Karnataka assembly bypolls: 39.15 per cent polling at RR

Polling for the Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Sira meeting by-elections in Karnataka held below the shadow of coronavirus concluded peacefully with none main glitches on Tuesday.

Poor voter turnout marked the Rajarajeshwari Nagar bypoll with a polling share of solely 39.15, whereas in Sira 77.34 per cent voting passed off until 5 pm, in response to the workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar.

The loss of life of Sira JD(S) MLA B Satyanarayana in August and resignation of RR Nagar Congress MLA Munirathna from the meeting final 12 months led to the bypolls.

Till 9 am the voting didn’t choose up in each the constituencies as about eight per cent voting passed off.

It picked up in Sira at 11 am with 23.63 per cent however there was slight enhance in RR Nagar with 14.44 per cent polling.

By Three pm, the voting share was 62.1 in Sira and 32.41 in RR Nagar.

According to data obtained from the workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer, polling began at 7 am and can proceed until 6 pm within the two constituencies with a voting inhabitants of 6,78,012, together with 3,26,114 girls.

There are 1,008 polling stations, comprising 678 in RR Nagar and 330 in Sira, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar stated in a press release.

In view of the pandemic, commonplace protocol of face masks was made obligatory for the voters in addition to the polling employees.

Arrangements have been made for thermal screening and hand sanitisers made out there on the polling stations.

Security was beefed up across the polling stations.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (metropolis company) had made separate preparations for coronavirus- contaminated folks to forged their votes in RR Nagar.

There are 31 candidates within the fray within the bypolls — 15 in Sira and 16 in RR Nagar, together with these from the Congress, BJP and the JD(S).

In RR Nagar, the BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Munirathna as its candidate whereas the Congress has given ticket to H Kusuma, spouse of former IAS officer late D Okay Ravi within the seat historically held by the social gathering.

The JD(S) has fielded V Krishnamurthy.

In Sira, the BJP, Congress and JD(S) have fielded radiologist Dr Rakesh Gowda, former minister T B Jayachandra and former (JD-S) MLA B Satyanarayana’s spouse Ammajamma respectively.

In the 224-seat meeting, BJP has 116 MLAs minus the speaker, Congress 67 and JD(S) 33, BSP one and there are two independents. There can be a nominated member.