<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, polling will take place for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 14 constituencies in the northern parts of the state on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The total number of electorate exceed two crores 43 lakh three thousand. There are more than 28 thousand polling booths set up in this phase.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Gulbarga, Bijapur, Bellary and Raichur are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Raichur and Bellary are reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates. Two hundred and thirty-seven candidates are in the fray in this phase.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mallikarjuna Kharge from Congress and Prahlad Joshi, Ananth Kumar Hedge, Ramesh Jigaginagi and B Y Raghavendra from BJP are some of the prominent leaders contesting in this phase.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, BJP had won 11 out of 14 constituencies going to the poll now. BJP has given tickets to all its sitting MPs in this region. It has changed its candidates in Chikkodi, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bellary and Shimoga.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the seat-sharing formula, Congress is fielding 11 and JD(S) three unanimous candidates in this phase. BJP has given Gulbarga ticket to Umesh Jadav, who resigned as Chincholi Congress MLA to contest this election.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He is taking on the might of Mallikarjuna Kharge, who has the distinction of winning all the 11 elections he has fought for the state assembly and Parliament as Congress candidate. Prahlad Joshi is taking on his old rival Vinay Kulkarni of Congress in Dharwad.</span><br />''