Karnataka By-Election Live Updates: Voting For Lok Sabha, Assembly Polls Begin

The JDS will be contesting the Mandya and Shivamogga Lok Sabha seats and the Ramanagara assembly constituency and the Congress has put up candidates in the Lok Sabha seat in Ballari and assembly seat in Jamkhandi.

Karnataka will be voting today in a crucial set of by-elections that will test the Congress-JDS coalition in the state. Voting for three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats will be held today starting 7 am. Congress and JDS have fielded joint candidates in all the seats. The JDS will be contesting the Mandya and Shivamogga Lok Sabha seats and the Ramanagara assembly constituency and the Congress has put up candidates in the Lok Sabha seat in Ballari and assembly seat in Jamkhandi. The results for the five seats will be declared on November 6.

Here are the live updates of Karnataka By-Elections:

13:34 (IST)

Ramanagara candidate called HD Revanna, who has the same name as that of the chief minister’s brother, is representing a party called Purvanchal Mahapanchayat. This is seen by many as a bid to confuse voters and divide the JDS vote.

13:31 (IST)

Congress candidate Anand Nyamagouda casts his vote at Jhamkhandi and said: 

• I am getting good response from the city people
• I am hopeful that these people will going to bless me with good number of votes
• The current Congress government is doing very good job

 

. 10:44 (IST)

#KarnatakaByElection2018 | Anand Nyamagouda, Congress candidate from legislative assembly constituency of Jamkhandi casts his vote at polling booth no.125

10:42 (IST)

Voter turnout in Karnataka By-Elections till 9 am, according to news agency ANI

10:10 (IST)

#KarnatakaByElection2018: BJP candidate Srikant Kulkarni casts his vote at booth no. 150 in Hirepadasalgi village of Jamkhandi. Voting for 3 parliamentary constituencies Bellary, Shimoga, Mandya & 2 legislative assembly constituencies Jamkhandi, Ramanagaram began at 7 am today.

10:07 (IST)

BJP candidate J Shantha casts her vote along with her family members in Ballari. Shantha is the sister of BJP leader B Sreeramulu.

10:01 (IST)

Yeddyurappa, who cast his vote at Shivamogga earlier today, spoke to reporters that he was confident of his son, BS Raghavendra, winning from Shivamogga, known as the bastion of the BJP.

“101 per cent my son (BS Raghavendra) is going to win the Shivamogga seat. We are also going to win Bellary and Jamkhandi. We will get an absolute majority in all the constituencies,” according to news agency ANI quoting him.

08:20 (IST)

Karnataka BJP chief and former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa offers prayers with his wife in Shivamogga as voting for three Lok Sabha seats and two two assembly seats begins.

07:51 (IST)

Polling booth at Jamkhandi ahead of voting for the Lok Sabha seat.

07:47 (IST)

Officials at Bellary as voting begins.

The seat in Ballari, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, fell vacant following the resignation of Mr Sreeramulu, who won from the Molakalmuru seat in Chitradurga district in the Assembly elections earlier this year.

07:44 (IST)

Voting for – Mandya, Shivamogga, Ballari Lok Sabha constituencies, and Ramanagara, Jamkhandi assembly constituencies, begins.

Three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats will be voting today in a crucial set of by-elections in the state.