A file photo of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. Leaders of all political parties are in shock as exit polls have projected different scenarios. The results will be declared on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
1. A day after polling for the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India will release the final voter turnout percentage in Karnataka and in individual constituencies today. Till late on Wednesday, the polling percentage was close to 73%, with the Bengaluru constituency lagging behind the rest of the state.
2. With the results to be announced on Saturday May 13, all political party leaders are on tenterhooks, especially with exit polls emerging out of different scenarios. While all give an edge to the Congress, many also predict a hung assembly.
Photos from voting in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
107-year-old Mizar Guthu Anand Alva, father of M. Mohan Alva, chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation, cast his vote at the Bangabettu booth in Moodabidri in Dakshina Kannada district.
A wheelchair-bound voter is being taken out through a ramp at the St. Sebastian’s School polling booth at Bendire in Mangaluru City South constituency.
In Belagavi, the seers of Tondariya Math and Naganur Math cast their vote.
Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation Ambassador and former cricketer Javagal Srinath presented certificates to first-time voters Vidisha and Sharanya in Mysuru.
The mother of a 40-day-old baby along with her mother and aunt comes out of a polling booth after casting her vote in Mangaluru City South constituency. Later she took the child for vaccination.
A polling booth at Kodigehalli in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha member DK Suresh, Kanakapura MLA and KPCC president DK Shivakumar visited Kankeramma temple in Kanakapura before casting his vote.
Mangaluru (Ullal) MLA and Congress candidate UT Khadar along with his family cast his vote in Mangaluru.
A polling booth in Byatarayanapura, Bengaluru.
Bride Melita Soras of Udupi district arrived at the polling booth in Kapu assembly constituency in a white gown.
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Jaggesh (third from right) being photographed with other voters at MES College in Malleswaram, Bengaluru
Sri Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swami of Moorasveer Math casts his vote in Hubli.
RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale (second from left) casts his vote at Government Girls Model Primary and High School, Seshadripuram, Bengaluru.
Former CM BS Yediyurappa cast his vote at Shikaripur. To his right is younger son BY Vijayendra, the BJP candidate in Shikaripur. At right is his elder son BY Raghavendra, MP, Shivamogga.
The groom Vinod Kumar, a resident of Sagar in Shivamogga district, cast his vote before reaching the marriage hall. He is getting married to Pallavi of Ripponpet.
BJP candidate for Mangaluru City South D. Ved Vyas Kamath queues up to cast his vote at Gandhinagar GPS in Mangaluru City South Assembly Constituency.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote at the Bharat Education Society polling booth in Jayanagar, Bengaluru.
A bride arrives to cast her vote at a polling station at Makonahalli in Chikkamagaluru district.
BJP state unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel (fourth from right) queues up to cast his vote at St. Aloysius High School in Narayana Guru Circle (Lady Hill) in Mangaluru City South Assembly constituency.
Congress candidate Lakshmi Hebbalkar (centre) casts her vote with family members at Vijay Nagar in Belagavi.
First-time voters pose for photos in Chikkamagaluru district.
83-year-old Chennamma arrives to cast her vote at Bogadi in Chamundeshwari assembly constituency of Mysuru district.
Former CM BS Yediyurappa along with his family visited a temple before exercising his franchise in Shikaripura constituency.
First-time voters of Bengaluru pose for a photo on May 10, 2023.
Volunteers at Mahaveer Seasons Apartments in Bengaluru were helping residents with any queries they had about voting and escorting them to the polling booth. He had also arranged for some refreshments.
Madhav Kumar, 77, cast his vote at St. Peter’s School in Kottara in Mangaluru City South Assembly constituency. On May 10, 2023.
Minister Kota Srinivasa Pujari (5th from left) at a booth in Kotathattu gram panchayat of Kundapura assembly constituency.
Muzrai minister Shashikala Jolle, BJP candidate from Nippani, along with her husband and Chikkodi Lok Sabha member Annasaheb Jolle and other family members cast their vote at the Government Girls Upper Primary School at Eksumba in Belagavi district.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visits a temple in Hubli before casting his vote at Shiggaon in Haveri district.
Hassan MLA Pritam J Gowda and his wife cast their votes in Hassan.
Home Minister Araga Gyanendra, who is contesting for the 10th time, along with his family cast his vote at Tirthahalli.
Voters wait patiently outside Sharada Nursery Primary School in Mysuru’s Shardavinagar, where polling was stopped briefly due to EVM glitch at booth number 169.
On May 10, 2023, voters had reached Bolara HPS in Mangaluru City South Assembly Constituency as early as 6.30 am.
People queue up at a polling station in Rajarajeswaranagar to vote in the Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on May 10, 2023.
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3. Many workers had gone out of cities like Bengaluru and Mysore to campaign for various parties and to vote in their native villages. Many of them are expected to return to cities to resume work from today, while some may stay till the results are out.
4. Bengaluru-based Mahiti Hakku Adhyayan Kendra has written to the Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, about the closure of the Integrated Finance Management Services (IFMS) portal for citizens and ₹1,000 crore released to contractors Without uploading any information on IFMS portal. It is alleged that in violation of the rules, the portal has been closed for public viewing.
5. Rain has been predicted in many parts of Karnataka.