Though the voting process began from 7 am today, only 56 per cent voting was registered till 3 pm in the state.

Mysuru,May 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cast his vote at the Siddaramanahundi in Varuna constituency.CM Siddaramaiah along with his son Dr. Yathindra, voted in the polling booth number 82.

In a politically crucial Assembly election ahead of next year's Lok Sabha battle, millions voted in Karnataka on Saturday with the ruling Congress as well as the BJP and JD-S claiming they will win hands down.

BJP candidate B. Sreeramulu on Saturday worshipped a cow and then visited temples before voting in the Karnataka Assembly election.

Bengaluru: Congress spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa, who has alleged that there were errors in the EVMs in many parts of the state, said in a tweet "at a polling booth in Bengaluru, votes are going to lotus symbol while pressing any button on EVM.  Due to which voters got angry and returned without casting their votes."

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that he was "very confident" of the ruling Congress retaining power in the southern state by winning over 120 seats.

Tumkur: A monkey joined with Chikkanayakanahalli’s MLA Suresh Babu for breakfast on Saturday morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday encouraged the people of Karnataka, particularly youths, to come out and cast their votes in large numbers in the assembly election.