New Delhi: The State of Karnataka will go to the polls today on 18th April 2019 in Phase 02 of the General Elections. Out of total 28, only14 Parliamentary constituencies in the state are scheduled to go to polls in a second phase. The state has two-phase polling. The State has a total electorate of 2,63,38,277 in this phase out of which 1,33,52,234 are male electors, 1,29,83,284 are female electors and 2,759 belong to third gender category. There are 30,410 polling stations set up in the state in this phase.
In this phase there are a total of 241 candidates ( out of which 17 are women) in the fray.
Party-wise break-up of contesting candidates for the forthcoming polls in Karnataka(Phase 2).
| No. of Parliamentary Constituencies | This phase – Phase II
14 |
Total
28 |
| Contesting Party details: | Party | No. of Contesting Candidates
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| BJP | 13 | |
| INC | 10 | |
| JDS(Secular) | 4 | |
| BSP | 14 | |
| CPI | 1 | |
| CPI(Marxist) | 1 | |
| Others | 65 | |
| Independents | 133 | |
| Total (this phase):
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Women candidates (This phase):
17 |
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| No. of candidates | 241 | 241 |
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
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Contested Party details: |
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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 |
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