Udupi : Udupi –Chikmagalur constituency registers 45 per cent polling percentage by 1 pm.

The day seems more interestingly, when a bride groom exercised his franchise at Kaup Government Higher Primary School in his wedding dress. It is learnt that groom Shameer Ahmed, employed as mechanical engineer in Dubai won the attention of many voters.

The groom cast his vote and left for the wedding venue, who will entered into marital bliss with Dr Anisa Parveen from Mangalore. The election staff wished Shameer on the occasion.

The people of the constituency will decide the fate of 11 candidates including Shobha Karandlaje of BJP, Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress, Dhananjaya Kumar of JD(S), Gurudev S H of Aam Aadmi Party, Zakir Hussain of BSP, S Vijaykumar of CPI and Comrade C J Jagannath of CPI(M), while M D Mainuddin Khan alias Asfiya, Manjunatha G, Srinivas Poojary and Sudheer Kanchan are Independent candidates.

The Union Minister Oscar Fernandes and his wife cast their vote at Vivekananda Higher Primary School, while Udupi Bishop Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo exercised their franchise at TA Pai Modern School.

Udupi District Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake also cast their vote along with his wife and children voted at the Government Girls’ High School. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo Bishop of Udupi diocese casted his vote at T A Pai modern School Kadbettu, while Shri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Math voted at South School.