Hubballi: The Local Local (ULB) body poll that is widely awaited for Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalaburagi City are held after eight years.
Candidates are now resting after the Fortnightlong campaign.
But fans of polls, especially young people, in all three cities are busy betting on the results.
Punters said more banks at BJP in Hubballi-Dharwad; Congress, BJP and MES in Bellagavi; and Congress and BJP in Kalaburagi.
Some bets on victory / defeat of candidates, while others on the winning margins.
When margins will usually be in two digits or three digits in ULB polls, youth bet even for 100 sound margins.
Bets are done with money, motorbikes and cars in urban areas and tractors in semi-urban areas such as Unkal, Bhairidevarakoppa, Navalur, Nagashettikoppa, Gokul, Tarihal and Badnal.
Some passengers also put up their sites, said.
The shop owner in a bar and restaurant at Channamma Circle here said betting changed quickly after August 26, the last date to pull nominees, and fray polls took the last shape.
“Until then, it was slow when candidates themselves were in confusion because they got tickets from their party.
I have heard many people offering to hold a party if their candidates win,” he added.
Ramesh, who did not want to reveal the second name, run a small shop on Jalan Gokul.
He said bets took place among famous friends.
“Usually, they bet for their favorite candidates while sitting at a hotel or bar or in a park in a residential area,” he added.
It is said that there are not many bets where the party gets a majority, but it’s all about candidates and margins.
“My bet is at our candidate who I’m sure to win with margins more than 500 votes, difficult fights,” the buyer said at APMC.
A senior citizen in Sainagar said the bet was less than this compared to the election of HDMC in 2014.
“The financial crisis was because the pandemic had an effect on bets too,” he said.