
A total of 66 assembly constituencies in 10 districts will go to polls in the second phase.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer M N Vidyashankar said a total of 1.10 crore voters - including 52.02 lakh women - will be eligible to vote during the second phase.
The last date for filing nominations is April 29, scrutiny of nominations will be held the next day, and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is May 2.
About five candidates filed their nominations during the day in the constituencies going to the polls in the second phase.
Assembly segments in the districts of Raichur, Koppal, Uttara Karnataka, Bellary, Chitradurga, Davangere, Shimoga, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada will go to the polls in the second phase.
In a bid to prevent tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the Election Commission has decided to supply EVMs at random to polling stations.
Vidyashankar said the EVMs would be randomised on the basis of each constituency, as well polling stations.
The authorities have completed the process of certification of the Electronic Voting Machines. The EC has instructed completion of the process of randomisation in the presence of representatives of political parties and election observers, he added.
Meanwhile, as many as 100 candidates on Tuesday filed their nominations for the first phase, taking their total number to more than 400. Wednesday is the last day for filing of nominations for the May 10 polls.