Senior actress Leelavathi with son, actor Vinod Raj  casted their vote at a booth in Nelamangala, Bengaluru Karnaka.

Voting for 222 constituencies of the 224-member assembly started in poll bound state Karnataka 2018 today 8 AM. B.S. Yeddyurappa first to cast his vote at Shikaripura. After this Suttur mutt seer Shivaratri Deshikendra Swami was among the first few people to cast his vote at a booth in Krishnaraja segment.

Election for the Jayanagara seat in Bengaluru was cancelled following the death of BJP candidate and sitting MLA B N Vijaykumar.

In addition, The Election Commission on Friday deferred the polls for the Rajarajeswari Nagar constituency to May 28 after a massive row courted over a large number of voter ID cards being found in an apartment.

Moorusavir Math's Gurusidda Rajayogindra Mahaswami casted his vote in Hubli. Mysuru's erstwhile royal Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar casted his vote in Mysuru. Karnataka Minister KJ George casted his vote in Bengaluru, he is contesting from Sarvagnanagar constituency.

BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar casted his vote at Karnataka Reddyjana Sangha in Bengaluru's Koramangala.

JD(S)'s HD Deve Gowda, his wife Chennamma Deve Gowda, son HD Revanna and other family members cast their votes at polling booth no.244 in Holenarasipura town in Hassan district.

“We received several election-related complaints on Friday night from different parts the state about distribution of cash and liquor, and action is being taken on them. There is no untoward incident in the state so far. Polling is progressing smoothly”: Election official said.