Karnataka Lok Sabha Seat  

With 14 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats going to polls on Tuesday (April 23) in the second phase of election, there will be high-stakes battles between the BJP and the Congress-JDS coalition candidates in Shivamogga, Kalaburagi and Ballari. The BJP will try to retain Shivamogga while the Congress has made an all out effort to retain Kalaburagi and protect Ballari which was snatched from the BJP in last November’s by-election

JDS demanded 12 seats, but after much haggling, the party managed to bag 8 seats. The seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the JDS finally comes to an end.

Former Congress MLA, who had compared Dalits to his shoes, has threatened to release a CD against Kolar MP from Congress, KH Muniyappa if he contests in the Lok Sabha elections

The JD(S) has already expressed its desire to contest in 12 seats, on which the Congress party has some reservations. The Congress has said seat sharing will be on 'candidate-merit' basis.

There's little time before the nation plunges into the Lok Sabha election mode. As Karnataka BJP leaders have headed to the country's capital to discuss the strategy with Amit Shah, MyNation focuses on Karnataka to find out how the recent Assembly elections will impact the upcoming Lok Sabha election.