PTIEVMs being stored in a strong room at Chikmagalur in Karnataka on Sunday. PTI pictureBangalore: Saturday's Karnataka Assembly elections witnessed a 72.13 per cent voter turnout, the highest in the state since 1952, chief electoral officer Sanjeev Kumar said on Sunday. By midnight, the figures showed that it was 72.13 per cent," Kumar said. He added that the 2013 Assembly polls had recorded a 71.45 per cent turnout, and the previous five Assembly elections clocked between 65 and 69 per cent polling. The election to the Rajarajeshwari Nagar seat has been deferred to May 28 after the seizure of fake voter cards from an apartment.

Source: The Telegraph May 13, 2018 21:21 UTC