Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Voting 2024 Live Updates: Voting for the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections began in Karnataka at 7 am on Friday and is scheduled to conclude by 6 pm. The overall voter turnout recorded at 1 pm was 38.23 per cent, with Dakshina Khanda having the highest turnout of over 40 per cent and Bengaluru Central the lowest at 30.10 per cent. Among the early voters who lined up outside polling booths to exercise their franchise were Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, author Sudha Murthy, actor Prakash Raj and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka, Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan and Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena.
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Karnataka, which has a total of 28 constituencies, will vote in two phases, each covering 14 constituencies. The first half available on Friday will be in Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Chikballapur and Kolar. be.
More than 2.8 crore voters will cast their votes in the second phase across these constituencies in Karnataka. A total of 30,602 polling stations including 25 auxiliary booths have been set up and around 140,000 polling personnel, 5,000 micro-observers and 50,000 civilian police will be present at polling stations along with 65 companies of CRPF and reserve forces from other states. It is deployed.
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