India News | Counting of Votes for Three Municipal Corporation Polls Underway in Karnataka
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Counting of votes is underway on Monday in Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Belagavi city municipal corporations, which had gone for poll on September 3.
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (PTI) Counting of votes is underway on Monday in Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Belagavi city municipal corporations, which had gone for poll on September 3.
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According to State Election Commission officials, 300 candidates are in fray in Kalaburagi for 55 seats whereas in Hubballi-Dharwad with 82 wards, 420 are contesting.
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In Belagavi with 58 wards, 519 candidates are in the fray.
Apart from BJP, Congress, and JD(S), Aam Aadmi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen have fielded their nominees.
In Belagavi, Shiv Sena-Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti members have also contested as independents.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made at the counting centres as well as in the cities amid adherence to the COVID-19 protocol.
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