Bellary district recorded 71.58 polling in Thursday’s
elections to the 10 urban local bodies, with 3.71 lakh out of the 5.19
lakh electorate exercising their franchise.

The
highest polling of 80.95 per cent was recorded in Tekkalakota in
Siruguppa taluk, while Bellary city recorded the least with 67.44 per
cent polling. In Kamalapur Town Panchayat, 80.92 per cent voting was
recorded, followed by Kudligi Town Panchayat with 79.92 per cent, Kottur
Town Panchayat with 77.84 per cent, Hadagali Town Municipal Council
with 76.11 per cent, Sandur Town Municipal Council with 76.28 per cent,
Siruguppa Town Municipal Council with 75.89 per cent, Kampli Town
Municipal Council with 75.46 and Hospet City Municipal Council with
71.84. Counting of votes will be on March 11. District Election Officer
Amlan Aditya Biswas visited the Government Polytechnic here on Friday
and inspected the arrangements being made for the counting. He gave
directions to the officials concerned about counting.