Karnataka went to polls on May 12 with voting beginning on a moderate note and later gathered momentum in the afternoon. Congress and BJP workers were locked in minor scuffles at some places, accusing each other of trying to bribe the voters, officials said.
The election is witnessing a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and the JD(S). During the 2013 Assembly elections, the voter turnout was 71.45%.
Live updates:
Voting is on in 222 out of 224 Assembly seats.
Election to the Jayanagara seat in Bengaluru was countermanded following the death of BJP candidate and incumbent MLA B.N. Vijaykumar. The Election Commission has also deferred the polls for Rajarajeswari Nagar constituency to May 28 after a massive row erupted over a large number of voter ID cards being found in an apartment.
Percentage of polling at 5 p.m.:
| 1 | Bagalkot | 55% |
| 2 | Bengaluru (Urban, Central, North, South) | 40% |
| 3 | Bengaluru Rural | 62% |
| 4 | Belagavi (Belgaum) | 69.23% |
| 5 | Ballari | 53% |
| 6 | Bidar | 42% |
| 7 | Vijayapura (Bijapur) | 48% |
| 8 | Chamarajanagar | 61% |
| 9 | Chikballapur | 62% |
| 10 | Chikkamagaluru | 55% |
| 11 | Chitradurga | 56% |
| 12 | Dakshina Kannada | 72.05% |
| 13 | Davanagere | 55% |
| 14 | Dharwad | 52% |
| 15 | Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) | 56.54% |
| 16 | Gadag | 66% |
| 17 | Hassan | 61% |
| 18 | Haveri | 61% |
| 19 | Kodagu | 57% |
| 20 | Kolar | 58% |
| 21 | Koppal | 56% |
| 22 | Mandya | 60% |
| 23 | Mysuru | 52% |
| 24 | Raichur | 49% |
| 25 | Ramanagara | 65% |
| 26 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) | 56% |
| 27 | Tumkur | 57% |
| 28 | Udupi | 62% |
| 29 | Uttara Kannada | 69.55% |
| 30 | Yadgir | 47% |
