Key Points
The polling is likely to exceed 70% as voting continued at several polling stations in Karnataka even after 6 pm as people came out in large numbers to cast their ballots across 58,545 polling stations...
The officials facilitated voting by issuing tokens to citizens who turned up till 6 pm, and extended polling hours as people waited patiently for their turn..
Officials expect the polling to surpass the 2018 turnout of 72% and touch around 75% as pleasant weather and choice of a mid-week day influenced larger turnout...
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy reached Bengaluru from an overseas trip on Tuesday and exercised his vote with wife Sudha Murty at a polling station in Jayanagar, South Bengaluru..
