Mysore/Mysuru: The Legislative Council polls from the South Graduates Constituency comprising four districts — Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Hassan — held yesterday (June 13) saw a record 70 percent polling, with educated voters showing much more enthusiasm for exercising their franchise this time. The last time, when the election was held in 2016, the Constituency had recorded just about 44 percent polling.
The polling which began at 8 am on Monday, concluded at 5 pm, with 99,467 of the registered 1,41,887 graduate voters casting their ballots. There are 19 candidates in the fray, including M.V. Ravishankar of the BJP, Madhu G. Madegowda of the Congress, H.K. Ramu of JD(S) and Prasanna N. Gowda who is backed by KRRS, DSS, AAP and a host of other organisations.
