The fate of a total of 143 candidates including former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Housing Minister V. Somanna and former Ministers H.C. Mahadevappa, Tanveer Sait and G.T. Deve Gowda was sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as polling in the 11 Assembly constituencies in Mysuru district passed peacefully on Wednesday.
Voters lined up outside polling booths in many parts of the district as soon as the polling process commenced at 7 a.m. in the 2,905 polling booths across the district amid security.
In several booths, voters were asked by the polling personnel to bring the voter’s slip given by volunteers outside the polling booth to match their “part number” and “serial number” with the electoral rolls in their possession. Even voters with Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) were asked to bring the voter’s slip to cast their votes.
