CM Siddaramaiah casts his vote in Chamundeshwari. He is contesting from Chamundeshwari and Badami constituencies.

37% voting recorded till 1pm.

Most of the polling stations in Bantwal, home town of district minister B Ramanath Rai, in Bantwal constituency have recorded more than 60% polling by 12.45pm. With 47%, Dakshin Kannada has recorded highest voting so far while Bengaluru Urban is the lowest at 28% till 1pm.

Coastal districts lead the poll-bound state in polling percentage half-way through as The coast verified that its heart is in the right place when it comes to electoral politics, witnessing good voter turn outs in the three coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts.

With the bundle of Fury and ager Karnataka CM lashed out at BJP president Amit Shah and said, “This Amit Shah is like a comedy show and Narendra Modi's image has drastically declined, his speeches are completely hollow and have made no impact on the voters of Karnataka. Therefore we are not worried”.

Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar also cast his vote at polling booth number 240 in Kanakapura. Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde cast his vote in Karnataka's Sirsi. Former Foreign Minister and BJP leader SM Krishna casts his vote in a polling booth in Bengaluru.

Voting is underway in 58,008 polling stations of 30 districts across the state, with 600 of them as pink