The first phase of election to the 3019 Gram Panchayats in 117 taluks in Karnataka on Tuesday, recorded a voters' turnout of 80 percent.<br />''<br />''Benglauru rural district recorded the highest voting percentage of 92.35 percent where elections were held for 47 Gram Panchayats in two Taluks.<br />''<br />''The lowest of 74 percent turnout was reported from Yadgiri where 59 Gram Panchayats faced elections on Tuesday in three Taluks.<br />''There are 1,17,383 candidates in the fray for 48048 seats in the first phase.<br />''<br />''The second phase of election will be held on December 27th and the counting of votes for both the phases will be on December 30th.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In both the phases, 2.96 crore voters are eligible to case the ballot to elect 92,121 members for the Gram Panchayat.</span><br />