Bengaluru, Apr 19 : The Election Commission efforts to give a boost to increase of voting per cent in the IT hub Bengaluru went in vain as the so called learned voters in the State Capital failed to turn up at booths in the first phase of polling held yesterday for 14 seats in Karnataka.
The polling reported in the four LS seats including Bangalore rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central and Bangalore South was in down trend, according to reports available in the EC office.
The per centage has gone to minus as compared to 2014 MP election and minus 5.27 per cent was reported in Bengaluru North where 51.26 per cent polling reported as against 56.53 per cent (2014) in the polling held yesterday and the downward trend was reported also in Bengaluru Central (50.84 per cent in 2019, 55.64 per cent in 2014–minus 4.80 per cent), Bengaluru Rural (64.09 per cent and 66.45 per cent- minus 2.36 per cent) and Bengaluru South 54.2 and 55.75 per cent, minus 1.55 per cent).
The overall percentage of voting in the 14 segments, there is slight increase in polling that touched 68.05 as against 67.76 per cent in 2014 elections.
