The State of Karnataka will go to the polls tomorrow for second time in Phase 03 of the General Elections on April 23^rd 2019. Out of total 28, only remaining 14 Parliamentary constituencies in the state are scheduled to go to polls in this phase. The state has two-phase polling. The first phase of polls in the state, on April 18, saw voter turnout of 68.52%. The State has a total electorate of  2,39,68,905 out of which 1,21,03,742 are male electors, 1,18,63,204 are female electors and 1,959 belong to third gender category. There are 27,776 polling stations set up in the state.

There are a total of 237 candidates ( out of which 09 are women) in the fray.

Party-wise break-up of contesting candidates for the forthcoming polls in Karnataka(Phase 3).

 

No. of Parliamentary Constituencies	This phase – Phase III   14	Total   28
Contesting Party details:	Party	No. of Contesting Candidates
	BJP	14
	INC	11
	JDS(Secular)	03
	BSP	14
	CPI(Marxist-Leninist)	01
	Others	63
	Independents	131
	Total (this phase):	237 Women candidates (Third Phase): 09   Men Candidates (Third Phase): 228
No. of candidates		237

The seats won by the political parties which participated in the General Elections in 2014 and their vote shares in the state of Karnataka are given below:

No. of Parliamentary Constituencies	Total              28              SC:                 05 ST:02
Contested Party details:	Main Parties Seats won in 2014 Percentage of votes polled in 2014 BJP 17 43.83% INC 09 41.27% JDS 02 11.73% Others -- 3.17%

 

Seats won by parties in SC constituencies in General Election 2014

S.No.	Constituency	Category	Winner	Social Category	Party
1	Bijapur	SC	Ramesh Jigajinagi	SC	BJP
2	Chamarajanagar	SC	R.Dhruvanarayana	SC	INC
3	Chitradurga	SC	B.N.Chandrappa	SC	INC
4	Gulbarga	SC	MallikarjunKharge	SC	INC
5	Kolar	SC	K.H.Muniyappa	SC	INC

Seats won by parties in ST constituencies in General Election 2014

S.No.	Constituency	Category	Winner	Social Category	Party
1	Bellary	ST	B.Sreeramula	ST	BJP
2	Raichur	ST	B.V.Nayak	ST	INC

 

Interesting titbits : Raichur and Chikkodi Parliamentary Constituencies are going for polls in third phase in Karnataka, whichin General Elections 2014 saw close contests, where the winning margin was less than 10,000 votes . The first phase of polls in the state, on April 18, 2019 saw overall voter turnout of 68.52%. The Parliamentary Constituency of Mandya saw the highest, 80.23% of Voter turnout.

 

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GG: BN: MR

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