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2018 Karnataka Assembly Election - Karnataka Records 70% Turnout in Assembly Elections, Little Less Than 2013 Saturday May 12,2018

A 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the high-stakes Karnataka Assembly polls on Saturday, the Election Commission (EC) said.

The last Assembly election in the southern state in 2013 had witnessed 71.4 per cent polling, the poll panel said.

"I want to congratulate the voters of Karnataka. Till 6 pm, the voter turnout in the state was 70 per cent. Barring a few polling stations, voting has been completed at almost all," Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha told 

"By the time we get the final figure, we will have a better turnout than the last election," he added

The poll percentage is likely to go up as voters were seen standing in the queue at certain polling stations even after 6 pm.

The rural voters outnumbered their urban counterparts in exercising their franchise.

Voting was held in 222 of the 224 Assembly seats in Karnataka, in a three-cornered contest involving the ruling Congress, the BJP and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S).

Over 2,600 candidates are in the fray -- more than 2400 men and and over 200 women.

Of the 5,06,90,538 eligible voters, 2,56,75,579 are men, 2,50,09,904 women and 5,055 transgenders

The counting of votes will take place on May 15. 

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