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The term of the present Lok Sabha will come to an end on June 3rd (04-06-2014 to 03-06-2019). Hence the Election Commission of India has announced schedule of elections to the coming Lok Sabha elections 2019. With the announcement of elections, the model code of conduct will be applicable with immediate effect. There are 28 parliamentary constituencies in Karnataka overall. Election will be conducted in two phases. Constituencies Notification Last date for submission Scrutiny Last day for withdrawal Poll  day Counting day 2nd Phase 14 19th March 26th March 27th March 29th March 18th April 23rd May 3rd Phase 14…

Election Commission, through many special drives, has been focusing on getting more voters registered. Here are some observations based on the final voter roll numbers shared by the Election Commission. 20.7 Lakh voters have been added to the 28 constituencies of Bengaluru, 3.16 lakhs have been added in the two months March - May 2018! From an average of 2.5 lakhs voters in 2015, Bengaluru constituencies have an average voter roll size of 3.25 lakhs. The smallest constituency is Shivaji Nagar with 1.96 Lakh voters, the largest is Bengaluru South, three times that size, with 6.03 lakhs. Mahadevapura follows with…

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಯೆದುರಿಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆಯಿರಬಹುದು, ಕಸವೇ ಇರಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ಬೀದಿ ದೀಪಗಳೇ ಇರಬಹುದು, ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿರುವಂತೆ, ಕಾಲಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ರಿಪೇರಿಗಳಾಗುವಂತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಾಗಿರುವುದು ಬೃಹತ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರಪಾಲಿಕೆಯ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ. ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳು ಇನ್ನೇನು ನಡೆಯಲಿವೆ. ಇದು ನಿಮ್ಮ ವಾರ್ಡ್, ನಿಮ್ಮ ರಸ್ತೆ, ನೀವಿರುವ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಸರಿಯಿರುವಂತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತಹ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಲು ನಿಮಗಿರುವ ಸುವರ್ಣಾವಕಾಶ. ಈ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ವಿಶೇಷ ವರದಿಗಾಗಿ ನಾವು ನಿಮ್ಮ ವಾರ್ಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ವಿವರಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲೆಹಾಕಿ ನಿಮಗೆ ನೀಡುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಾಗೂ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು, ನಮ್ಮ ವಿಶೇಷ ಪುಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವು ಕಾಣಬಯಸುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಭರ್ತಿ ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಹಿತಾಸಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಮಾಡುವಂತಹ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀವು ನಮ್ಮ ಓದುಗರಾಗಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ: ನೀವು ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ಉತ್ತಮಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಕನಸು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೀರಾ? ಹಾಗಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಯತ್ನವು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅರ್ಥಪೂರ್ಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಾಹಿತಿಭರಿತವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು…

Only six states of the country have Legislative Councils in addition to Legislative Assemblies. Karnataka is one among them. Assembly and Council together form the legislature. MLCs have almost equal authorities, opportunities and responsibilities as MLAs. There have been several prominent ministers from the Council. Common man does not vote in legislative council elections. Legislative Councils have separate electoral rolls and constituencies different from Assembly Elections. 75 seats in legislative council of Karnataka are divided as: Teachers constituency - 7 Graduate constituency - 7 Nominated by Governor - 11 Elected by MLAs - 25 Local Authorities constituency - 25 Teachers'…

The Deputy Chief Electoral Officer P T Kulkarni has confirmed that people whose names are the voters' list this month can vote on 5 May, even if they have not received the voter ID card. This comes as a relief to the citizens who have registered and found their names on the roll, but do not know whether they will be turned down at booths for want of EPIC cards. "Those who don't have EPIC can vote with any of the 21 documents that we have specified, as was the case in the last elections also. Instructions have been issued…

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