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Except few polling stations, where people are still standing in the line and voting, polling has been completed in almost all polling stations: Election Commission #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/tnmLdKlbhX
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
Polling booth No.s 142, 143 & 144 in #Badami's Tippu Nagar were closed at 6:00 pm. #Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah contested against BJP's Sriramulu from the constituency #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/GTPAFKMVZH
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
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#KarnatakaElections2018: Re-polling to take place in Hebbal assembly constituency's Polling Station Number 2 after polling was stopped due to EVM failure. pic.twitter.com/IS14p1hvVe
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
Karnataka: Rain lashed parts of Hubli affecting voting, voters take shelter at Polling Station 185. pic.twitter.com/gozEZFIJGY
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
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Majority of the 3500 residents of Chittapur taluk's Tarkaspet village in Kalburagi district are boycotting #KarnatakaElections2018 over their demand for Gram Panchayat headquarters for their village. pic.twitter.com/Mg3hIKtnbK
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
43-degree Celsius temperature in Kalaburgi affects the voter turn out. Locals say, 'there was a rush at the booths in the morning, but now there is hardly any crowd at the booths as the temperature is quite high. Right now, it is more than 40 degrees.' #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/y4YAg9AZFM
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for the income tax raids were ordered against Congress workers and well-wishers. That was out of desperation because the saffron party was sure of losing the election, Siddaramaiah said, according to a report in newswire agency PTI.
He also dismissed the BJP’s allegations that the Congress misused government machinering during the assembly polls.
Siddaramaiah was speaking to reporters in Varuna consituency in Mysuru from where his son is contesting, Siddaramaiah is contesting from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru apart from Badami in north Karnataka.
37% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/T6hdofgWDq
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the assembly elections are about a decisive change.
He criticised the Siddaramaiah government saying that Karnataka got pushed to a corner under his rule. “We need a different kind of governance where the party in power listens to the people are is sensitive to their needs.” A crackdown on corruption and vested interests of select individuals should be the agenda, he added.
Karnataka Minister KJ George cast his vote in Bengaluru, he is contesting from Sarvagnanagar constituency. #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/lY6Wd5x2C4
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018
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