Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: Polls To Be Held On May 10, Counting On May 13 | India News

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India introduced the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly elections. The polling would happen in a single part on May 10, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated on Wednesday.The counting of votes can be executed on May 13, the CEC stated in a press convention right here.

Detailing the info of the electors, the CEC stated that there are a complete of 5.21 crores within the state and the variety of 100 plus voters is 16,976. He knowledgeable that over 58,000 polling stations could be arrange throughout the state.”There are 224 Assembly constituencies of which 36 are reserved for the SCs and 15 for the STs.

The whole electorates within the state are 5,21,73,579 crores of which males are 2.62 crores and females are 2.59 crores. The whole variety of 80 plus electors is 12.15 lakhs. It is a rise of 32 % from 2018.

It additionally contains 16,976 proud electors who’re 100 plus. The variety of individuals with disabilities (PWDs) has elevated to five.55 lakhs. This is a rise of near 150 per cent,” Kumar stated.He stated that the first-time voters have elevated from 2018-19 by 9.17 lakhs in Karnataka.

“All young voters who are turning 18 years of age by April 1, will be able to vote in the Karnataka Assembly elections,” he stated. The CEC additionally laid down the safety measures for the recognized delicate cubicles within the state.

“There are 58,282 polling stations in Karnataka of which 20,866 are city. The common variety of electors per polling station involves 883. On all of the delicate cubicles which have been recognized, we take 4 to 5 measures. Either there could be CAPF, web-casting, or a micro-observer.

With the mix of all of those, we are likely to put extra vigor and vigil on the delicate cubicles,” he informed.”There could be 240 mannequin polling stations which can be made eco-friendly and inexperienced cubicles. 100 cubicles could be managed purely by individuals with incapacity,” Kumar added explaining the measures taken by the ECI for attracting the youth to vote.

Meanwhile, Karnataka, which has 224 seats within the Assembly presently has 119 MLAs of the ruling BJP, whereas Congress has 75 and its ally JD(S) has 28 seats. With months to go for the Assembly elections, the political events together with the ruling BJP, Congress, and ally JD(S) started the spate of allegations and counter-allegations, with the latter trying to nook the federal government over the problem of corruption.

The BJP authorities, being led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai can also be placing in efforts to return to energy and stressing the Kannadigas problem, reservation to the Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities by scrapping a religion-based reservation for the Muslim neighborhood, a call which the state authorities took lately.

The authorities, final 12 months, had proposed that the businesses that don’t give first desire to Kannadigas is not going to be eligible for incentives. The authorities`s transfer got here within the latter a part of final 12 months in a bid to advertise Kannada. It was included within the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill.