March 29, 2023 10:21 am | Updated 05:06 pm IST
A view of the logo of the Election Commission of India at the Nirvachan Sadan (ECI Headquarters) in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy
The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the upcoming Karnataka State election on March 29, 2023.
The State will go to polls on May 10, and the counting of votes will be taken up on May 13, 2023.
Elections will be held in 224 constituencies. The tenure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on May 24, 2023. The previous assembly elections were held in May 2018.
Issue of notification: April 13, 2023
Last date for making nominations: April 20
Scrutiny of nominations: April 21
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures: April 24
Date of poll: May 10
Counting of votes: May 13
Mr. Kumar said that we have a number of regulations to make sure free elections will be conducted across the State. There are 171 inter-State checkposts that will have a strict vigil, he said.
Know Your Candidate, Election Affidavits are available in EC apps. Political parties can apply for nominations online.
Money power is an area of concern too in Karnataka. C-Vigil app can be used to inform the EC of any malpractices, the CEC said.
CEC Kumar said Urban apathy is a major concern in Karnataka. While Karnataka polled 72% in 2018, Bangalore constituencies posted around 55% and it continues to come down.
EC has reached out to IT firms, colleges, start-ups to increase awareness on voting.
“We requested the IT sector in Bengaluru, and an ‘electhon’ will be held to enhance the participation of youth and new voters in the State.”
There will be assured facilities including drinking water, toilets, ramps will be provided across all the polling booths in the State.
The average number of voters per polling station is 883. About 50% of polling booths will be webcast. 1320 polling stations will be managed by women.
There are over 41000 transgenders who have been enrolled as voters in the State.
There is a 100% enrolment of eligible PVTG voters in the State. There will be 40 special polling booths for these voters.
There are 9,17,241 first time voters in Karnataka. Mr. Kumar said those who are 18 years of age as on April 1, 2023, can vote in the election. Accordingly, there are 41,432 voters belonging to this category.
CEC Mr. Kumar said, “For the first time in Karnataka, persons with disabilities and people over 80 years of age can vote from their homes.
The ECI has planned to have a special outreach programme for particularly vulnerable tribal groups, Mr. Kumar said.
Mr. Kumar said that there are a total of 5.21 crores in Karnataka, with 2.62 crores male voters, and 2.59 crores female voters.
Chief Election Commissioner says Rajiv Kumar begins the conference, says ECI is committed to delivering transparent elections. He says the challenges in Karnataka are different than the States of Nagaland, Tripura.
A Flourish data visualisation by Graphics Team 2
Karnataka Chief Minsiter Basavaraj Bommai cancelled his tour on Wednesday to Haveri, Koppal and Dharwad districts in the light of poll schedule announcement.
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections on Wednesday.
The poll panel has issued an invite to announce the election schedule at 11:30 a.m. -PTI.
In a slew of poll promises announced by Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday, the party promised to provide 50% subsidy on the LPG cylinders and monthly financial incentive of ₹2,000 to autorickshaw drivers, besides scrapping of the BJP government’s decision to end 4% reservation for Muslims in the OBC quota.
Former AICC president Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha, will address a mega rally of the Congress on April 5 in Kolar, the place where he made the controversial speech in 2019 that led to a defamation case and his subsequent disqualification.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, former Union Minister H.K. Muniyappa, KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar, former KPCC president G Parameshwara, and veteran leader Shamanur Shivashankrappa are among those who have found their names in the first list of 124 candidates released by the Congress on Saturday for elections to Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
For the first time in the State, the Election Commission (EC) has chosen a transgender person, Manjamma Jogati, as a poll icon to motivate the community to get enrolled and come out to vote.
The Election Commission (EC), which has begun tracking the movement and distribution of goods and monetary transactions to ensure inducement-free elections, has set up a network of 171 checkposts in border areas.
The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) will come into force once the schedule is announced. With political functionaries across parties enticing voters with freebies, the EC is keeping an eye on election irregularities across Karnataka.
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