Karnataka elections: Bride casts her vote before wedding ceremony

By Deepak Singh
(PTI desk)

May 12, 2018

05:45 pm

What's the story

Setting a perfect example for practising democratic right, a bride from Madikeri town of Karnataka went to the polling booth to cast her vote, before her wedding ceremony. Dressed in red, the girl arrived with her mother to vote before tying the knot. That's not all, another woman Viola Fernandes reached a polling booth in Mangaluru city to exercise her franchise before wedding.

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True picture of Indian democracy

Right before her wedding, a bride casts her vote at polling booth number. 131 in Madikeri. #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/UsoxftlFDS

— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2018

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Setting an example for ignorant Indians

Responsible Bride : Viola Fernandes casts vote at Bondel School before going to Belthangady for her wedding.#poll
#KarnatakaElections2018 #mangaluru#dakshinakannada@anusharavi10 pic.twitter.com/tmFxx7dnaR

— Pearl Dsouza (@pearl_tnie) May 12, 2018

Information

Karnataka Elections: 52.4% voter turnout until 3 PM

Total 52.4% votes were polled until 3 PM today. The highest polling was recorded in Udupi (62%) while Bengaluru (North) polled only 39%, lowest in this election. Notably, in 2013, the Karnataka assembly elections had witnessed 70.23% voter turn out.