54.53% polling in the capital: Voter lost again
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: Efforts to bring the voters of 28 assembly constituencies of the capital to the polling booths have again failed. Voters of the city have failed to vote in the expected amount despite continuous awareness raising for one month. The voter turnout is less than the last time, which is a huge disappointment.
The turnout in the city is less than last time. According to the announcement released at 6 pm on Wednesday, the voter turnout was 54.53 percent, which is 0.59 percent less than last time. Even if all calculations are finally completed, a couple of amounts may increase. Thus, the exercise of wooing voters to the polling booths in large numbers has failed.
In 2018, the voter turnout was 55.12 percent. Out of 90.36 lakh voters, 49.80 lakh had cast their votes. The situation was no different in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Thus, the Election Commission and BBMP made a lot of efforts to increase the voter turnout to at least 75%. More than ever before, sweep programs were organized to create awareness about voting. However, the voter did not accept all this.
Awareness in the IT-BT sector:
IT-BT employees are the majority of those who have come to the city for employment. Their population is also high here. Therefore, it was requested to create more awareness and vote in companies where they are present. A holiday was also declared on polling day. Even though they requested him to leave the trip and picnic and vote, to no avail.
An awareness program was organized to convey the importance of voting in many areas including malls, bus stations, science centers, educational institutions. Voting oath was also taught in many places.
Awareness in Factory – Garments:
BBMP officials created awareness about voting by organizing program with Kasia, FKCCI, industrial area associations, owners. He requested that all the workers should be facilitated to vote. Accordingly, on the day of polling, the owners were also given a holiday. However, the target of increasing voter turnout could not be reached.
Attraction of Theme Polling Stations:
To attract voters to the polling stations, many theme based polling stations including pink, green, disabled friendly were set up. All these facilities failed to attract voters. Apart from this, many organizations organized many programs to vote. Voters were called to go to the polling station. Yet the electorate was not completely moved.
The name on the two sides of the ballot!
The main reason for the decrease in voter turnout in the city is that both the hometown and the place of employment in Bengaluru have a voter ID card. Epic will be done for employment and residence record. But most of them go to their hometown and vote or do not vote at all. About 20 percent of people are like this. Many candidates opined that this is the reason why there will not be an expected amount of voting in the city.
Also, many people are not interested in voting. What about us if someone comes? Associations and organizations say that the voter turnout is decreasing due to indifference.
'It's satisfied voting not fall'
Any increase in turnout is welcome. There has been a decline in voter turnout in the last three elections. District Election Officer Tushar Girinath said that the any increase in the number of voters this time is a good development.
Polling Average
Constituency; 2018; 2023%
150– Yalahanka;63.01; 60.59
151- K.R.Pura;58.60; 52.14
152- Batarayanpur;57.44; 56.94
153- Yeswantpur; 58.43; 63.75
154 – Rajarajeshwarinagar; 54; 22; 54.23
155- Dasarahalli;52.67; 49.47
156 – Mahalakshmi Layout;54.72; 54.65
157- Malleshwar; 56.29; 55.03
158– Hebbala;55.32; 55.04
159- Pulakeshinagar;53.24; 53.96
160 – Sarvajnanagar;52.69; 53.44
161 – C.V. Raman Nagar; 48.98; 46.96
162 – Shivajinagar; 55.09; 56.36
163 – Shantinagar; 53.58; 53.63
164 – Gandhinagar; 55.13; 56.73
165 – Rajajinagar; 56.74; 56.55
166- Govindarajanagar;53.54; 53.84
167 – Vijayanagar; 49.95; 48.72
168 – Chamarajpet; 56.16; 54.14
169- Chikkapet;57.57; 57.74
170- Basavanagudi;52.94; 54.78
171 – Padmanabhanagar;60.23; 57.22
172 – BTM Layout;50.09; 48.23
173 – Jayanagar;54.92; 55.79
174 – Mahadevpur; 56.34; 54.41
175- Bommanahalli; 47.03; 47.35
176 – Bangalore South; 53.17; 53.08
177- Anekal; 63.15; 61.97
Highest Polling (Constituency):
Yeshavantpur, Anekal, Yalahanka, Chikkapet, Jayanagar.
Lowest Polling (Constituency):
C.V. Raman Nagar, Bommanahalli, Vijayanagar, BTM Layout, Dasarahalli.
97,13,349: Total electorate
50,24,775: Men
46,86,813: Women
1761: Sexual minorities
52,96,902: who voted
26,98,273: Men
25,98,266: Women
363: Sexual minorities
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