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The highest voter turnout so far was recorded in Udupi district with 47.79% followed by Kodagu with 45.64% and Dakshina Kannada with 44.17%.

When choosing candidates, it is not enough for a political party to know the majority group in a constituency. It is also important to know the sub-caste and further groupings in each community.

Migrant workers told TNM that they preferred to walk to their workplaces since the traffic and road conditions in the area can take them a long time to reach.

Because of the risks involved, the cooking of beef in many Catholic households in Belthangady is now done secretly but that hasn’t stopped them from politically supporting the Hindutva cause.

AICC general secretary Randeep Surjewala said the audio pointed out that assassination plots had entered the electoral discourse and it was the lowest level the BJP could stoop to.

The BJP candidate is Manikanta Rathod, who has 40 cases against him ranging from attempted murder to fraud and was convicted for stealing milk powder meant for supply to children in Anganwadis.

South Bengaluru’s Jayanagar assembly constituency might come across as a well-planned layout. But scratch the surface and the side-effects of urbanisation and unplanned development surface, which according to many residents, are hardly addressed.

Shobha Karandlaje said that BJP’s promise to provide three free gas cylinders to all Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in Karnataka comes due to the state having a large number of BPL families who use firewood.

“The opposition parties, out of frustration, are making cheap remarks and doing negative campaigning. People will vote only for those who have worked for them," Bommai said at a poll rally in Mysuru.

Congress released its poll manifesto ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka.