Voting was ‘’brisk’ in a remote place deep within Nagarahole tiger reserve where a polling booth was established. By 9 a.m. 7.69 per cent of the eligible voters had exercised their franchise and the polling percentage not only matched the figures in urban areas but was higher compared to the figures in some towns and cities.
But on converting the percentage into actual numbers it transpires that ‘’exactly 1 person’’ had voted by 9 a.m. two hours after the polliing began. For, this polling station located in Moorkal in the core area of Nagarahole and coming under Virajpet Assembly constituency has only 13 voters. And all are from the nearby Kollangere village.
The Election Commission in compliance with its own rules that no eligible voter should be left out and no voter should be more than 2 km from the polling booth, had made due arrangements at the Moorkal’s Government Higher Primary School – which has two students and one teacher.
