Unfazed by the summer heat and dust, voters turned out in large numbers post-noon to register 38.4 percent average polling till 3:00 p.m. in Karnataka's 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, an official said on Thursday.

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"We have seen a surge in polling after 1-2 p.m. in most of the seats, leading to a record 50.62 percent voting in Dakshina Kannada, followed by 49.12 percent in Hassan and 47.04 percent in Udupi-Chikmagalur in 8 hours since 7:00 a.m.," a poll official told IANS.