Today, on Thursday, from 7 am, votes are being cast in 15 assembly seats in Karnataka. Voting will run till 6 pm. According to the news, only 6.06 percent of the voting took place in the first two hours. Polling was reported to be 33 per cent till 1.30 pm. Officials said that the highest turnout was 41.72 per cent in Yellapur while the lowest polling was recorded in Shivajinagar at 22.12 per cent.
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According to media reports, in this by-election, a total of 37.78 lakh voters of the state will use their franchise at a total of 4,185 polling stations. There are 19,25,529 males, 18,52,027 females and 414 others in the electorate. These include 79,714 young voters. It is known that these by-elections are being held for vacant seats after disqualifying 17 rebel MLAs of Congress and JDS.
The results of the by-election will come on 09 December. With these results, the fate of the BJP government led by the current Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa is to be decided. In the 225-member Karnataka Assembly (including the speaker), the BJP needs at least six seats to continue in power. Today 15 of the 15 seats are being held by the Congress and 12 were held by the JDS. At present, BJP has 105 MLAs (one Independent), Congress has 66 MLAs and JD (S) 34 MLAs. Apart from these, there is one BSP and a nominated MLA along with the Speaker. Let us know that due to 17 rebel MLAs of Congress and JDS, the Congress-JDS coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy fell in July last month, due to which BJP There was a return to power. BJP has made 13 MLAs disqualified as its candidates. These rebel MLAs joined the BJP last month after being allowed to participate in the by-elections from the Supreme Court.
