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Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka

NirvachanaNilaya, Sheshadri Road, Bangalore-560 001.
Telephone 080-22224212

No. DPAR 16 MC 2019 Dated: 17-4-2019

Press Note
General Elections to Parliamentary Constituencies 2019
In Karnataka
Poll day 18-4-2019
14 parliamentary constituencies

1. Details of Voters (Constituency wise, Gender wise, young and PWDs voters
etc.,) ETPBS details.
 Parliamentary Constituencies:
There are 28 Parliamentary constituencies in the State of Karnataka. The details of reservation of
these Constituencies, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly
Constituencies Order, 2008, are as follows ---

State Total no of Reserved for SC Reserved for ST

Parliamentary (Bijapur, (Raichur, Bellary)
Constituencies Gulbarga,
Chitradurga,
Chamarajanagar,
Kolar)
KARNATAKA 28 5 2
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 Nominations:
POLL DATE -18TH APRIL 2019
Last date for filing nominations was 26th March 2019.
Highlights
 330 candidates ( 310 Male, 20 Female) had filed 455 nominations.
 52 nominations were rejected 278 were validly nominated candidates.
 37 candidates have withdrawn and finally 241 (224 Male, 17 Female) candidates are in fray.
Nominations received – Annexure -1.
Nominations rejected – Annexure -2
Validly nominated candidates- Annexure -3
Contesting candidates- Annexure -4

 Electoral Rolls: An accurate and error free electoral roll are the foundation of free, fair
and credible elections and intensive and sustained focus is laid on improving their
quality, heath and fidelity. Final publication of electoral rolls in respect of
Karnataka has been done on 16.01.2019. Electoral rolls have been updated till the last
date of nominations and the rolls are made available on the web site of CEO—
www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in.

Election Rolls

Lok Sabha Elections 2019

(QUALIFYING DATE – 01.01.2019)

General Service TOTAL
MALE 25801408 42167 25843575
FEMALE 25248925 1170 25250095
OTHERS 4839 0 4839
TOTAL 51055172 43337 51098509

Service voters

Lok Sabha Elections - 2019

Male Female Total
42167 1170 43337

Male
Female Male Female Female
Male Armed Officers
Armed Paramilitary Paramilitary Officers TOTAL
Forces Outside
Forces Forces Forces Outside India
India

26786 625 15354 537 27 8 43337

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 PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY WISE VOTERS

PC NAME PC NAME TOTAL MALE FEMALE OTHERS

ೂೕ Chikkodi 1604788 817114 787617 57
ಳ ಾ Belgaum 1771829 890368 881406 55
ಾಗಲ ೂೕ Bagalkot 1700547 850381 850074 92
ಾಪ ರ Bijapur 1795931 921258 874404 269
ಗುಲಬ ಾ Gulbarga 1945291 980105 964845 341
ಾಯಚೂರು Raichur 1927758 955586 971805 367
ೕದರ Bidar 1773912 918595 855214 103
ೂಪ ಳ Koppal 1736118 862466 873539 113
ಬ ಾ Bellary 1751911 871191 880488 232
ಾ ೕ Haveri 1706909 871259 835569 81
ಾರ ಾಡ Dharwad 1725355 875491 849758 106
ಉತ ರ ಕನ ಡ Uttara Kannada 1552483 786409 766047 27
ಾವಣ Davanagere 1634472 824182 810161 129
ವ ಗ Shimoga 1675975 831185 844740 50
SECOND PHASE CONSTITUENCIES 24303279 12255590 12045667 2022
Udupi
ಉಡು ಕ ಮಗಳೂರು Chikkmagalur 1513231 738503 774674 54
ಾಸನ Hassan 1651391 832159 819188 44
ದ ಣ ಕನ ಡ Dakshina Kannada 1724460 845308 879050 102
ತ ದುಗ Chitradurga 1760111 889236 870764 111
ತುಮಕೂರು Tumkur 1608000 803006 804874 120
ಮಂಡ Mandya 1711216 854769 856300 147
ೖಸೂರು Mysore 1894379 944580 949649 150
ಾಮ ಾಜನಗರ Chamarajnagar 1686023 842742 843167 114
ಂಗಳೂರು ಾ ಾಂತರ Bangalore Rural 2497141 1287524 1209276 341
ಂಗಳೂರು ಉತ ರ Bangalore North 2848402 1481401 1366503 498
ಂಗಳೂರು ಂಟ Bangalore Central 2204853 1146109 1058346 398
ಂಗಳೂರು ದ ಣ Bangalore South 2215533 1153539 1061652 342
ಕ ಬ ಾ ಪರ Chikkaballapur 1808409 910483 897689 237
ೂೕ ಾರ Kolar 1628744 816459 812126 159
FIRST PHASE CONSTITUENCIES 26751893 13545818 13203258 2817
TOTAL 51055172 25801408 25248925 4839

KARNATAKA

MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL

TOTAL FOR ALL 28 PCs 25801408 25248925 4839 51055172
MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL
2ND PHASE
Constituencies 13545818 13203258 2817 26751893

MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL

3RD PHASE
Constituencies 12255590 12045667 2022 24303279
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 VOTERS COMPARED OVER YEARS

EP Gender ratio First time voters (18-19)

Projected Projecte
YEAR population Electors ** d roll projected Actual Projected Actual
2013-
election 63077334 43652706 62 69 968 958 1394009 718934
2014-
election 64142830 46171126 69 72 975 960 1115342 801147
2015 65298919 47029094 70 72 976 961 1110797 706379
2016 66461605 48467941 69 73 976 966 1077335 551069

2017 67658723 48886908 69 72 977 968 1077673 219521

2018 68891616 49656059 68 72 978 972 1090777 772693

2018-
election 68891616 50690538 68 74 978 974 1090777 1072221
2019-till
date 70165991 51055172 70 73 979 979 1114400 1010040

*** General Electors Only – excluding service voters

 GENDER RATIO IMPROVEMENT

Census Gender
Year of revision Roll Gender ratio Ratio
2013 958 973
2014 960 973
2015 963 973
2016 969 973
2017 969 973
2018(draft) 971 973

2018 (final) 972 973

2018 Election 973 973

2019 Draft 975 973
2019 Final 976 973

ELECTION ROLLS 979 973

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 FIRST TIME VOTERS (18-19 AGE GROUP)

PC
NO PC NAME GE2019_1819 MALE FEMALE OTHERS
1 Chikkodi 35970 21127 14836 7
2 Belgaum 36983 21033 15947 3
3 Bagalkot 39418 22763 16650 5
4 Bijapur 34630 20797 13819 14
5 Gulbarga 34791 20547 14233 11
6 Raichur 40120 22488 17630 2
7 Bidar 39266 22835 16423 8
8 Koppal 43216 24557 18655 4
9 Bellary 44511 24340 20162 9
10 Haveri 37929 21624 16302 3
11 Dharwad 39007 21742 17259 6
12 Uttara Kannada 36442 19722 16720 0
13 Davanagere 37598 20207 17387 4
14 Shimoga 41363 21622 19736 5
15 Udupi Chikkmagalur 30845 15910 14934 1
16 Hassan 28570 15744 12822 4
17 Dakshina Kannada 37107 19470 17634 3
18 Chitradurga 41713 22605 19105 3
19 Tumkur 32955 17812 15140 3
20 Mandya 30619 17015 13593 11
21 Mysore 36530 20043 16487 0
22 Chamarajnagar 28771 16256 12507 8
23 Bangalore Rural 35599 19215 16381 3
24 Bangalore North 35495 18546 16946 3
25 Bangalore Central 24284 12597 11678 9
26 Bangalore South 25071 13115 11955 1
27 Chikkaballapur 40747 21748 18992 7
28 Kolar 40490 21878 18608 4
1010040 557358 452541 141
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 YOUNG VOTERS (18-21 AGE GROUP)

PC
NO PC NAME GE2019_1821 MALE FEMALE OTHERS
1 Chikkodi 90909 52192 38706 11
2 Belgaum 98761 55093 43663 5
3 Bagalkot 102881 57549 45325 7
4 Bijapur 97043 55676 41341 26
5 Gulbarga 94707 54040 40640 27
6 Raichur 117952 64689 53250 13
7 Bidar 102141 58139 43976 26
8 Koppal 123972 69153 54799 20
9 Bellary 118661 63635 55000 26
10 Haveri 96969 54364 42597 8
11 Dharwad 95004 52455 42536 13
12 Uttara Kannada 92819 50009 42810 0
13 Davanagere 100502 53492 46994 16
14 Shimoga 101407 53101 48299 7
15 Udupi Chikkmagalur 77933 40331 37597 5
16 Hassan 77500 42487 35008 5
17 Dakshina Kannada 93661 49140 44507 14
18 Chitradurga 108518 58497 50010 11
19 Tumkur 86217 46108 40102 7
20 Mandya 81877 44824 37029 24
21 Mysore 95751 51811 43932 8
22 Chamarajnagar 79533 43786 35730 17
23 Bangalore Rural 99585 52756 46809 20
24 Bangalore North 96139 49750 46374 15
25 Bangalore Central 67763 35006 32737 20
26 Bangalore South 65662 33845 31811 6
27 Chikkaballapur 104324 54777 49530 17
28 Kolar 102668 54532 48125 11
2670859 1451237 1219237 385

 Photo Electoral Rolls

Photo Electoral Rolls will be used during this Lok Sabha Election and photo
percentage in Photo Electoral Rolls of this State is 99.93 %.

 Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)

Identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll shall be
mandatory. Electors who have been provided with EPIC shall be identified
through EPIC. Presently, the EPIC coverage in Karnataka is 100 %.
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 Alternative Documents:
The Commission has vide its direction dated 28th February 2019, notified 11
alternate photo ID card to establish their identity. In order to ensure that no
voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral
Rolls, and the voter is not able to produce his Voter ID card, then he may
produce any of the following photo ID cards to establish his identity –

 Measures to prevent impersonation of Absentee Voters: BLOs have

visited door to door and identified a list of voters found absent from their
place of residence. Similarly the names of dead, shifted shall also be added
to the list. ASD list has already been prepared and there are 21626
identified. Out of which 14637 pertains to First phase 14 Constituencies and
the remaining 6989 pertains to Second phase Constituencies.

 (Photo Voter Slips (PVS) – No Longer a standalone identification

document for Voting:
To facilitate the voters to know where he/she is enrolled as a voter at a
particular polling station and what is his/her serial number in the Electoral roll,
the voter slip bearing the Photo of the elector (wherever present in the roll) has
already been distributed. The Commission has in its instruction dated 28th
February 2019, on alternate document has specified that the Photo Voter Slips
shall not be accepted as a stand-alone identification document for voting, the
words 'THIS SLIP WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
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IDENTIFICATION IN POLLING STATION. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY EPIC

OR ONE OF THE 11 ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED BY THE
COMMISSION FOR VOTING" has been printed on the Photo Voter slip.
 PWD VOTERS

pc_no pc_name Visual Speech Locomotor Others Total

1 Chikkodi 962 745 5944 1366 8962
2 Belgaum 1137 539 7007 2541 11157
3 Bagalkot 2413 2487 12090 4465 21409
4 Bijapur 1439 1144 9723 5204 17189
5 Gulbarga 1330 741 8566 1766 12346
6 Raichur 2264 2133 11915 2971 19189
7 Bidar 3862 1958 10574 8271 24509
8 Koppal 2271 2017 12185 2323 18716
9 Bellary 2538 1130 10729 1861 16227
10 Haveri 2674 1762 14067 3915 22316
11 Dharwad 1565 1311 11372 2665 16806
12 Uttara Kannada 2310 1686 8029 5924 17822
13 Davanagere 1842 2077 10530 3298 17608
14 Shimoga 1239 1223 6807 5393 14583
15 Udupi Chikkmagalur 1033 1107 3842 6057 11863
16 Hassan 2518 2038 7971 2861 14674
17 Dakshina Kannada 782 855 5126 4617 11276
18 Chitradurga 3883 2973 9695 6307 22357
19 Tumkur 2122 2092 9592 6072 19716
20 Mandya 2514 2461 9769 5271 19851
21 Mysore 1172 650 5587 5581 12850
22 Chamarajnagar 2640 1774 7885 6388 18595
23 Bangalore Rural 1573 1901 8730 2393 14546
24 Bangalore North 718 765 1516 2227 5072
25 Bangalore Central 390 428 752 1442 2450
26 Bangalore South 146 156 1880 906 3069
27 Chikkaballapur 1890 1621 7026 5240 15675
28 Kolar 2372 2322 8914 5633 19100
Grand 51599 42096 227823 112958 429933

 FALSE PROPAGANDA ON WhatsApp / FACE BOOK ETC

 NRI Voters can vote online:

 CLARIFICATION : There is no online voting facility. Voting has to
be done at the polling station itself.

 Download an App and vote through it if you are out station:

 CLARIFICATION: No such App is developed or put to use. Voting
through an App or through internet is not permissible under Law.
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 When you reach the polling station and find your name is not in voter list, just
show your Aadhar card or voter ID and ask for : Challenge Vote” under section
49 A and cast your vote
CLARIFICATION: Name in voter list is mandatory to cast your vote. If your
name is in voter list and if you do not have EPIC, you can still vote by using
the 11 alternate documents notified.

2. Polling stations.
All the below mentioned Polling Stations are having Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF)
such as Drinking water, toilet, Ramp, electricity etc. These Polling Stations are located in
20,185 locations.

Details of No of Polling Stations

Name of the Parliamentary

Sl No No of Polling Stations
Constituency
1 Udupi Chikmagalur 1837
2 Hassan 2235
3 Dakshin Kannada 1861
4 Chitradurga (SC) 2161
5 Tumkur 1907
6 Mandya 2046
7 Mysore 2187
8 Chamarajnagar (SC) 2005
9 Bangalore Rural 2672
10 Bangalore North 2656
11 Bangalore Central 2082
12 Bangalore South 2131
13 Chikkaballapur 2284
14 Kolar 2100
Total 30164
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3. Model Polling Stations (Sakhi, PWDs and Ethnic)

Details given for Lok Sabha Election Karnataka 2019 for Ist
Phase as on 17-04-2019
Name of 2019 Polling Stations established in
Sl. No
District Sakhi Ethnic PwDs
1 Bangalore Rural 24 4
Bangalore
2
Urban
36 1
3 BBMP Central 23 1
4 BBMP North 35 3
5 BBMP South 36 1
Chamaraja
6 10 9 2
Nagar
7 Chikkaballapur 30 2
8 Chikkamagaluru 20 2 2
9 Chitradurga 12 1
Dakshina
10 20 5 3
Kannada
11 Hassan 14 1 1
12 Kodagu 10 5 1
13 Kolar 12 6
14 Mandya 28 16
15 Mysore 24 9 10
16 Ramanagar 12 4
17 Tumkur 22 1
18 Udupi 25 1 2
Total 393 32 61
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4. Facilities provided for PwD voters:

Facilities Provided for PwDs for the report 14 PC on Ist Phase as on 17-04-2019

Sl District Name No of No of PSs Wheel Magnifying Assistants Sign Vehicles Volunteers walking
No PwDs Chairs glasses language arranged identified sticks,
mapped No locations provided interpreters clutches
PS wise provided
2019
1 Bangalore Rural 2077 1130 826 826 1130 1130 0 1280 1130 0

2 Bangalore Urban 4478 2997 682 682 2997 2997 25 ola cabs 2997 578

3 BBMP Central 2861 1639 176 176 1639 756 0 97 180

ola cabs
4 BBMP North 7074 1970 649 649 1970 649 0 220 472
ola cabs
200 (BMS
5 BBMP South 4121 1908 170 170 1908 669 0 ola cabs NSS 669
students)

6 Chamaraja Nagar 10521 980 781 781 980 980 0 166 1800 600

7 Chikkaballapur 12083 1285 1037 1037 1285 1285 3 214 1285 830

8 Chikkamagaluru 8796 1222 1034 1034 1222 1222 16 195 1076 178

9 Chitradurga 15655 1648 1208 1208 1208 1208 10 409 1208 1208

10 Dakshina Kannada 11380 1861 1014 959 1861 1861 5 122 1861 0

11 Hassan 12568 1985 1729 1729 1985 2074 8 1985 2074 310

12 Kodagu 3194 543 543 543 543 150 3 127 543 60

13 Kolar 14805 1593 1593 1593 1593 1593 48 490 1593 800

14 Mandya 17965 1794 1794 1794 1525 202 15 454 1794 150

15 Mysore 19983 2921 2921 2921 2572 2921 20 634 2921 250

16 Ramanagar 10071 1139 1171 1171 1139 1259 5 191 1259 80

17 Tumkur 30478 2684 1991 1991 2684 895 12 895 8330 0

18 Udupi 7609 1111 701 701 1111 701 5 226 1111 701

Total 195719 30410 20020 19965 29352 22552 175 7388 31299 7066

Note: - Ola will transport PwDs free of cost in BBMP, Mysore, Belgaum, Hulbi Dharwad,
Ballary, Kalaburgi

Uber - They are providing 39 cabs for transport of PwDs in BBMP area.
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5. EVM/VVPAT :

36,196CUs, 52112BUs, 37,705 VVPATs are used in the 30,164 polling stations going
for poll on 18.04.2019 General Elections to Parliamentary Constituencies 2019 including
reserve. The Parliamentary Constituency wise details are given below.

Sl Parliamentary Polling No. Of No. Total BU Total Total VVPAT

No Constituency Name Stations Contesting Of Needed CU to to be used @
Candidates BU @ 120% be used 125%
@120%

1 15-Udupi Chickamagalur 1837 12 1 2204.4 2204.4 2296.25

2 16-Hassan 2235 6 1 2682 2682 2793.75

3 17-Dakshina Kannada 1861 13 1 2233.2 2233.2 2326.25

4 18-Chitradurga 2161 19 2 5186.4 2593.2 2701.25

5 19-Tumkur 1907 15 1 2288.4 2288.4 2383.75

6 20-Mandya 2046 22 2 4910.4 2455.2 2557.5

7 21-Mysore 2187 22 2 5248.8 2624.4 2733.75

8 22- Chamarajanagar 2005 10 1 2406 2406 2506.25

9 23-Bangalore Rural 2672 15 1 3206.4 3206.4 3340

10 24-Bangalore North 2656 31 2 6374.4 3187.2 3320

25-Bangalore Central
11 (M3)* 2082 22 2 4996.8 2498.4 2602.5

12 26-Bangalore South 2131 25 2 5114.4 2557.2 2663.75

13 27- Chikkballapur 2284 15 1 2740.8 2740.8 2855

14 28-Kolar 2100 14 1 2520 2520 2625

30164 241 52112 36196 37705

*M3 Machines are used in Bengaluru Central PC.

6. EVM-VVPAT Training and Awareness:

In order to create awareness among the electors about the use of VVPAT, special teams are
arranged equipped with VVPATs and EVMs. These teams have visited various parts of the
Assembly Constituency with these machines and explained to the people about the use of
VVPATs and also it’s functioning. The voters are allowed to use the machines and see how it
works by casting their votes. The details of voters participation and vote casted in awareness
campaign are given below. A total of 3,32,68,248 voters have participated and 1,99,24,876
voters have casted their votes during the awareness programme in 14 Parliamentary
Constituencies, covering 18 districts, going for poll on 18.04.2019.
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Mock poll report of 14 PC Ist Phase as on 17-04-2019

Total electors
Sl. Total votes cast in
Name of District participated in
No Awareness Campaign
Awareness Campaign

1 BBMP Central 2671600 937025

2 BBMP North 2668027 822693

3 BBMP South 3865736 542492

4 Bengaluru Rural 1914510 1696856

5 Bengaluru Urban 2065035 938101

6 Chamarajanagar 829696 547205

7 Chikkaballapur 1015141 571017

8 Chikkamagaluru 1269450 598650

9 Chitradurga 1340296 1198978

10 Dakshina Kannada 2998284 2999442

11 Hassan 2552120 1486345

12 Kodagu 618868 468876

13 Kolar 1503326 1007380

14 Mandya 2631019 2330268

15 Mysore 2692500 2274123

16 Ramanagar 865861 710449

17 Tumkur 1612354 636549

18 Udupi 154425 158427

Total 33268248 19924876

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7. The personnel engaged for elections (Polling, Police, etc.,)

Total number of Polling Personnel 1,54,262, number of Police Personnel is 38,597,

number of Transport Personnel is 7,727 and other Personnel is 10,819. Total number of
Personnel deployed for 2nd Phase election duty is 2,11,405.

Polling Personnel Details (District Wise)

Sl No District Poll Police Transport others Total

1 Udupi 5373 1084 206 719 7382
2 Chikamagalur 6110 1339 320 360 8129
3 Hassan 11173 2313 487 1391 15364
4 Dakshin Kannada 10500 1803 678 849 13830
5 Chitradurga 11030 1574 273 345 13222
6 Tumkur 12928 2186 531 1334 16979
7 Mandya 10857 1807 447 728 13839
8 Mysore 13837 4040 400 200 18477
9 Chamarajnagar 4970 1734 742 576 8022
10 Bangalore Rural 5487 1061 205 605 7358
11 Bangalore North

12 Bangalore Central 40913 14238 2500 2157 59808

13 Bangalore South

14 Chikkaballapur 6140 1353 246 850 8589

15 Kolar 7480 1426 307 73 9286
16 Kodagu 2392 1224 135 300 4051
17 Ramanagara 5072 1415 250 332 7069
TOTAL 154262 38597 7727 10819 211405
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8. EDC and Postal Ballot issued.

Daily Monitoring Format for Postal Ballots/EDCs

2nd Phase PCs
Total Number of persons
deployed Total
for election duty No. of Total
Sl. Name of the Total Vote No. of Total

Transport

Others
No District (3+4+5+6) Casted EDCs (8+9)

Police
Poll
Postal Issued
Ballots

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Udupi 5373 1084 206 719 7382 127 3705 3832
2 Chikkamagalur 6110 1339 320 360 8129 817 2369 3186
3 Hassan 11173 2318 487 1397 15375 801 8532 9333
4 Dakshin Kannada 10500 1803 678 849 13830 1169 7766 8935
5 Chithradurga 11030 1574 273 345 13222 719 9121 9840
6 Tumkur 12928 2186 531 1334 16979 1389 4287 5676
7 Mandya 10857 1807 445 730 13839 160 7140 7300
8 Mysore 13837 4040 400 200 18477 4017 3792 7809
9 Chamarajnagar 4970 1734 742 576 8022 165 2677 2842
10 Bangalore Rural 5487 1061 205 605 7358 11 2318 2329
11 Bangalore North
12 Bangalore Central 40913 14238 2500 2157 59808 5911 2257 8168
13 Bangalore South
14 Chikballapur 6140 1353 246 850 8589 2607 3099 5706
15 Kolar 7480 1426 307 73 9286 418 8069 8487
16 Kodagu 2392 1224 135 300 4051 0 2616 2616
17 Ramanagara 5072 1415 250 332 7069 61 2539 2600

TOTAL 154262 38602 7725 10827 211416 18372 70287 88659

9. Critical Polling Stations - Web casting, Micro Observers, Videographers , CAPF,

etc.,

Total Critical Polling stations for 1st Phase is 6012, out of which:

 990 polling stations will be covered by CAPF (55 COYs)

 2038 polling stations will be covered by Micro Observers
 1666 polling stations will be covered by Web Camera
 2308 polling stations will be covered by Videographers
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10. Declaration of General Holiday on 18th April 2019:

Vide Government Notification No. DPAR 16 HHL 2019 dated 09.04.2019 declared as
Holiday on 18th April 2019 under Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. All the business
establishments’ industrial institutions and other institutions have to grant paid holiday
on the day of the poll.

11. ISSUANCE OF ORDERS UNDER 144 Cr.PC:

The District Magistratesof 14 Parliamentary Constituencies have issued orders

under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 , as per ECI guidelines
and it is specifically clarified in the order passed that, this order does not restrict
house-to-house visits during 48 hours in connection with door-to-door
campaigning.

12. RESTRICTION ON PRESENCE OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONARIES IN

A CONSTITUENCY AFTER THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD IS OVER:
The Presence of the Political functionaries and persons who are not voters
of the constituenciesis restricted after the campaign period is over.

13. EXCISE ENFORCEMENT:

Dry days have been declared in the districts where Elections are being held
on 18.04.2019. (from 06.00 PM of 16.04.2019 to 06.00 PM of 18.04.2019)

14. USE OF LOUDSPEAKER:

There is a restriction on use of loudspeakers during 48 hours.

15. MEDIA MATTERS:

RESTRICTIONS ON EXIT POLL & OPINION POLL:
All the Political Parties, Media Houses have been appraised of the
restriction on Exit Poll & Opinion Polls as per ECI directions.

16. Seizures Report :

P.C wise seizure report for Lok Sabha Election 2019 is given below.
P.C. Wise seizure report for Lok Sabha Election 2019 of Karnataka as on 16.04.2019

Precious
Drugs/
Cash Seizure liquor Seizure Metals Other items/
Sl. Narcotics TOTAL seizure
Name of PC (Value in (Value in Seizure Freebies seizure
No seizure (Value (value in Rs.Cr.)
Rs.Cr.) Rs.Cr.) (Value in (value in Rs.Cr.)
in Rs.Cr.)
Rs.Cr.)
Udupi-
57,50,945.00
1,08,66,716.00 0.00 7,79,365.00 1,73,97,026.00
Chickamagaluru
1
Hassan 1,35,65,500.00
1,73,21,185.00 0.00 10,58,071.00 3,19,44,756.00
2
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Dakshina
31,03,935.00
65,67,811.41 0.00 26,825.00 96,98,571.41
Kannada
3
Chitradurga 1,35,15,250.00
79,00,311.51 1,20,000.00 2,15,35,561.51
4
Tumkur 19,76,760.00
1,38,16,848.00 0.00 9,748.00 1,58,03,356.00
5
Mandya 63,82,470.00
1,11,97,566.00 95,000.00 2,13,675.00 1,78,88,711.00
6
Mysore 1,61,99,980.00
2,28,50,936.72 10,000.00 1,26,59,332.00 1,53,000.00 5,18,73,248.72
7
Chamarajanagara 14,11,960.00
48,75,252.00 15,000.00 10,24,045.00 73,26,257.00
8
Bangalore Rural 42,00,000.00
2,76,93,125.10 30,000.00 30,000.00 3,19,53,125.10
9
Bangalore North 47,95,840.00
2,72,04,700.66 0.00 3,20,00,540.66
10
Bangalore South 5,07,86,600.00
2,71,67,305.66 0.00 1,27,86,666.00 1,70,350.00 9,09,10,921.66
11
Bangalore
47,95,840.00
2,71,67,305.66 0.00 3,19,63,145.66
Central
12
Chikkaballapur 2,43,19,400.00
47,24,012.80 0.00 17,28,543.00 3,07,71,955.80
13
Kolar 9,17,270.00
26,97,247.00 36,000.00 93,580.00 37,44,097.00
14
1st Phase Total 15,17,21,750.00 21,20,50,323.52 3,06,000.00 2,54,45,998.00 52,87,202.00 39,48,11,273.52
17. Cases under IPC/KP and RP Act:
The cases registered during the Lok Sabha elections 2019 is given below:
CASES REGISTERED UNDER IPC/KP & RP ACT DURING LOKASABHA ELECTION 2019

Criminal cases Cases booked under the Violent Incidents of No.of incidents
Sl. booked (Offences provisions of the IPC/RP violence related to poll occurred under
Unit Name
No. under IPC, KP Act Act regarding Distibution/ campaign policies, atrocities Act 1989
and RP Act) intimation to induce voters. rivalry etc. during election

1 Bengaluru City 4 3 0 0
2 Mysuru City 16 0 0 0

3 Mangaluru City 7 1 0 0

4 Bengaluru Dist 0 2 0 0

5 Tumakuru 1 0 2 4
6 Kolar 0 13 0 0

7 Ramanagara 0 4 0 0
8 Chickballapura 1 4 0 1

9 K.G.F. 1 0 1 0

10 Mysuru Dist 18 5 0 0

11 Mandya 6 20 5 0
12 Hassan 13 3 4 0
13 Kodagu 1 8 0 0

14 Chamrajnagar 0 10 0 0

15 D.K.Mangaluru 0 1 0 7

16 Chickmagalur 0 0 0 0
17 Udupi 17 0 1 0
26 Chitradurga 7 4 0 2
1st Phase Total 92 78 13 14

18 Hubballi- Dharwad 9 1 0 0

19 Belagavi City 1 0 0 1
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20 Kalaburagi City 0 0 0 0

21 BelagaviDist 1 0 0 0
22 Vijayapura 2 4 2 0

23 Dharwad 0 2 0 0

24 Bagalkot 0 0 0 0

25 Gadag 0 1 1 0
27 Haveri 4 0 2 0
28 Shivamogga 4 21 1 0

29 Davangere 0 0 0 0

30 U.K.Karwar 3 0 0 0

31 Bellari 4 7 0 0

32 Koppal 1 18 0 0

33 Raichur 0 0 0 0

34 Kalaburagi 9 0 1 0
35 Bidar 0 4 0 0

36 Yadgiri 0 2 0 0
2nd Phase Total 38 60 7 1

Grand Total 130 138 20 15

Note: All cases mentioned above are under Investigation

18. Cases booked by Enforcement teams:

The details of cases registered MCC violations cases are given below:

Details of District wise Cases Registered for Violation of Model Code of Conduct as
on 16.04.2019

Static Surveillance
Flying Squad (FS)
Team (SST)
Sl.
District
No. B8 B9 B10
Cash & Other MCC Related Seizure of Cash &
Seizures Complaints other items

1 Bengaluru City 8 25 8
2 Mysuru City 1 17 1
3 Mangaluru City 6 0 1
4 Bengaluru District 59 7 3
5 Tumkur 3 6 2
6 Kolar 29 4 6
7 KGF 4 6 0
8 Ramanagar 1 4 0
9 Chikkaballapura 166 1 3
10 Mysuru District 60 20 3
11 Mandya 92 18 4
12 Hassan 2 12 1
13 Kodagu 20 10 1
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14 Chamarajanagar 139 19 0
15 Chitradurga 57 4 5
16 Dakshina Kannada 23 1 0
17 Chikkamagalur 11 2 1
18 Udupi 9 13 0
1st Phase Total 690 169 39
19 Hubli-Dharwad City 18 6 1
20 Belagavi City 7 1 0
21 Belagavi District 0 2 1
22 Vijayanapura 62 4 0
23 Bagalkot 49 2 1
24 Gadag 35 1 1
25 Dharwad 66 2 1
26 Davanagere 59 1 2
27 Haveri 60 8 2
28 Shivamoga 79 21 0
29 Karwar 20 0 1
30 Kalaburgi 24 2 1
31 Yadgiri 41 1 1
32 Bidar 65 5 1
33 Raichur 57 6 3
34 Koppal 49 13 2
35 Ballary 151 11 0
2nd Phase Total 842 86 18
Grand Total 1532 255 57

19. Excise Cases:

The cases booked by the Excise Department are given below.
Excise Crime Report 10-03-2019 to 16-04-2019
Sl. BLC (Breach Section 15(A)
District Heinous NDPS Total
No. of License) of Karnataka
1 BANGALORE 31 265 447 0 743
(NORTH)
2 BANGALORE 37 267 466 0 770
(SOUTH)
3 BANGALORE (EAST) 36 288 949 0 1273
4 BANGALORE (WEST) 43 323 529 0 895
5 BANGALORE RURAL 54 43 298 0 395

6 CHIKKABALLAPURA 46 50 212 0 308

7 KOLAR 54 67 337 0 458
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8 RAMANAGARA 49 88 331 0 468

9 TUMKUR 118 109 313 0 540

10 CHITRADURGA 91 76 331 4 502

11 KODAGU 38 93 278 1 410
12 UDUPI 39 53 87 0 179

13 CHAMARAJNAGAR 48 33 279 0 360

14 CHICKMAGALUR 112 53 385 0 550
15 HASSAN 112 105 350 0 567

16 MANDYA 76 97 442 0 615

17 MYSORE 146 133 341 0 620
Total 1st Phase 1130 2143 6375 5 9653

18 BAGALKOTE 66 92 216 0 374

19 BELAGAVI 116 83 415 0 614
20 VIJAYAPURA 81 96 202 0 379

21 DHARWAD 49 80 237 0 366

22 HAVERI 68 73 188 1 330
23 BIDAR 59 33 126 0 218
24 KALABURGI 92 38 178 0 308
25 RAICHUR 83 56 86 0 225
26 YADAGIRI 74 25 155 0 254
27 BELLARY 99 101 512 0 712
28 DAVANAGERE 97 216 387 0 700
29 GADAG 57 66 199 0 322

30 KOPPAL 59 68 152 1 280

31 DK 50 175 334 0 559
32 SHIMOGA 126 126 868 1 1121

33 Uttara Kannada 125 39 208 0 372

Total 2nd Phase 1301 1367 4463 3 7134

Grand Total 2431 3510 10838 8 16787

20. Vehicle Deployment:

Sl Jeeps KSRTC buses Pvt. Maxi cabs Others including Total

No Pvt Vehicles

1 Required 4708 9603 2866 2057 19234

2 Availability 2775 7557 2278 8990 21600

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The rate for the vehicles in consultation with the Transport Commissioner is fixed and GO is
issued. Around 10,770 vehicles of different types will be needed for transportation of PWD s.

21. Validly nominated and Contestingcandidates:

The validity nominated candidates of PCs going for poll on 18.04.2019 is given below:

KARNATAKA LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2019

1ST PHASE (Party wise) Validly Nominated Candidates Gender Wise

Number of Candidates Number of Candidates Number of Candidates

Sl.N Number of Independent Total Number of validly
Name of the PC belonging to National belonging to State belonging to un
o Candidates nominated candidates
Parties parties recognised parties

3 3 3 3
4
1 2
Femal Tota Mal Femal Tota Mal Femal Tota Mal Femal Tota Mal Femal Tota
Male
e l e e l e e l e e l e e l

UDUPI-
CHIKAMAGAL 1 1 1 0 5 0 6 0 13 1 14
UR
1 2 1 5 6
2 HASSAN 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 7
DAKSHINA
3 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 14 0 14
KANNADA
3 3 0 3 8

CHITRADURGA 3 0 0 0 5 0 15 0 23 0 23
4 3 0 5 15
5 TUMAKURU 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 13 0 13 17 2 19
6 MANDYA 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 5 15 4 19 22 4 26

7 MYSORE 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 17 1 18 22 3 25
CHAMRAJNAG
3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 12 0 12
8 AR 3 0 3 6
BANGALORE
3 0 0 0 5 1 9 0 17 1 18
RURAL
9 3 0 6 9
BANGALORE
3 0 0 0 8 1 19 1 30 2 32
10 NORTH 3 0 9 20

BANGALORE
3 0 0 0 5 2 14 0 22 2 24
CENTRAL
11 3 0 7 14
BANGALORE
3 0 0 0 9 0 13 1 25 1 26
SOUTH
12 3 0 9 14
CHIKBALLAPU
3 1 0 0 5 0 9 0 17 1 18
13 R 4 0 5 9

KOLAR 3 0 0 0 4 1 10 2 17 3 20
14 3 0 5 12
258 20 278
TOTAL 37 2 39 4 0 4 61 9 70 156 9 165
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The contesting candidates of PCs going for poll on 18.04.2019 is given below:
KARNATAKA LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2019
1ST PHASE CONTESTING CANDIDATES PARTY WISE

Number of Number
Number of Number of Total
Candidates of
Candidates Candidates number of
Sl. belonging Indepe- Total number of Total No.of Contesting
Name of the PC belonging to belonging validly
No to un ndent candidates withdrawn Candidates
National to State nominated
recognised Candida
Parties parties candidates
parties tes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Femal
Male Total Male Female Total
e
UDUPI-
CHIKAMAGALU 2 1 5 4 14 2 0 2 11 1 12
1 R
2 HASSAN 2 1 1 2 7 1 0 1 6 0 6
DAKSHINA
3 0 3 7 14 1 0 1 13 0 13
3 KANNADA

4 CHITRADURGA 3 0 4 12 23 4 0 4 19 0 19
5 TUMAKURU 3 1 2 9 19 4 0 4 13 2 15
6 MANDYA 1 1 4 16 26 4 0 4 18 4 22
7 MYSORE 3 0 4 15 25 3 0 3 19 3 22
CHAMRAJNAGA
3 0 3 4 12 2 0 2 10 0 10
8 R
BANGALORE
3 0 6 6 18 3 0 3 14 1 15
9 RURAL
BANGALORE
3 0 9 19 32 1 0 1 30 1 31
10 NORTH
BANGALORE
3 0 6 13 24 2 0 2 21 1 22
11 CENTRAL
BANGALORE
3 0 8 14 26 1 0 1 24 1 25
12 SOUTH
13 CHIKBALLAPUR 4 0 5 6 18 3 0 3 12 3 15
14 KOLAR 3 0 5 6 20 6 0 6 14 0 14

TOTAL 39 4 65 133 278 37 0 37 224 17 241

22. Welfare measures, including health, for polling personnel and voters.
The DEOs have been instructed to have separate review on the subject, identifying the
concern and asked to take advance measures to address facilitation.

Nodal officers for welfare in the district will coordinate and supervise the polling
personnel welfare measures.
(a) The information about the training program, despatch and reception in proper and
timely manner.
(b) Facilities and proper arrangement at training venue like help desk, drinking
water, toilet
(c) Proper facilities at the despatch centre like drinking water, toilet
(d) Timely despatch and proper transport arrangement
(e) coordination between police personnel to be deputed for election duty.
(f) proper health care response teams to attend in medical emergency conditions.
(g) food arrangement
(h)the timely relieving of the poll personnel form the election duty
(i) the arrangement for the polling personnel to be transported back to home after the
reception at the earliest
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(j) cashless transfer of honorarium to the polling personnel in advance

Exclusive chapter on welfare measures in the DEMP
(k) Ex-Gratia compensation in case of death of Polling Personnel while on duty to be
sanctioned at the earliest.
(l) Meeting with the Secretary, Health Department and Commissioner, Health
Department was conducted and were requested to issue necessary instructions to the
Field Officers to look after the welfare of the Polling Personnel's.

23. Usage of IT and Apps.

a. CHUNAVANA Mobile App:

Search Your Name:

TheCEO Karnataka urges the citizen to download the Chunavana Mobile

Application from the Google Play Store or the App Store and verify their names,
polling stations and the part and serial numbers for easy identification of their names
in the electoral roll by the polling officials for a quicker voting. They can also use
the following services:
 Navigation to the Polling Station
 Know Your Candidate
 Poll Day Turnout Percentage
 Queue Status at Urban Polling Stations
 Emergency Services (Police Stations and Hospitals Near You)
 And more….
Citizen can visit also our official website https://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in and check
their names in the electoral roll published recently for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
They can visit our Karnataka Election Information System
(https://kgis.ksrsac.in/election) for various election related statistics and information.
Citizen can also use our SMS Facility KAEPIC<SPACE><10 DIGIT EPIC
NUMBER> to 9731979899 by which they can know about their polling station and
verify their name.
b. Report MCC Violations:
The CEO Karnataka also urges the citizen to download the cVIGIL Mobile App
from the Google Play Store or the App Store and report the MCC Violations
happening on the last day before poll and campaigning during the ban period and
other unethical campaigning by the candidates and political parties for the field
units to take immediate action.

24. Complaints monitoring

a. 1950 Voter helpline
State and districts voter helplines are setup for receiving grievances and complaints from
the citizens regarding various electoral matters and redressal of the same. The details of
calls made by the citizens for obtaining information, providing feedback and suggestion
and filing complaints and their disposal is given below. A total of 56,630 calls
(Information-50,352, Feedback- 444, Suggestion- 4594 and complaints- 1240)were
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received in 18 districts of 14 Parliamentary Constituencies. Out of which 56,557 calls

have been disposed of.
A total of 19,086 calls (Information-16,232, Suggestion- 8 and complaints- 2,846) were
received in the Complaint Monitoring Cell at State Level. Out of which 18,669 calls have
been disposed of.

Details of Calls/Complaints from 1st February 2019 (as on 16-04-2019)

PHASE -II

Cumulative Cumulative
Helpline Information Feedback Suggestion Complaints
Total Disposal
District
Voter 50,352 444 4,594 1,240 56,630 56,557
Helpline
State Voter
Helpline
16,232 0 8 2,846 19,086 18,669
(Common to
both Phases)
Grand Total 66,584 444 4,602 4,086 75,716 75,226

b. Complaints other than voter helpline

The complaints were also received through e-mails and letters, newspaper reports, TV
channels, social media, cVIGIL app and NGRS app. Out of the total 11,205
complaints, 11,003 complaints have been disposed of.

Details of Complaints (other than Voter Helpline) as on 16-04-2019 PHASE -II

Total No of
Total No. of Complaints
Category of Complaint Complaints
Disposed
Received

Complaints by letters and emails 495 484

Newspaper reports/columns
pertaining to election matter 325 325
(Common to both Phases)
Reports on TV channels (Common to
70 70
both Phases)
Social media i.e Twitter, Facebook
and Instagram etc (Common to both 390 390
Phases)
cVIGIL 1,407 1,404
NGRS 8,518 8,330

Total 11,205 11,003

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25. SUVIDHA:
1. Under Suvidha5,776 Applications for permissions have been received
in the 14 Parliamentary Constituencies going for poll on 18.04.2019,
out of which 5,120 have been accepted, 196 are in progress within
stipulated time and 460 have been rejected.
2. Out of the total applications, BJP (2,339), Congress (1,397), JD(S)
(850), BSP (279), CPI(M) (65), CPI (36), Independents (409) and others
(401)have sought permissions.
3. Major permission sought by the political parties and candidates are
related to Holding meeting and loud speakers (1,873), vehicle
permissions (intra district) (1,152), application for permit for street
corner meeting and loud speaker (1,128), Vehicle permit (620),
application for permit to take out procession and loud speaker (781)
and others (222).

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