Bengaluru, Jun 11 :Polling began on a brisk note in Jayanagar Assembly constituency on Monday in Karnataka where election was deferred due to the death of BJP candidate and sitting member B N Vijaykumar, just a few days before the May 12 elections.
People were seen going to the polling stations in a large numbers early in the day. Jayanagar was once considered as the largest residential layout in Asia. It is mainly inhabited by office going public.
Congress candidate Soumya Reddy, daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy and BJP candidate Prahlad Babu, brother of Mr Vijayakumar are involved in a direct fight through there in all 19 candidates in the fray, including Ravikrishna Reddy, the state unit chief of Aam Aadmi Party. JD(S) candidate Kale Gowda and MEP candidate Sayeed Jabee have withdrawn from fray and are supporting the Congress candidate.
The counting of votes will take place on June 13 in NMKRV college where the EVMs will be kept after the polling on Monday.
There are a total 2,03,184 voters in this constituency.
A holiday has been declared for colleges and offices within the Jayanagar Assembly constituency.
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