Kasargod: Voting progresses at a slow pace in the Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Voting was delayed for a few hours due to defective voting machines.
People had queued up in the polling booths even before the voting began but the voters were frustrated when the voting machines were not working. Inexperienced polling booth staff were struggling to repair the machine.
The first hours of polling recorded a voting percentage of 20.1 per cent. The decrease in voting percentage was attributed to faulty voting machines.
Chevaru, Manjeshwara, Mangalpady, Mogral Puttur and few other places in Kasargod voting was delayed due to VVPAT issue.
LDF Lok Sabha Candidate from Kasargod K P Sathishchandran voted in Vallikunu polling booth of Trikkaripur.
BJP Lok Sabha Candidate Kuntaru Ravisha Tantri voted in Kuntar U P School early in the morning.
People had reached the polling booths early in the morning to avoid the scorching sun.
A total of 13,60,827 people would be casting their votes in this Lok Sabha election. Last year polling percentage of Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency was 78.89 per cent.
