Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: Bride Casts Her Vote Just Before Wedding

Viola and her family members came to the polling booth to exercise their franchise.

New Delhi, May 12: A bride in Mangaluru city became the head turner at a polling booth as she arrived in her bridal attire to cast her vote just before the wedding ceremony. The voting is underway in the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018. Viola Fernandes was all dressed in beautiful white gown reached the polling station along with her family members.  (Click here for live updates on Karnataka Elections 2018 voting)

Viola is marrying Sylvester Rodgrigues in Beltangady. Before leaving for Beltangady for the wedding, Viola and her family members came to the polling booth to exercise their franchise.

Responsible Bride : Viola Fernandes casts vote at Bondel School before going to Belthangady for her wedding.#poll
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— Pearl Dsouza (@pearl_tnie) May 12, 2018

The voting for 222 constituencies in Karnataka is being conducted in single phase and had begun from 7 am in the morning. Till 11 o’clock 24 per cent voting was recorded. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) are also the main contenders in the election.

Earlier in the day, BJP’s chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa had said that party is confident of forming the government in the state. It is to be noted that the BJP had ruled the state between 2008 and 2013 but its tenure was marred by intra-party feuds and allegations of corruption.

In total, there are more than 2654 candidates, including 219 women, in the fray for 224 seats in Karnataka. As per the data released by Chief Electoral Office in Karnataka, the BJP will contest all 224 seats, while the Congress will contest 222 seats. The HD Devegowda-led Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) will contest on 201 seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by Mayawati, which came into an alliance with the JD(S), will contest on 20 seats. The election for one constituency – Jayanagar – has been postponed following the death of BJP candidate BN Vijay Kumar. The results for Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 will be declared on May 15.