2024 Karnataka Lok Sabha Elections LIVE updates: Approximately 66.05% of voters cast ballots as of 5 p.m.

In Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, polling is underway in 14 constituencies from North and Central Karnataka. A total of 2,59,52,958 electors, including 35,465 service voters, will decide the fate of 227 candidates, 206 men and 21 women, under a sweltering sun and a harsh drought. In these constituencies, up to 1,40,705 poll workers—including reserve police—have been assigned. Chikkodi, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Ballari, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere, and Shivamogga are the segments that will go to polls. The BJP defeated the then-ruling State parties, the Congress and JD(S), in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, winning all 14 of these seats. complaints over unfulfilled promises and geographical disparities, particularly with regard to irrigation remained an undercurrent, though constantly overshadowed by communal narratives and blame game between parties during campaigning in the region. The Neha Hiremath murder case and t