Yashodhara Bangera

Daijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (EP)

Moodbidri, May 29: The elections for 23 wards of the municipal council held here on Wednesday were peaceful except minor confusions. The voting was  67.70%. The progress of polling was slow in the afternoon.

Polling was delayed by about 15 minutes in D J School booth, Jainpete. Bhattaraka Charukeerthi of Jain math, Panditacharyavarya swamy and minister K Abhayachandra Jain came to vote here.

A woman suffering from severe leg pain had to wait for 45 minutes as there was no wheel chair at Ward 13 Holy Rosary school booth. Polling elsewhere was peaceful.

There was confusion regarding parking of vehicles of those who were coming to vote in Jainpete and Prantya. Police officials intervened and solved the problem. CPIM activists objected to SDPI activists accompanying voters in this booth.

The highest voting of 77.15% was in ward 2 Subhashnagar. The least voting of 58.20 was in ward 8 – Vijayanagar.

The votes will be counted in Mahaveera College on May 31.

As many as 77 candidates including 22 from Congress, 23 from BJP, 8 JD(S), 14 from BSP, 3 from SDPI and 4 independent candidates are in the fray. Enthusiastic candidates and their supporters were seen near the booths.