Polling almost peaceful in Dharwad, Gadag, and Haveri districts

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Polling almost peaceful in Dharwad, Gadag, and Haveri districts


Congress chief Saleem Ahmed reveals his ink-marked finger after casting his vote in the elections to the Legislative Assembly, at a polling station, in Haveri on Wednesday.
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Barring just a few situations of lacking names in voter checklist and one occasion of scuffle between occasion employees in Gadag, the polling for the Assembly elections in the three districts of Dharwad, Gadag, and Haveri concluded peacefully on Wednesday.

As there have been nonetheless many citizens ready to solid their votes in few polling stations at 6 p.m., the deadline for polling, the polling continued in such centres to permit all those that have been on the polling station by 6 p.m. to solid their votes. Consequently it took time for the election employees to conclude the polling and report back to the respective mustering centres with the sealed EVMs and VVPATs. The course of went on until late in the night time. The de-mustering course of was carried out at Navalgund, Kundagol, Kalaghatagi, Hubballi, and Dharwad.

Consequently, officers weren’t capable of give the precise proportion of polling in numerous constituencies instantly.

District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Gurudatta Hegde gave the polling proportion in seven meeting constituencies in Dharwad district as 73.19%

In a press launch, he stated that the polling concluded peacefully in the district at 6 p.m. and as there have been nonetheless voters in Navalgund and Kundagol segments at 6 p.m., the polling was continued.

In the final election, the district had recorded a polling proportion of 70.70.

In Haveri

According to Deputy Commissioner of Haveri, an approximate common polling proportion of 81.17 was recorded in the six Assembly segments in the district. He stated in a launch that because the polling concluded peacefully with none glitches, there was no query of holding any repoll in any of the polling stations in the district.

Hirekerur recorded the best polling of 84.89%, Byadgi 83.47%, Hanagal 83.17%, Ranebennur 80.04%, Shiggaon 79.06%, and Haveri 76.61%. The polling started on a sluggish word however picked up later.

In Gadag

According to Deputy Commissioner of Gadag Vaishali M.L., Gadag district recorded  approximate polling of 75.21% in the 4 Assembly segments. Nargund recorded the best polling of 79.44% adopted by Ron with 75.56%, Gadag with 75.56%, and Shirahatti 70.79%. The last polling proportion is prone to change as polling continued past 6 p.m. at some polling stations due to the rains.

The polling in Gadag district was almost peaceful with one stray incident of scuffle between Congress and BJP employees at Binkadakatti village, ensuing in the police utilizing canes to disperse the group. Otherwise, the polling remained peaceful, the police stated.



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