Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bengaluru votes, key moments in 10 pics

Several notable figures including Narayana Murthy, Sudha Murthy, Rahul Dravid, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Prakash Raj, were among voters in Bengaluru today.

Published on: Apr 26, 2024, 14:41:22 IST

By Yamini C S

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Scores of Bengaluru residents on Friday cast their votes as part of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. Here is a photo gallery of how Bengaluru came out to celebrate the festival of democracy.

Bengaluru saw several celebrity voters, politicians and offbeat voters on Friday.

Notable figures and celebrities including Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, his wife and author Sudha Murthy, also cast their votes.

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India cricket coach Rahul Dravid casts his vote in Bengaluru on Friday morning. (PTI)

Legendary Indian spinner Anil Kumble also voted in Bengaluru.

Actor Prakash Raj also cast his vote in Bengaluru Friday morning.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, a part of the royal family of Mysore, casts his vote. (Arun Dev)

Divya Kamat, an engineer, also took to social media to share that she travelled 12,000 miles, leaving her toddler, for a 4-day visit to cast her vote.

A retired civil servant, P. V. Ayyar (aged 94), also casted his vote today in Bengaluru during the second phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Internet users flooded social media with their inked fingers on Friday. Some urged the youth to go out and vote, and posted pictures of them at their polling booths.

Several differently-abled voters successfully exercised their democratic right and cast their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha election 2024.

The overall voter turnout in the state was at 38.23 per cent at 1:30 pm today.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yamini C S
Yamini CS is a Senior Content Producer at Hindustan Times with nearly six years of experience in digital journalism. She is part of the India News desk, where she works on a wide range of stories cutting across civic issues, city-based developments, politics, governance, public policy, breaking news, trending topics, and international affairs that have an impact on India. Her role involves tracking fast-moving developments, verifying information from official and on-ground sources, and presenting news in a clear, accessible format for a digital-first audience. A significant part of her work includes handling live blogs during major news events, such as elections, court verdicts, political developments, civic disruptions, protests, weather-related alerts, and unfolding national or international incidents. Through live coverage, she focuses on timely updates to help readers follow complex stories as they evolve. Before moving to the broader India News desk, Yamini was associated with the Bengaluru desk at Hindustan Times, where she extensively covered urban governance, infrastructure, traffic and transport issues, weather events, public grievances, and civic administration in the city. This experience strengthened her grounding in city reporting and sharpened her focus on citizen-centric journalism. She began her career as a correspondent with Reuters after completing a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media. Her early training instilled a strong emphasis on accuracy, sourcing, and news ethics, which continue to shape her reporting style. Outside of work, Yamini enjoys reading across genres, listening to music, and spending time with her family, which help her maintain balance in a fast-paced newsroom environment.Read More

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