BENGALURU: Around 20 citizens of Gavipura in south Bengaluru did not vote on Thursday as they waited for the EVMs to be brought to their homes. A few days ago, local leaders arrived in the space, dominated through poor households who eke out a living as home is helping and labourers, promised them Rs 1,000 per vote and informed them the EVM would be brought to them and so they must now not challenge out to vote. “My neighbours scolded me for voting in the booth. Many of them waited until 7pm pondering any person would flip up with the machines and cash,” said Lakshmamma (name modified).
These and plenty of different stories made the rounds as India’s IT capital put in yet some other poor show on voting day, logging a turnout of 54.1% — not up to the 56% recorded in 2014. Among the three seats in the town, Bengaluru South logged the bottom turnout, at 53.five%. This is former Union minister Ananth Kumar’s seat the place BJP has fielded 28-year-old Tejaswi Surya. Bengaluru Rural polled the absolute best, at 68%. Bengaluru North — the place Union minister Sadananda Gowda is pitted against state minister Krishna Byregowda — polled 54.6%.
The lengthy weekend proved too onerous to withstand, say government. Voting day fell between two executive holidays, Mahavir Jayanthi and Good Friday, and plenty of filed out of the city lengthy earlier than voting day. Lost votes are one more reason. Bengalureans move town and residential for paintings and college and few arrange to replace their addresses. This time round, missing names and random deletion of electorate’ names was once also a major issue.
These and plenty of different stories made the rounds as India’s IT capital put in yet some other poor show on voting day, logging a turnout of 54.1% — not up to the 56% recorded in 2014. Among the three seats in the town, Bengaluru South logged the bottom turnout, at 53.five%. This is former Union minister Ananth Kumar’s seat the place BJP has fielded 28-year-old Tejaswi Surya. Bengaluru Rural polled the absolute best, at 68%. Bengaluru North — the place Union minister Sadananda Gowda is pitted against state minister Krishna Byregowda — polled 54.6%.
The lengthy weekend proved too onerous to withstand, say government. Voting day fell between two executive holidays, Mahavir Jayanthi and Good Friday, and plenty of filed out of the city lengthy earlier than voting day. Lost votes are one more reason. Bengalureans move town and residential for paintings and college and few arrange to replace their addresses. This time round, missing names and random deletion of electorate’ names was once also a major issue.
Why only 54% of Bengaluru turned up to vote
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