Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Ex-PM Devegowda, other prominent personalities among early voters in Karnataka

Many prominent personalities Thursday exercised their franchise in 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka as voting got underway in the second phase of the parliamentary polls. Among those who cast their vote were former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, his son and chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, daughter-in-law and MLA Anitha Kumaraswamy and grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is contesting from Mandya constituency, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, titular Mysuru Maharaja Yaduveer Wadiyar and his wife Trisha.

Many prominent personalities Thursday exercised their franchise in 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka as voting got underway in the second phase of the parliamentary polls.

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy was among the early voters in Bengaluru who cast their vote in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 18, 2019. (ANI / Twitter)

Among those who cast their vote were former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, his son and chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, daughter-in-law and MLA Anitha Kumaraswamy and grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is contesting from Mandya constituency, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, titular Mysuru Maharaja Yaduveer Wadiyar and his wife Trisha.

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, union minister for statistics and programme implementation D V Sadananda Gowda and Kannada film actors Ramesh Arvind, Upendra, Ganesh, Kichcha Sudeep, Shubha Poonja, and Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murthy were also among the other prominent people who voted early this morning.

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There was a huge turnout of voters since morning, which many called unprecedented.

“I’ve never missed exercising my vote ever since I became eligible to vote, but the enthusiasm this time is unprecedented. There is a huge turnout maybe because people are scared of the scorching summer and wanted to finish their duty in the morning itself,” said actor Ramesh Arvind.

The polling is taking place in 30,164 polling stations in the 14 constituencies which has a voter population of 2.67 crore.

The next polling date for the remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka is April 23.

Constituency	Sitting MP
Assam
Karimganj	Radheshyam Biswas, AIUDF
Silchar	Sushmita Dev, Congress
Autonomous District	Biren Singh Engti, Congress
Mangaldoi	Ramen Deka, BJP
Nawgong	Rajen Gohain, BJP
Bihar
Kishanganj	Mohammad Asrarul Haque, Congress
Katihar	Shah Tariq Anwar, NCP
Purnia	Santosh Kumar, JD(U)
Bhagalpur	Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal), RJD
Banka	Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, RJD
Chhattisgarh
Rajnandgaon	Abhishek Singh, BJP
Mahasamund	Chandulal Sahu, BJP
Kanker	Vikram Dev Usendi, BJP
Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar	Farooq Abdullah, National Conference
Udhampur	Dr. Jitendra Singh, BJPs
Karnataka
Udupi Chikmagalur	Shobha Karandlaje, BJP
Hassan	H.D. Deve Gowda, JD(S)
Dakshina Kannada	Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP
Chitradurga	B.N.Chandrappa, Congress
Tumkur	S. P. Muddahanumegowda, Congress
Mandya	CS Puttaraju, JD(S)
Mysore	Prathap Simha, BJP
Chamrajanagar	R Dhruvanarayana, Congress
Bangalore Rural	DK Suresh, Congress
Bangalore North	DV Sadananda Gowda, BJP
Bangalore Central	PC Mohan, BJP
Bangalore South	Vacant after Ananth Kumar’s death in 2018
Chikkaballapur	Veerappa Moily, Congress
Kolar	KH Muniyappa, Congress
Maharashtra
Buldhana	Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao, Shiv Sena
Akola	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, BJP
Amravati	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba, Shiv Sena
Hingoli	Rajeev Shankarrao Satav, Congress
Nanded	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan, Congress
Parbhani	Jadhav Sanjay (Bandu) Haribhau, Shiv Sena
Beed	Pritam Gopinathrao Munde, BJP
Osmanabad	Gaikwad Ravindra Vishwanath, Shiv Sena
Latur	Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, BJP
Solapur	Sharad Bansode, BJP
Manipur
Inner Manipur	Thokchom Meinya, Congress
Odisha
Bargarh	Prabas Kumar Singh, BJD
Sundargarh	Jual Oram, BJP
Bolangir	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, BJD
Kandhamal	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, BJD
Aska	Ladu Kishore Swain, BJD

Constituency	Sitting MP
Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur	Dr. P. Venugopal, AIADMK
Chennai North	TG Venkatesh Babu, AIADMK
Chennai South	J Jayavardhan, AIADMK
Chennai Central	SR Vijayakumar, AIADMK
Sriperumbudur	KN Ramachandran, AIADMK
Kancheepuram	K Maragatham, AIADMK
Arakkonam	G Hari, AIADMK
Vellore	B. Senguttuvan., AIADMK
Krishnagiri	K Ashok Kumar, AIADMK
Dharmapuri	Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK
Tiruvannamalai	Vanaroja R, AIADMK
Arani	V Elumalai, AIADMK
Villupuram	Rajendran S., AIADMK
Kallakurichi	K. Kamaraj, AIADMK
Salem	V Pannerselvam, AIADMK
Namakkal	PR Sundaram, AIADMK
Erode	S Selvakumara Chinnayan, AIADMK
Tiruppur	V.Sathyabama, AIADMK
Nilgiris	C Gopalakrishnan, AIADMK
Coimbatore	P Nagarajan, AIADMK
Pollachi	C Mahendran, AIADMK
Dindigul	M Udhayakumar, AIADMK
Karur	M Thambidurai, AIADMK
Tiruchirappalli	Kumar.P, AIADMK
Perambalur	RP Marutharajaa, AIADMK
Cuddalore	A Arunmozhithevan, AIADMK
Chidambaram	M Chandrakasi, AIADMK
Mayiladuthurai	RK Bharathi Mohan, AIADMK
Nagapattinam	Dr K Gopal, AIADMK
Thanjavur	K Parasuraman, AIADMK
Sivaganga	PR Senthilnathan, AIADMK
Madurai	R Gopalakrishnan, AIADMK
Theni	R Parthipan, AIADMK
Virudhunagar	Radhakrishnan T., AIADMK
Ramanathapuram	Anwhar Raajhaa, AIADMK
Thoothukkudi	Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee.J, AIADMK
Tenkasi	M Vasanthi, AIADMK
Tirunelvelli	Prabakaran.K.R.P, AIADMK
Kanniyakumari	Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP
Uttar Pradesh
Nagina	Yashwant Singh, BJP
Amroha	Kanwar Singh Tanwar, BJP
Bulandshahr	Bhola Singh, BJP
Aligarh	Satish Kumar Gautam, BJP
Hathras	Ranjan Kumar Diwakar, BJP
Mathura	Hema Malini, BJP
Agra	Ram Shankar Katheria, BJP
Fatehpur Sikri	Chaudhary Babulal, BJP
West Bengal
Jalpaiguri	Bijoy Chandra Barman, Trinamool
Darjeeling	SS Ahluwalia, BJP
Raiganj	Md Salim, CPI(M)
Puducherry
Puducherry	R Radhakrishnan, AINRC