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Mangalore: DK tops list of voting percentage

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Published Date: 17 May, 2008 (11:08 PM)

By Team Mangalorean
Photographs: Rajesh Shetty

MANGALORE, May 16, 2008: The Dakshina Kannada district has registered 75 percent voting in the second phase of polling held today in the state. The district registered the top among all the ten districts that went to vote today.

About 13.34 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the five taluks and eight assembly constituencies of the district and the people of the district have shown why they are the top democrats once again. The voting was peaceful and eventless barring a stray case of impersonation and an electronic voting machine failing to register votes. The EVM failed to register vote at booth Number 159 in Ilanthila higher primary school in Belthagady taluk. The Election commission has received a fax message from the district administration about the failure and in one or two days decision will be taken if there will be a re-poll in this booth or not according to the Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar in Bangalore at a press conference here today.

There were no other reports from anywhere from the 66 constituencies in the state that went to polls. The minimum voting in the parts of the district was recorded at 60 per cent and Mr. Vidyashankar said there are villages in Puttur and Bantwal where polling has registered as high as 80 per cent.

An agile returning officer at Kudroli in Mangalore city had caught one Shailesh resident of Uliya village in Ullal trying to impersonate another voter and trying to vote. The officer Govinda Bhat caught Mr. Shailesh trying to caste a vote in some others name. He has been handed over to the police.

State records 60.3 percent polling

Mangalore/Bangalore/Shimoga: The state second phase polling for 66 constituencies today recorded 60.3 percent. Announcing the percentage of polling at a press conference here today Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar has stated that the polling was generally peaceful barring a few minor incidents. He added that the naxalite attack at Hebri in Udupi district killing two persons did not have any effect on the polling percentage. In fact the Sitanadi area and the Karkala taluk registered a higher polling percentage than the last year at 62 percent.

The polling percentage in the other districts are as follows Chikmagalur (63), Chitradurga (60), Davanagere (64), Koppal (62), Raichur (47), Shimoga (60) and Uttara Kannada (61). Mangalorean.com learns from the key constituency of Shikaripur experienced good percentage of voting at 70 per cent. In this constituency former chief ministers S.Bangarappa of Samajwadi party and B.S. Yeddyurappa of BJP were locked in a do or die contest.

Shankar Bidari Additional Director General of Police has stated that the polling was absolutely peaceful in all the naxal infested districts including Chikmagalur, Udupi and Shimoga

Brisk polling underway in second phase

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2008 - Complete Coverage

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Pradeep Rai, India	Apr 30, 2009
nice article

BOB/ , USA	May 17, 2008
Proud of DK and mangalore for using their constitutional right to bringing about change. Hope we see one and see all corrupt officials and politicians go to jail.( wishful but hopeful thinking)

Cdr GP Mallya(retd), Korea	May 17, 2008
I am keenly watching the developments in my native district....It seems like the people of DK have come out in larger numbers to seek some sort of vengeance about opportunists, betrayers....and corrupt persons...only 25th May will tell against whom they have vented their anger...hats off once again to people of DK for being such a vibrant participant is sustaining the progress of deomocracy...

Shenoy, India	May 17, 2008
Congratulations to the people of South Kanara. You people have made us Mangaloreans feel proud by coming out and voting in such large numbers inspite of hot sun. DK is always a leader. They have shown that they will not be subdued by senseless behaviour of ill informed misguided people who imagine themselves to be revolutionaries. Let us wait now and see what hapens in the third phase.

D.P.Kumar, India

May 17, 2008

The reports are silent about the turnouts in the 3 constituencies of Mangalore. I have observed in 2 adjuscent booths the polling as 60% and 50% averaging 53 percent of total votes of the booths.

Similar can be the trend in Mangalore as I have observed many flats locked due to people going out on holidays. I wondered at some persons who are ardent voters of particular political party have not turned up for voting this time.

In a particular voters list of a booth, I observed names of 17 persons repeating with same/different address but with same father's/husband's name and age. Thus out of 1007 voters, actullay there are only 990 voters. If similar mistakes are there in other 154 booths of Mangalore South the very figure of voters will be wrong. Hence the calculation of percentage votes polled also would appear wrong.

Even though the EC has liberalised identity and given 20 forms to establish ones identity, many have failed to even one to identify themselves. Some officers have permitted voting even without photo/signature identity but merely on the basis of name in the published list and in the ration card.

Nearly 20 percent of people felt difficulties in identifying the button to press on the EVM. It has not only wasted time, but also given some to aid those people with suggstive postures!

harishkumar, India	May 17, 2008
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