Voting in the single phase election in 28 Lok Sabha constituency of Bangalore saw a voter turnout of 56 per cent by the end of the day. But the letdown was Bangalore with only 50 percent voter turnout.
Voting in the single phase election in 28 Lok Sabha constituency of Bangalore saw a voter turnout of 56 per cent by the end of the day. But the letdown was Bangalore with only 50 percent voter turnout where Bangalore South saw 40 percent voter turnout, Bangalore North 37 percent and Bangalore Central a meager 36 percent by 5 pm.
Though parts of Bangalore South parliamentary constituency, where BJP leader Ananthakumar is pitted against Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani, former UIDAI chief, saw huge crowds outside polling booths in the morning. Reportedly, voters were seen queuing up outside the booths in Padmanabhanagar well before 7 am, the scheduled start of polling. Many booths in Hanumanthanagar and Uttarahalli recorded a good turnout since morning with voters, many of whom stood for more than half an hour, describing the early morning rush as “unusual”. The queues, however, appeared to come down after 11.30 am.
Meanwhile, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT), which will print out the choice made by the voters, was also tried out in Bangalore South constituency with the officials displaying banners outside the booth to explain its working.
The low voter turnout in the city saw some serious outrage on twitter by the people and many thrashed Bangalorians for not casting their vote.
Here is a look:
If you throw a stone randomly in Bangalore, chances are it will hit a dog or a person who didn’t vote.
— Sumit Khadse (@sumitkhadse) April 17, 2014
PTI reports that turnout in 3 Naxal hit areas was more than Bangalore turnout today. Be ashamed Bangalore. You take Democracy for granted.
— $$Jhunjhunwala/Magal (@jhunjhunwala) April 17, 2014
@jhunjhunwala I told you there is Baldy wave in Bangalore ..Raghu, Muthalik ..etc..etc..
— V¡BhùT¡ (@victorvibhu) April 17, 2014
Now its fine pic.twitter.com/wyl6fGl38W
— Champ-u-terology (@BolshoyBooze) April 17, 2014
And whichever bangalorean is out of station because of the ‘four day weekend’ I swear I will take a really massive dump on your first born
— Petri (@petrichorbazaar) April 17, 2014
*Removes Bangalore from list of book reading locations.*
— Kim Mälluström (@sidin) April 17, 2014
Bangalore again proved that it is the city with full of Engineers, voted 35%, same as they use to score in their exams to pass.
— EngiNerd (@mainbhiengineer) April 17, 2014
With 35%, the voter turn out in Bangalore is less than the Iron Maiden concert turnout in Palace Grounds. Shame on you haramkhoro.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 17, 2014
With such a low voter turnout, it’s clear that majority of the hard working Bangaloreans voted for long weekend holiday trips
— Priyanka Lahiri Sen (@lahirip) April 17, 2014
Guys, Don’t blame Bangalore crowd. They are waiting for the latest season of Roadies. They will religiously vote for candidates via sms.
— Bhak Sala (@bhak_sala) April 17, 2014
By the way, its clear now that Bangalore people have deep faith in Election Omission.
— Rofl Indian (@Roflindian) April 17, 2014
The so called educated class of bangalore!! #JantaMaafNahiKaregi and no don’t blame it on your companies asking you to work today!!
— Kabeera Speaking (@teentakle1212) April 17, 2014
I think most of Bangaloreans (IT people) are outside India..hence low voter turnout..
— Champ-u-terology (@BolshoyBooze) April 17, 2014
I think Bangalorians are waiting for US presidential elections.
— ManMohini (@indiantweeter) April 17, 2014
The election in Karnataka was fifth-phase of the overall election schedule. The decision will come out on May 16.
