<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, campaigning for the 5th December by-election to 15 Assembly constituencies will end this evening.<br />''<br />''There are 165 candidates in the fray, with a triangular fight among BJP, Congress and JD(S).<br />''<br />''The Election Commission has set up 4,185 polling stations for over 37 lakh 82 thousand registered voters. Of them, over 79 thousand are young and over 24 thousand are persons with disabilities.<br />''<br />''The by-election was necessitated due to the resignation of 15 MLAs from Congress and JD(S), who are now fighting the by-poll on a BJP ticket.<br />''<br />''The survival of B Y Yediyurappa government depends on the outcome of the by-poll results scheduled on December 9th.</span><br />