Belgaum: Voting for the Belgaum City Corporation (BCC) elections commenced today morning but the turnout is very low.
The civic body has been witnessing maiden election wherein political parties have fielded their candidates as independents. Even Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) has fielded its candidates as independents.
In these polls, 385 candidates including 55 of BJP, 45 of Congress, 27 of AAP, 11 of JD(S) and 7 from AIMIM are in fray. There are 238 independents including rebels of Congress, BJP and MES.
First one hour recorded about 50 votes being cast in each polling station in the city. Voting of 5.39 per cent recorded by 9am for Belgaum city corporation(BCC), A total of 4.31 lakh voters will exercise their franchise