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Polls underway; Karnik, Khader confident of victory

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June 10, 2012

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Mangalore, June 10: Poll results will be in favour of the BJP and the outcome would be better than previous elections said Capt. Ganesh Karnik, BJP's MLC candidate for the South-West Graduates Constituency.


Speaking to Coastaldigest.com after casting his vote at the city's Government College polling booth, Mr. Karnik said that the voter turnout has been encouraging.


Expressing confidence that both he as well as D H Shankaramurthy will emerge victorious, Mr. Karnik said that the duo has a good track record which the voters are aware of.


The political turmoil that the BJP led government has been associated with of late, will not have an impact on the outcome of the polls, he said.


U T Khader, MLA, who also exercised his vote, on the other hand said that odds are against BJP. The current elections consist of voters from the educationally qualified class and they must keep aside caste, religious and other factors aside, he said.


Stating that the Congress has fielded a clean candidate in S P Dinesh, Mr. Khader said that the party is confident of a good show in the polls.


Earlier:


Polling for the Legislative Council elections for the graduates' and teachers' constituencies have begun in Dakshina Kannada district.


Teachers and graduates were seen lined up at a total of 34 voting centres across the district to exercise their vote.
No electronic voting machines are being used for the purpose. The voters are required to mark against the name of their desired candidate on the ballot paper. If more than one candidate or preference is expressed in words, the vote would be considered invalid.


Voters are also required to use only the pen provided by the polling officers to mark their choices on the ballot paper.
Capt Ganesh Karnik (BJP), SP Dinesh (Congress) and SL Boje Gowda (JDS) among others are the candidates in the election to legislative council in South-West Graduates Constituency.


DH Shankara Murthy (BJP), Hosur Ramesh Joyappa (Congress) and CM Panchaksharaiah (JDS) are contesting from South-West Teachers Constitutency.


The polling began at 8 am and will go upto 4 pm.

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