Polling begin peacefully in Chamundeshwari

Mysore, Dec 4 (UNI) Polling began peacefully in the Chamundeshwari assembly segment in which JDS-BJP combine and Congress are involved in a tough fight, here today.

An estimated 15 to 20 per cent voting was recorded in the 346 polling booths in the first three hours. Polling began on a sedate note in the morning and slowly picked up.

In all 14 wards under the city corporation and 250-odd villages outside the city limits comes under the constitutency. The by-poll was necessitated after Former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigned from JD(S) to join Congress.

While Siddaramaiah is the official candidate of Congress, Shivabasappa is the JD(S) nominee in the two-way fight. However, there are 12 other candidates including those from from Janata Dal (S) and Samajwadi Party.

Mr Siddaramaiah cast his vote at his native Siddaramana Hundi village in the morning.

Even though prohibitory orders were clamped in the entire segment, voters were not troubled in exercising their franchise. The voting remained peaceful in the entire constituency and no untoward incident was reported from any part, police said.

Election Commission which had taken elaborate measures to ensure peaceful polling had asked voters to carry only their identity cards and the polling agents just a copy of the voters list.

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