Afshan Yasmeen

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Election symbols: Household items, utensils, fruits, and vegetables among popular choices

Over half of the respondents (51.1%) said that they were motivated to vote as the candidate was good.

The duty to vote and good candidates are bigger motivating factors than party loyalty: survey

To attract the first-time young voters, selfie stands displaying election dates and logos have been put up in all polling booths.

Young voters: Belagavi district has the highest enrolment

A security check post on a service road of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway.

Pre-poll seizures cross ₹300 crore in Karnataka

685 candidates from over 75 registered unrecognised parties in the fray this election

Janata Dal (Secular) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, along with JDS party state unit President C.M. Ibrahim, and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, releasing Karnataka election 2023 poll promises, during a press conference at his Padmanabhanagar residence, in Bengaluru on April 15, 2023.

Will minority votes be split between secular parties?

Based on the theme of ‘democracy, the idea of the murals is to create awareness about voting and to drive home the message that it is the right of every citizen to exercise his/her franchise.

Strokes for change: Colourful murals by transwomen on voter awareness adorn walls at CEO’s office

As directed by the ECI, a comprehensive verification of the purity of the Electoral Rolls was taken up in Mahadevapura, Shivajinagar and Chikpete. No electoral fraud or manipulation of electoral roll is detected in the three constituencies.

Probe into Chilume finds no manipulation of electoral data, but says illegally collected voter data was stored in foreign server

Chief Electrol Officer of Karnataka Manoj Kumar Meena.

EC analysing bulk transfers of small amounts to check digital corruption in run-up to Karnataka poll

EC’s seizures in run-up to Karnataka poll see four-fold rise from 2018

Sudeep’s campaign for BJP: No bar on commercial screenings, says EC

EVM demonstration for electors under way in progress in Hassan.

Karnataka Assembly elections | Over 2.6 crore electors participate in EVM demonstrations

During the 2018 Assembly elections in Karnataka, over ₹152 crore had been seized.

More Central observers likely to be deputed in Karnataka to monitor ‘money-powered’ elections

The elector-population (EP) ratio, which was 72.9% during the 2018 elections, has reduced to 68% in this year’s elections.

Elector-population ratio dips from 72.9% in 2018 polls to 68% now