As Candidates' future secured in EVMs, all eyes on Nov.6
Bengaluru,Nov.3: The by-poll elections for three lok sabha and two assembly seats in the state, that was seen as the crucial decider for upcoming general election in 2019, was ended peacefully on Saturday.
As the future of all the candidates is secured in the EVMs, now its agonising wait for them till Nov.6.
Voting that was started with low note on Saturday morning 7am picked up some moment in the afternoon. People visited their nearby polling booths and exercised their rights with enthusiasm.
In some places due to technical hiccups polling was delayed. Apart from few incidents of election boycott, voting was almost peaceful.
This election had created immense curiosity as it was considered as the direct fight between congress-JDS coalition and BJP. The result will be known only on Nov.6.
While by-elections were held in Ballari, Shivamogga and Mandya, in Jamakhandi and Ramanagar by-poll was held for assembly seats.
More than 30 candidates including, V.S Ugrappa-J.Shanta, Madhu Bangarappa- B.Y Raghavendra, L.R Shivaramegowda- Dr. Siddaramaiah, Anita Kumaraswamy, Anand Nyamagouda and Shrikant Kulkarni were in the frey.
B.Y Raghavendra contesting from Shivamogga constituency visited polling booth no.132 at Shikaripur taluk panchayat building along with his family. Madhu Bangarappa along with his family cast vote at Soraba booth no.31.
Ballari BJP candidate J. Shanta cast her vote at Ballari women and children development department office poll booth along with her son-in-law. Actor Ambareesh cast his right at booth no.164 at Maddoor Doddarasinakere.
Ally candidate Anand Nyamagouda cast his vote along with his family in Jamakhandi booth no. 125. MLA K.S Eshwarappa, Somashekar Reddy, former speaker D.H Shankaramurthy and other leaders cast their votes in various polling booths.
For the first time election commission had provided special vehicle facility for physically disabled people.
Villagers of Haraginadoni in Ballari boycotted the election demanding basic facilities to the village including drinking water.
High security was deployed in all five polling stations. Section 144 was imposed in the polling area. Local police along with central reserve police force was deployed to maintain law and order in the region.
Voting percentages:
Jamakhandi - 81.58%
Ramanagara - 73.71%
Ballari - 63.85%
Shivamogga - 61.05%
Mandya - 53.93%
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
