Mangaluru: Polling underway for MCC elections at 448 booths
Mangaluru: Voting for the election of Mangaluru City Corporation’s 60 wards went underway on Tuesday morning 7:00 am here in the city.
Dakshina Kannada MP and State President of BJP, Nalin Kumar Kateel also casted his voted in the early hours at St. Aloysius English Medium School near Ladyhill Church in the city.
MLA Vedavyas Kamath along with his family casted vote at Mannagudda’s Gandhinagar School while MLA Bharat Shetty casted vote near polling booth at KPT.
Other leaders including MLC Ivan D’Souza, former MLA JR Lobo and others also casted their vote at respective polling booth.
Polling in currently underway at 448 booths. Mannagudda’s Gandhinagar School has reported less turnout of voters so far.
Over 180 candidates from 60 wards and 27 parties are in the fray and are contesting the elections. The results of the elections will be announced on November 14.
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Manmohan Singh, LK Advani cast votes from home
New Delhi (PTI): Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have cast their votes using the home voting facility, the Delhi poll body said.
The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi on Thursday kicked off the home voting facility for elderly voters and persons with disabilities (PwDs) and it will go on till May 24.
According to the data shared by the office, 1409 voters cast their ballots from the comfort of their homes across all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi on Friday, which was the second day of the facility being started.
The West Delhi constituency reported the highest number of home votes, with 348 voters participating. Among them, 299 were elderly individuals.
With the completion of the second day, a total of 2,956 voters have exercised their right to vote from home, the CEO office said.
"Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi successfully cast their votes on May 17 from their home availing home voting facility in the New Delhi parliamentary constituency," the office said.
Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari cast his vote on Thursday, it added.
Former deputy prime minister LK Advani cast his vote on Saturday, sources said.
On the first day, 1,482 voters exercised their franchise from home.
A total of 5,406 voters across Delhi -- elderly individuals and PwDs -- have filled out Form 12D to avail of the home voting facility in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
This initiative ensures these voters can participate in the electoral process with ease and dignity, eliminating the need to visit polling stations. Delhi will go to polls on May 25.
