Karnataka bypolls at 9 am: 9% polling in Davanagere South, 11.87% in Bagalkot

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Davanagere Zill Panchayat CEO Gitte Madhav Vitthalrao with an elderly voter who exercised her franchise in the by-election to Davanagere South Assembly constituency on April 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Voting was underway for bypolls to two Assembly segments— Bagalkot and Davanagere South in Karnataka on Thursday (April 9, 2026).

At 9 a.m., Davanagere South constituency recorded a polling percentage of 9% and Bagalkot recorded 11.87% polling.

The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H.Y. Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Counting of votes will be taken up on May 4.

Published - April 09, 2026 08:41 am IST

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