
1. A day of calm before Karnataka goes to polls in a high-stakes battle on May 10
After weeks of frenzied, high-decibel campaigning which saw much mud-slinging and rhetoric from all sides, it is a day of relative calm today before the State goes to polls on May 10. A total of 5.31 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise at 58,545 polling stations across the State between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. There are 2,615 candidates in the fray this 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections.