37,004 voters in South West Graduates’ and 12,256 voters in South West Teachers’ Constituencies to vote in Legislative Council elections today
The Hindu
The stage is set for the Legislative Council elections for South West Graduates’ and South West Teachers’ Constituencies in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday. The elections will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The stage is set for the Legislative Council elections for South West Graduates’ and South West Teachers’ Constituencies in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday. The elections will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Graduates’ Constituency in the two districts has 37,004 voters while the Teachers’ Constituency in the twin districts has 12,256 voters.
The elections to the Graduates’ Constituency in Dakshina Kannada will be held in 24 polling stations which have 19,971 voters. Of the voters, 11,596 are female and 8,375 are male.
The polling stations for Graduates’ Constituency in the district are in 14 locations including the University College, Hampankatta in Mangaluru which has five stations. The other 13 locations are Mulki, Moodbidri, Surathkal, Bajpe, Gurupura, Konaje, Babbukatte (which has two polling stations), Bantwal (three stations). Belthangady (two stations), Puttur (three stations), Sullia, Panja and Kadaba.
The Teachers’ Constituency in the district has 16 polling stations with 8,189 voters, including 5,539 female and 2,650 male voters, according to the Assistant Election Officer and the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada M. P. Mullai Muhilan.
The 16 polling booths for Teachers’ Constituency in Dakshina Kannada too are in 14 locations. Of them the University College has three booths, he said.
According to Udupi Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Election Officer K. Vidyakumari, the Graduates’ Constituency in the district has 19 polling stations at 10 locations with 17,033 voters. Of the voters, 9,176 are female and 7,857 are male. The locations of polling booths are at Udupi (four booths at the Board High School), Kaup (two stations), Ajekar, Karkala (two stations), Hebri, Manipal (three stations at Manipal Pre University College), Brahmavara (three stations), Kundapura, Shankaranarayana and Byndoor.