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Karnataka polls: Voters break records with 72% turnout; highest since 1952

Women and young voters exercised their franchise in large numbers on Saturday

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Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes for Karnataka Assembly election at a polling station in Mangaluru on Saturday. | Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India

Last Updated : May 14 2018 | 1:22 AM IST

The 72.13 per cent voter turnout in the Karnataka Assembly elections has broken all records and is the highest since the 1952 state polls, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar said on Sunday. Women and young voters exercised their franchise in large numbers on Saturday, he told PTI.

“The voter turnout in the polls broke all records last night. By midnight, the figures showed that it was 72.13 per cent,” he told PTI here.

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The turnout was the highest-ever in Karnataka since the

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