Summary:
There are 34,102 voters in the Bantwal TMC where 71 persons are contesting from 27 wards. There are 1.17 lakh voters in the three local bodies that have gone to polls in the district. The Congress activists accused that the BLOs have given the voter slips to private persons for distribution. The Congress on Thursday orally accused booth-level officers in Panemangaluru Market in Bantwal of not properly distributing voter slips. There was a good turnout in Bantwal with 24,676 persons (72.36 %) exercising their franchise..