The various measures adapted by the SVEEP committees across Kittur Karnataka region to sensitise the voters on significance of exercising their franchise have resulted in bringing about a marginal increase in the polling percentage when compared to 2018.
The seven districts of Kittur Karnataka namely Belagavi, Haveri, Dharwad, Gadag, Bagalkot, Vijayapura and Uttar Kannada district recorded an average polling percentage of 76.03 as per the provisional data provided by the Election Commission of India on Thursday. In the 2018 Assembly elections, this region recorded a polling percentage of 75.28, which means there is a marginal increase of less than 1% (0.75%).
Among districts of the region, Uttar Kannada has seen a slight decline by recording polling percentage of 77.92. It was 78.51% polling in 2018. And among them, Dharwad district has seen a jump of over 2% in polling percentage. Compared to 71.34% polling recorded in 2018, Dharwad has recorded 73.45% polling this time.
