Between 55-58 percent of the voters in Karnataka turned out today to exercise their franchise during the third and final phase of the Assembly polls. Voting took place in a total of 69 seats.
At least 20 percent voters had caste their votes till noon during the third and final phase of the Karnataka Assembly elections, according to a State Election Commission official.
The future of Belgaum has been an emotive issue ever since reorganization of states and candidates exploited it during past elections, but during the present Assembly polls that is hardly being referred to by the candidates.
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today lambasted the BJP for not tackling terrorism seriously when it ran the NDA government for six years at the Centre between 1999 and 2004.
After the completion of two phases, campaigning is gaining momentum for the third and last phase of the Karnataka Assembly polls, which is scheduled to be held on May 22.
The Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and Election Commissioners, S.Y. Quereshi and Navin Chawla met in Dharwad this morning to review preparations for the third phase of polls in Karnataka.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami will arrive in Dharwad today to review the poll preparations for the third phase of Assembly elections in Karnataka.
