Kalaburagi, which is the centre of Kalyana Karnataka housing the headquarters of Kalaburagi Revenue Division and Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB), showed a pathetic performance in voter turnout in the Assembly Elections 2023 held on May 10.
As per the information provided by the Election Commission of India, Kalaburagi occupies the lowest position in the State outside Bengaluru City. While Kalaburagi district recorded a 66.43% voter turnout, Bengaluru city’s performance is even poorer with BBMP South recording the lowest turnout of just 52.33% followed by BBMP North (52.59%), BBMP Central 55.50% and Bengaluru Urban (57.71%). Kalaburagi had a turnout of 63.73% in 2018 and 65.22% in 2013 elections.
Chickballapur emerged as the top performer with 85.56% of voter turnout followed by Bengaluru Rural (85.08%), Ramanagara (85.04%), Mandya (84.45%), Tumakuru (83.58%), Kolar (81.75%), Hassan (81.73%), Haveri (81.50%), Chamarajanagar (81.48%) and Chitradurga (81.18%).
