In Karnataka, the first phase of election to the 3019 Gram Panchayats in 117 taluks will be held tomorrow. There are 1,17,383 candidates in fray for 48048 seats. <br />''<br />''The voting will begin at 7.00 am and conclude at 5.00 pm. The State Election Commission had announced a two-phase poll to be held on December 22 and 27. In both the phases, 2.96 crore electors will vote to elect 92,121 gram panchayat members in all. As many as 45,128 polling booths will be set up, and about 2.7 lakh polling officials will be deployed to oversee elections. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Polling results will be announced on December 30. The election to four constituencies in Bellary was countermanded by the Election Commission following reports of auction of the seats. The Commission has made it clear that no political parties or their leaders will be allowed to campaign for the candidates as these are not party based elections.</span><br />