Mangalore: Human chain formed to attract voters

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January 25, 2014
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Mangalore, Jan 25: In an attempt to raise awareness on the importance of voting in elections, several students from various colleges in the city organised a human chain to mark the National Voters Day on Saturday at Nehru Maidan.

In a formal function held at Town Hall, D K Principal District and Sessions Judge B V Prakash said that the voters were powerful than the politicians.

Prof Narayana Bhandary, HOD of Political Science department, SVS College, Bantwal said APJ Abdul Kalam's 2020 vision will be materialized only because India has four crores of young voters.

A B Ibrahim, Deputy Commissioner, K Dayanand, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Mohan Rao, Mangalore Tahsildar, Dr Prashanth, assistant commissioner and others were present.

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray. 

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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