Karnataka Elections include the Legislative Assembly Elections, which are held after every five years. The State Election Commission in Karnataka conducts the elections and sees to it that they are carried out in a fair manner. Election of Karnataka also consists of the polling procedures and the administrative systems, which are followed to conduct them.
State Election Commission in Karnataka
The State Election Commission in Karnataka has the responsibility of looking after all the details relating to the election procedures. For conducting the elections in a proper manner the commission has taken a few steps, which are as follows:- Electronic voting machines are being used keeping in view, effective and resource saving procedures
- Observers are being appointed to look over the entire election procedure
- False voters are being tackled by issuing photo electrical identity cards to every voter.
- Making a fixed budget for the candidates of the elections to save valuable public revenue
- All the unregistered political bodies taking part in the election have to get registered by the election commission following proper rules.
- The conduction of political meetings 48 hours before the elections begin till it ends has been prohibited for the maintenance of uniformity.
- Reservation of seats for the Members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the election of the Gram Panchayat is also one of the responsibilities of the election commission.
2004 Karnataka Election Results
The 2004 Assembly elections saw the BJP calling the shots by winning as many as 79 seats, followed closely by the Indian national Congress with 64 seats and the Janata Dal (secular) bagging 58 seats of the total 224 assembly constituencies. JD (U) won 5 seats and only 8 seats were left for other parties. The state quickly entered into a coalition between INC and JD(S).The percentage turnout in the Karnataka elections for the year 2004 has been very impressive with the highest in Chikmagalur with 72.87%. The turnout in Mysore was 72.10%. Bangalore South had 49.01% and Bangalore North had 54.25% turnout.
