Scenes at many polling stations on Friday morning (April 26) — long queues and people posting on social media that it was taking over two hours to cast their votes — had raised hopes that the city might come out in large numbers to vote. However, at the end of the polling time, the tentative turnout was marginally less than in 2019. The figure for Bengaluru Rural has seen a considerable jump.
Some of the celebrities who voted were Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Jayanagar, cricket coach Rahul Dravid, Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, and his wife and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty.
Bengaluru North recorded a turnout of 54.42% (54.66% in 2019), Bengaluru Central 52.81% (54.28% in 2019), Bengaluru South 53.15% (53.47% in 2019). Bengaluru Rural constituency recorded a turnout of 67.29%, up from 64.90% in 2019.
