Bengaluru: Counting of votes is underway in Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Belagavi city municipal corporations, which had gone for a poll on 3 September. Elaborate security arrangements have been made at the counting centres as well as in the cities amid adherence to the COVID-19 protocol
Counting of votes for three municipal corporation polls underway in Karnataka
- According to State Election Commission officials, 300 candidates are in the fray in Kalaburagi for 55 seats.
- In Hubballi-Dharwad with 82 wards, 420 are contesting.
- In Belagavi with 58 wards, 519 candidates are in the fray.
Political parties in the run
Apart from BJP, Congress, and JD(S), Aam Aadmi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen have fielded their nominees. In Belagavi, Shiv Sena-Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti members have also contested as independents.
