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Voter turnout stood at 65 per cent at the close of polling at 5 p.m. in the Karnataka assembly elections. In 2013 elections 71.45 per cent voter turnout was reported.
The Assembly Elections has been held for 222 constituencies of the total 224 constituencies. Elections to Jayanagar seat was countermanded and Rajarajeshwari Nagar was put-off to May 28.
Counting of votes for Karnataka assembly election 2018 will be taken up on May 15.
Highest polling has been witnessed in coastal districts - Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttra Kannada crossing over 80 per cent and Bengaluru rural is at 81 per cent.
But polling has been pathetic in Bengaluru city at 40 per cent.
Brisk polling has been witnessed in old Mysore region, central Karnataka has made political analysts sit up and look in to it.
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