for the high-stakes assembly elections is here to decide the fate of the top parties.
At Bengaluru's polling booth of Hampi Nagar, clashes broke out between Congress & BJP workers outside a polling booth, allegedly after the former thrashed a BJP corporator. Ravindra, Vijayanagar BJP candidate says, 'our corporator Anand was attacked but police aren't taking any action'
“It is a sensitive polling booth & the clash between BJP and Congress workers happened within 100 meters of the booth. We will investigate and take further action,” said Ravi Channannavar, Bengaluru DCP.
It is a sensitive polling booth & the clash between BJP and Congress workers happened within 100 meters of the booth. We will investigate and take further action: Ravi Channannavar, Bengaluru DCP #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/8npPZcCvjs
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The votes for the 222 constituencies of the 224 seats will be counted on May 15. Over 2,600 candidates are in the fray -- more than 2,400 are men and over 200 are women.
Out of the 224 seats, 36 of them are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), while 15 of them are for Scheduled Tribes (Sts). The total voters including service electors according to the 2018 final rolls are 5,06,90,538, of whom 2,56,75,579 are male voters, 2,50,09,904 females and 5,055 transgender voters.
EC Officials said 58,008 polling stations have been set up across the state, of which 12,002 have been designated as "critical", with over 3,50,000 polling personnel on duty.
First published: 12 May 2018, 14:26 IST