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IPL 2024 Bengaluru Election 2024: Voting underway in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka. Summary The Lok Sabha election in Karnataka will be conducted in two phases. Bengaluru Election 2024 LIVE: Karnataka records voter turnout of 63.90% by 5.30 pm Bengaluru Election 2024: Bengaluru, as well as several other parts of Karnataka, are voting for as many as 14 Lok Sabha constituencies today. Schools, offices, and banks observed closures today, while essential services are expected to remain operational. Read more here for information on what is closed and what is open in the city today....Read More Voting today is set to seal the fate of several notable figures including BJP leader Tejasvi Surya, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and Congress strongman DK Suresh. Some of the key constituencies voting today in Karnataka are - Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Mandya and Mysore. Click here for more on Lok Sabha elections Phase 2 and key constituencies going to polls in Karnataka. Follow our blog for the latest updates on voting in Karnataka today. Follow all the updates here: Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya was booked by the Election Commission for seeking votes on religious grounds while Model Code of Conduct is on place. In an X post on Friday, Surya wrote, "Our generation was blessed to witness the majestic Surya Tilak on Bhagwan Shri Ram at Ayodhya on Ram Navami. A wait for almost 500 years & a wish of crores of Bharatiyas was fulfilled by PM Shri @narendramodi Ji. For Bharatiyata to survive, vote for BJP." In Karnataka, the voting percentage crossed 60% by 5.30 pm, announced Election Commission. At 5.30 pm, the voting percentage stood at 63.90% . The polling percentage remains low in all four Bengaluru Lok Sabha seats whereas Bengaluru South and Bengaluru Central constituencies did not touch halfway mark by 5.30 pm. After Tejasvi Surya has been booked by the election commission for allegedly influencing voters on religious grounds, his rival and Congress' candidate Sowmya Reddy urged EC to disqualify the MP. She also predicted that Surya is losing the election in Bengaluru South. In an X post, Sowmya Reddy wrote, "Kindly disqualify @Tejasvi_Surya & he has been booked for soliciting votes which is a code violation @ceo_karnataka @ECISVEEP Clearly he knows he is losing." A case has been filed on Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya for sharing a video on social media and allegedly influencing votes in the ground of religion. In an X post, the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka wrote, "Case is booked against Tejasvi Surya MP and Candidate of Bengaluru South PC on 25.04.24 at Jayanagar PS u/s 123(3) for posting a video in X handle and soliciting votes on the ground of religion." Former Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath cast his vote at the polling booth in Mysuru in the ongoing Lok Sabha Polls on Friday. In a video posted by ANI, Srinath was seen showing off his inked finger after exercising his voting rights. In Karnataka, the voting percentage crossed halfway mark by 3.30 pm, announced Election Commission. At 3.30 pm, the voting percentage stood at 50.93% and almost half of Karnataka is yet to vote. The polling percentage remains low in all four Bengaluru Lok Sabha seats as none of the constituencies touched halfway mark by 3.30 pm. JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that cash and gift vouchers were distributed in Bengaluru Rural constituency, especially in Kanakapura Taluk. D K Suresh, brother of Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief D K Shivakumar, is seeking re-election from the seat for the fourth time. Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya asked the supporters of BJP to step out and vote on the polling day. The young MP claimed that there are 80% of BJP voters but only 20% of them step out to give their vote. Tejasvi said, "I want to tell the BJP supporters and voters that we are 80%, but on the polling day we come out and vote 20%, whereas the Congress supporters are 20% and they come out and vote 80%. Each BJP voter must come out and vote because our vote matters. If you are not voting, Congress' 20% is coming out and voting. No matter the heat, or the rain, it is your vote which will decide the future of the nation for the next five years. Please come out and vote." Actor Darshan casted his vote at a polling booth in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru today. Eight senior women officers in Chamarajanagar wore specially-designed silk sarees sporting a message that sought to encourage voter participation. The sarees sported a message "Chunavana Parva-Deshada Garva" (festival of election is the country's pride). "The hand-woven silk sarees are to promote traditional weavers and weaving industry that Chamarajanagar is known for, and also to create awareness about voting," An officer said. (PTI) The overall voter turnout in the state was at 38.23 per cent at 1:30 pm today. Actor Yash casted his vote at a polling booth in Hoskerehalli, Bengaluru on Friday. "The government should do what it is supposed to do and it should let people do what they are doing. I think interference should be less. Empowerment should be done, there are so many things, that I expect as a citizen," he said. (PTI) Fast food chain McDonalds offered free coke for voters in Bengaluru. "Namma Bengaluru! We're proud of you, for stepping out and exercising your right to vote. We have a little treat for you waiting at a McDonald's store near you. All you have to do is show your inked finger," the franchise said in a statement. Actor Yash casted his vote at a polling booth in Hoskerehalli, Bengaluru on Friday. As Bengaluru's Nisaranga Grand is offering free Dosas for those who cast their vote on the polling day, the eatery is thronged with huge crowds on Friday morning. The restaurant has been doing this since the 2018 assembly elections to encourage voters to step out and give their vote. Read full story Actor Rakshit Shetty casted his vote at a polling booth in Udupi, Karnataka on Friday. "Every time there is an election, we go back and see what happened in the last five years and what are we expecting for the next five years. Based on that we select the best leader who can lead us to the dream we have for our country and where we live," the actor said. Apr 26, 2024 12:58 PM IST An estimated 22.34 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 11 am during the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies in Karnataka on Friday. Out of 14 segments that are going to polls today, highest turnout of 30.98 per cent was recorded in Dakshina Kannada, followed by Udupi-Chikmagalur 29.03 per cent, and the least 19.21 per cent in Bangalore Central. (PTI) Apr 26, 2024 12:45 PM IST Actor Rakshit Shetty casted his vote at a polling booth in Udupi, Karnataka on Friday. (PTI) Apr 26, 2024 12:36 PM IST Several differently-abled voters made it to their respective polling booths on Friday, successfully exercising their democratic right and casting their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha election 2024. The Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka took to social media and wrote, "Equality is the basic tenet of our democracy. Accordingly, various arrangements have been made for the differently-abled voters in various polling booths of Bangalore North Constituency to enable them to cast their vote." Apr 26, 2024 12:23 PM IST Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys, also casted his vote on Friday as part of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. Taking to social media site X, he wrote a simple, "Voted today" and shared a photo of his inked index finger. Apr 26, 2024 12:14 PM IST Biocon executive chairperson and founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Friday took to social media to flaunt her inked finger. "As a responsible citizen of our great country, I have cast my vote. Jai hind," she wrote in a post. Apr 26, 2024 12:08 PM IST A 100-year-old woman casted her vote at a polling booth in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Friday. The woman was seen arriving in a wheelchair in a video shared by news agency PTI. Apr 26, 2024 12:01 PM IST Former PM and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda spoke to reporters on Friday after casting his vote and said, "Congress has stooped to this level, having the photo of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge making promise. This is with the photo of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. Is Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister? Is Kharge Chief Minister or Prime Minister? They are only ordinary members of Congress. This is a pamphlet distributed in Karnataka just to mislead and fool the people." (ANI) Apr 26, 2024 11:46 AM IST A case was registered against BJP candidate K Sudhakar for alleged bribery and undue influence on electorate and cash amounting to ₹4.8 crores was also seized, the Election Commission said on Friday. Action was taken by the Flying Squads Team (FST) of Chikkaballapura, they said. Taking to 'X', Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer on Friday said the FST of Chikkaballapura seized cash to the tune of ₹4.8 crores. (PTI) Apr 26, 2024 11:30 AM IST Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Friday took a dig at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying he has been speaking against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he is "frustrated." "The whole nation is standing with Narendra Modi, it's only Siddaramaiah who is speaking against Modi, because today is a day to celebrate democracy. It's a festival of democracy. This election will decide who will be our next prime minister. If you want Modi as the Prime Minister then you should visit the polling booths," she said. (PTI) Apr 26, 2024 11:13 AM IST Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said, "Karnataka is going to poll; the state is giving very big results and people are very happy as whatever we said in the last elections we have delivered...Women are cutting across the party line, all of them are favouring us and I thank all of them...For the first-time voters- the youth of this country, I have to say that Congress has put up a beautiful manifesto...You have to make a change as it is needed, you have given 10 years and now let's go for a change." Apr 26, 2024 11:01 AM IST Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah showed his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Siddaramana Hundi village of Chamarajanagar. (ANI ) Apr 26, 2024 10:52 AM IST A Bengaluru doctor on Friday brought a woman back to life after she collapsed while waiting in a queue at a polling booth in the city. "As I was waiting in queue....one lady had syncope and cardiac arrest in front of me. There was no pulse and I started immediate CPR ... luckily she got ROSC within minutes," Dr Ganesh Srinivasa Prasad, a nephrologist and transplant physician, wrote on X. Apr 26, 2024 10:43 AM IST BJP MP from Bengaluru South, Tejasvi Surya said, "I want to tell the BJP supporters and voters that we are 80%, but on the polling day we come out and vote 20%, whereas the Congress supporters are 20% and they come out and vote 80%. Each BJP voter must come out and vote because our vote matters. If you are not voting, Congress' 20% is coming out and voting. No matter the heat, or the rain, it is your vote which will decide the future of the nation for the next five years. Please come out and vote." (ANI) Apr 26, 2024 10:30 AM IST Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said the Congress would win majority of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka where polling was underway on Friday. Speaking to PTI after casting his ballot here, he said "In Karnataka, we have observed how the central government has compromised the federalism in the country...They have not been able to provide assistance which normally should have been given to the state." (PTI) Apr 26, 2024 10:21 AM IST Former PM and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda casted his vote at a polling booth in Karnataka's Hassan on Friday morning. See video. (ANI) Apr 26, 2024 10:16 AM IST Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena visited a polling station in Bengaluru. Apr 26, 2024 10:12 AM IST Legendary Indian spinner Anil Kumble also voted in Bengaluru. "#Vote #Indiaelections2024 #Karnataka #bengaluru," He posted on X. Apr 26, 2024 10:07 AM IST BJP's Mysuru - Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, Mysuru's "king", on Friday morning casted his vote. Apr 26, 2024 10:03 AM IST Karnataka Assembly LoP and BJP leader R Ashoka arrived at a polling booth in Bengaluru to cast his vote. On the other hand, Karnataka's Home Minister G Parameshwara casted his vote in the Lok Sabha polls in Tumakuru. Philanthropist TV Mohandas Pai casted his vote in Bengaluru on Friday morning. Here is what he said, "What I say to people of India, people of Bangalore is please go and vote. It is your duty to vote, you are citizen of a proud country. You must choose a candidate of your choice to represent you in Lok Sabha. To all young people, please go and vote after you attain the age of 18, the first time you vote, your heart will be filled with pride. You are choosing the future leaders of this country. Be brave and vote, don't be frustrated, don't be cynical, don't ever say 'everybody is bad, what is the point?' Your vote counts." (PTI) Fourteen Lok Sabha seats out of 28 are going for polls today in Karnataka and a voter turnout of 9.21% was recorded in the state between 7-9am. Dakshina Kannada district stood top with 14.33% of voting in the early hours whereas Mandya and Chamarajanagar recorded lower turnout with 7.70% of voting in the first hours. BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency Tejasvi Surya casts his vote for the Lok Sabha polls. See video. (ANI) Union Minister and BJP candidate from Bengaluru North, Shobha Karandlaje casts her vote at a polling booth in Bengaluru. See Video. (ANI) Bengaluru South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya on Friday said, "Today is a celebration day in Karnataka. it is a festival of democracy. Millions of people will go out and vote... This is not just a right, but also a duty, because if we don't vote, we are not registering our voice, and contributing meaningfully to a democracy... Just like every year, more senior citizens are seen at the booths, they are coming out in big numbers to vote." "I wish young people draw inspiration from senior citizens and also come out in big numbers and vote…" he added. (ANI) BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, Tejasvi Surya, offered prayers at his residence ahead of casting his vote for the Lok Sabha polls. Congress has fielded Sowmya Reddy opposite him in the constituency. (ANI) Divya Kamat, an engineer, took to social media to share that she travelled all the way from abroa to cast her vote for the ongoing Lok Sabha election in Bengaluru. "Hello Bengaluru, Travelled 12,000 miles, leaving my toddler, for a 4-day visit to cast my vote. Bengaluru, rise up! Head to the booth and make your voice count!" she wrote on X. "Voted for VIKSITBHARAT, Voted for DEVELOPMENT," she added. Retired civil servant P. V. Ayyar, aged 94, born in 1929, casts his vote today in Bengaluru. Union minister and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje on Friday morning casted her vote in Bengaluru. "Siddaramaiah is frustrated that is why he is speaking against PM Modi. The entire country is standing with PM Modi. I urge all the voters to come out and vote. I hope we will cross 400 (seats) as people of country are with PM Modi and want development, security," she said to reporters shortly afterwards. (PTI) Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday spoke to reporters and said, "This election is definitely on the grounds that people want stable, good leadership to take over. It can't be on the grounds that I don't like somebody so I don't want that somebody. Political parties will have to give good proposals." (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday cast her vote in Bengaluru. She spoke to reporters shortly afterwards, and said, "Everyone should come out of their homes to cast their vote. Yes, it can be a hot day in Bengaluru but it is worth coming out. Choose your time, please come, do vote. India needs every vote." (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote at BES polling booth in Bengaluru. See video. (ANI) Actor Prakash Raj spoke to reporters shortly after casting his vote in Bengaluru, and said, "My vote stands for my right, for my power to chose who represents me, who will be my voice in the Parliament... It is very important to choose a candidate whom you believe in, and I have voted for the candidate I believe in and to the manifesto they have brought in and for the change, because of the hatred and divisive politics we have seen in the last decade." (ANI) Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with her maternal uncle, arrived at the BES polling booth in Bengaluru to cast her vote in the Lok Sabha elections. See video. (ANI) Actor Prakash Raj on Friday morning casted his vote at a polling station in Bengaluru. See video. (ANI) News cities bengaluru news Bengaluru Election 2024 Highlights: Karnataka records voter turnout of 63.90% by 5.30 pmWhy did EC book Tejasvi Surya?
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