Karnataka polls to be held on May 12; counting on May 15
Karnataka assembly polls to be held on May 12; counting on May 15 Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat announced on Tuesday that the Karnataka Assembly polls would be held on May 12 and the votes would be counted on May 15. The elections will be single phase election for the 224-member assembly. The notification for the polls would be issued on April 17, the last date for filing of nominations would be April 24, Rawat said speaking at a press conference. April 27 would be the last date of withdrawal of candidates, he added. All electronic voting machines would be linked to Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, he said. The polls are being seen as politically crucial for Karnataka's ruling Congress as well as the BJP. It is the only big state where the Congress is in power after losing a string of Assembly elections to the saffron party over the last few years. The BJP is making a concerted bid to unseat the Congress. -PTC News
