Karnataka Elections: Bride goes to polling booth hours before her wedding, pic goes viral

A bride all decked up, reached the polling booth, just before her marriage.

New Delhi: Setting examples for many,  a bride, all decked up, came to cast her vote in the Karnataka assembly elections just before her wedding. The girl who is supposed to get married today had numerous reasons to stay back, but she set an example by putting forth her duty as a citizen. She was accompanied by her family members at booth number 131 in Madikeri and was making heads turn. The picture of the bride is going viral on social media. Check it out:

Karnataka: A bride reaches polling booth no. 131 of Madikeri taluk to vote just before her wedding in Kodagu. @abpnewstv #KarnatakaElections2018 @madrassan_pinky #kodagu #wedding #elections #madikeri #bride

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A handicapped man also reached the booth to exercise his electoral franchise. So far, voting continued its brisk pace as 64.5 percent of voter turnout has been recorded till 5 p.m. The polls, which began at 7 a.m at 58,546 polling stations, each equipped with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs), will conclude at 6 pm. A total of 2,654 candidates are in the fray and 4.96-crore electorate, including 2.44 crore women, will cast their votes. Over 15 lakh people are first-time voters in the 18-19 age group. Tight security is in place to ensure smooth and peaceful single-phase polling in 222 constituencies, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 26 in Bengaluru. The election in two constituencies, Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, has been postponed. In Jayanagar, the polling has been deferred due to the death of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, B N Vijay Kumar, while in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, it has been postponed due to fake voter-ID row. Counting and the results of the election will be announced on Tuesday.