A total of 71.3 percentage of voting was recorded in the elections to the Legislative Council from the South Graduates’ constituency on Monday.
Soon after polling began at 8 a.m. amid tight security, people began queuing up outside the polling stations in many parts of the constituency across Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar districts to cast their votes.
While Hassan recorded a turnout of 74.22%, Mandya and Mysuru recorded a poll percentage of 69.88% and 67.92% respectively, and Chamarajanagar was at 73.21% when polling ended at 5 p.m.
