Counting for Chamundeswari seat to be taken up tomorrow

Mysore, Dec 6 (UNI) Counting of votes for the December four byelection to the prestigious Chamundeswari Assembly constituency will be taken up at the Maharani's Arts College here tomorrow morning.

The results were expected to be out by noon as Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used for the bypoll, which would determine the electoral fortunes of 14 candidates, including former Deputy Chief Minister and Congress nominee Siddaramaiah and JD(S) candidate Shivabasappa.

All arrangements have been made to start counting and traffic had been banned in and around the college areas until the process was completed.

An estimated 66.31 percentage of the 3.68 lakh electorate had exercised their franchise. Women voters had outnumbered men and as many as 124 rural polling booths had recorded a poll percentage of over 80 per cent. The highest voter turnout of 100 per cent had been recorded in Kempegowdanahundi.

The election was necessitated by Mr Siddaramaiah resigning the seat, won on a JD(S) ticket, prior to joining the Congress.

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