In the election held for 222 assembly constituencies in the state on Saturday, more than 70 per cent voting was registered, said State Chief Election Officer Sanjeev Kumar.

Following technical error in the EVM at polling station-2 at Gandhi Vidyalay of Lottegollahalli in Hebbala constituency, the polling was cancelled on Saturday.

The exit poll surveys conducted by various media houses and independent organizations predicted that both Congress and BJP would fight each other equally in getting the majority in the assembly elections held for 222 constituencies in the state. But the JDS would play a decisive role in the government formation.

Upset over not providing basic facilities to her village, a woman tried to commit suicide at a polling station in the district on Saturday.

JDS state president and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the Election Commission has failed to check the election-related malpractices in the Karnataka Assembly election.

Despite losing a family member, the grief-striking family members reached the polling station and exercised their votes at Naganur in Surapura taluk of Yadgiri district on Saturday and this attracted appreciation from all corners. A family member was died at the house of Somanna of the village.

Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha said the figure was likely to go up as data was still being collated from various polling stations where people queued up beyond 6 p.m. when the voting was supposed to end.

Cricketer Rahul Dravid who was selected as the Karnataka Election Commission’s ambassador, exercised his vote at CV Raman Nagar in the city on Saturday.