Counting begins for four Karnataka Council seats

Counting began on October 27 for four Karnataka Legislative Council seats, with 43 candidates contesting and official results still pending in reports issued as counting got underway. The seats are South East Graduates, West Graduates, North East Teachers and Bengaluru Teachers. No winners had been officially confirmed in the available results coverage. Polling took place on October 23. The Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka reported turnout of 73.58% in South East Graduates, 75.62% in West Graduates, 86.97% in North East Teachers and 81.98% in Bengaluru Teachers. North East Teachers recorded the highest turnout among the four constituencies, while South East Graduates recorded the lowest. In West Graduates, 73,692 of 97,400 registered voters cast ballots. Counting was scheduled to start at 8 a.m. in Dharwad, where officials arranged 14 tables. The constituency spans Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada. A separate constituency-wide turnout figure reported for West Graduates was 75.66%, compared with the 75.62% figure attributed to the Chief Electoral Officer. The four contests pit Congress candidates against nominees from the BJP and its ally, the Janata Dal (Secular),...