99.97% polling in Belagavi constituency
The Hindu
Only three of the 8,849 members did not vote in the elections; there were no untoward incidents
The two-member Legislative Council constituency of Belagavi witnessed 99.97% polling on Friday. Only three of the 8,849 members did not vote in the elections. Two of them were from Athani taluk and one was from Belagavi taluk. Police officers said that there were no reports of untoward incidents anywhere in the district. The district election helpline officers said they had not received any complaints about errors or delays in the use of ballots.
KPCC working president Satish Jarkiholi spent most of the day in Gunjal village. He sat in a supporter’s home near the gram panchayat office, where polling was going on. He said that this was to ensure that there were no electoral malpractices. He said that in the last Council polls, polling officers had cast over 1,100 fake votes in favour of an Independent candidate. “We are here to see that no such thing happens,” he said.
His son, Rahul Jarkiholi, worked as the official agent of the Congress in Konnur Gram Panchayat and daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi served as the party agent in Shindi Kurbet Gram Panchayat. He had earlier announced that he would function as a party agent in any booth, if needed. However, he could not do so, as election rules did not allow an MLA to be an agent, he said.