<span style="color: #222222;">By-election to Kundgol and Chincholi assembly constituencies will be held on May 19th in Karnataka. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Seventeen candidates in Chincholi and eight candidates in Kundgol remain in fray after the last day to withdraw the nomination on Thursday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Electoral Officer in the state, Sanjiv Kumar has informed that 214 polling stations in Kundgol and 241 in Chincholi are being set up. Out of which 25 in Kundgol and 60 in Chincholi are critical. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Kundgol seat fell vacant after the death of minister and Congress MLA C S Shivalli, the Chincholi seat fell vacant after its Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav quit his seat and fought the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Our Correspondent adds that it is a straight fight between Congress represented by Shivalli's wife Kusumavati and BJP candidate C S Ishwaragouda in Kundgol. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In Chincholi DR.Avinash Jadhav, son of Umesh Jadhav is contesting from BJP and Subhash V Rathod from the Congress.</span><br />