Polling for Karnataka assembly elections ends

May 12, 2018 18:37

The voting has been ended in the Karnatala assembly elections.

Till 5 pm, the voting percentage was recorded at 64.35 percent.

The Election Commission will announce the final turnout in short while.

The polling which began at 7 am at 58,546 polling stations in 222 seats, concluded at 6 pm.

The Karnataka Legislative assembly has 224 seats but elections in two constituencies, Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, both in Bengaluru, have been postponed.

Image: Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes for Karnataka Assembly election 2018 at a polling station in Mangaluru. Photograph: PTI Photo

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