BJP ahead in 12 constituencies in Karnataka

August 21st, 2009 BANGALORE - The Congress suffered a huge blow in Karnataka Friday with union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank losing to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate in the assembly by-polls held Aug 18. Priyank, contesting an election for the first time, lost to BJP's Valmiki Nayak by 1,606 votes in Chittapur (Scheduled Caste) constituency in Gulbarga, north Karnataka, the state election authorities announced Friday.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday retained its stronghold in Karnataka by winning 19 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, one more than what it had secured in the 2004 general elections. A brief analysis of the results, declared by the election authorities here after the counting of votes were completed in all constituencies by 5 p.m., show that the Congress suffered a setback by managing to win six as against the eight it had in the previous elections.

May 1st, 2009 BANGALORE - About 65 percent of the estimated 1.55 crore voters cast their ballot Thursday in the final phase of polling for 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, election authorities said Friday. 'Scrutiny of the register (17A) from 18,452 polling stations by returning officers and observers indicated over 10,098,098 voters exercised their franchise in their respective constituencies spread over central, coastal and southern parts of the state,' state chief electoral officer M.N.

April 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - Around 20 percent of estimated 15.5 million eligible voters had cast their ballots in the first four hours of polling in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, officials said here Thursday. Polling has been brisk in the constituencies of Dharwad, Haveri, Bagalkot, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi-Chikmagalur, Shimoga and Davangere with 20 to 25 percent voter turnout.

April 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - Polling booths opened at 7 a.m. Thursday in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies across Karnataka to decide the fortunes of 156 candidates in the final phase of voting for the 28 seats in the state.

April 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa came with his son, who is contesting elections for the BJP, to cast his vote on Thursday.

April 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - Campaigning for the 11 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats going to polls April 30 ended Tuesday on an ugly note with a slipper thrown at Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at a public meeting.

April 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Karnataka recorded 50 to 55 percent voting in 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday with Bangalore registering around 50 percent turnout, election officials said. 'The overall percentage would be around 50 percent and in Bangalore (with three constituencies) it may touch 50 percent,' an official of the state election office said.

April 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - As a mark of protest against non-implementation of development works, hundreds of voters in six Lok Sabha constituencies kept away from polling booths in Karnataka Thursday. 'Nil voting was reported in over a dozen polling booths in some parliamentary constituencies for non-implementation of development works, including building roads, bridges, borewells for drinking water and other amenities in their respective areas,' state chief electoral officer M.N.

April 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - About 30 percent of the 20.6 million voters in Karnataka cast their votes in 17 parliamentary constituencies till 3 p.m. Thursday even as a polling official was reported to have died of a heart attack.

April 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Over 28,000 polling booths opened at 7 a.m. across 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Thursday in the first of the two-phase elections for the 28 seats in the state.

April 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - The Election Commission Thursday notified the second phase of polling in Karnataka for the remaining 11 of the 28 parliamentary constituencies that will witness voting April 30, a state poll panel official said. 'We have received the gazette notification from our New Delhi office on the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state April 30.

March 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Election Commission Saturday set the poll process in Karnataka rolling by notifying the first phase April 23 in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies across the state, an official said. The remaining 11 of the 28 parliamentary constituencies in the state will go to polls April 30.

March 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will launch the party's campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka at a rally in Davangere Monday, though the party is yet to nominate candidates for any of the 28 seats in the state. The state goes to polls April 23 and 30.

December 29th, 2008 BANGALORE - Counting of votes polled in the Dec 27 by-elections to eight Karnataka assembly seats began Tuesday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prestige at stake. Around 74 percent of the nearly 1.3 million eligible voters cast their votes in the by-elections.