Bangalore: Bangalore may be the witness of higher voter turnout this Lok Sabha elections. Notify that this city has always remained lower turnout in comparison with rest of Karnataka.
The percentage of polling in other metropolitan
cities of the country during the past elections has been no different except during the last two polls in Delhi when there was an increase in the polling percentage, and that has been attributed to the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the scene.
Meanwhile socialists have predicted that the gradual increase in voter turnout in Bangalore over the last three elections has spurred hopes of a possible increase in the voter turnout in the city on April 17.
It has been predicted that Poll percentage in Bangalore urban went up to 57.38 in the Assembly polls in May 2103, which was 49.87 in 2008 Assembly polls and 45.81 in 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Jain University Sandeep Shastri said that the increased visibility of the campaigns carried out to encourage people to exercise their franchise by citizen groups, the Election Commission and the government agencies had helped “sensitise” the electorate that their “vote matters”, particularly for the younger voters concerned about their future.
He also sees “a change of heart” among the urban voters with the introduction of NOTA (None of the Above) in the electronic voting machines to reject all the candidates in the fray.
Notify that their is election on 121 seats on Thursday 17 April 2014 which includes in 12 states. Over 1, 762 candidates are in the fray for 17 April.
Bureau Report
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