<p>Ramanagar, Chennapatna and Chitapur witnessed brisk voting in the morning hours, while it was sedate in Govindarajanagar, where Housing Minister V Somanna is contesting and in Kollegal.Somanna joined BJP after quitting Congress.<br /><br />Polling has remained incident free, police said.<br /><br />Priyank, son of Union Minister for Labour and Employment M Mallikarjun Kharge is bidding to retain the Chitapur seat vacated by his father upon his election to Lok Sabha and for his maiden entry into state assembly.<br /><br />Priya, son of Congress MLA, M Krishnappa, is taking on Somanna in Govindarajanagar.<br /><br />JDS, which is indirectly supporting Congress in Govindarajanagar, has concentrated on Chennapatna, where another Congress defector, actor C P Yogeshwar is seeking re-election, besides Ramanagara, a seat vacated by JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy in the wake of his election to Lok Sabha.<br /><br />Bypolls are being held in Kollegal reserved seat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation by Dhruvanarayan of Congress after he successfully contested the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seat.</p>
<p>Ramanagar, Chennapatna and Chitapur witnessed brisk voting in the morning hours, while it was sedate in Govindarajanagar, where Housing Minister V Somanna is contesting and in Kollegal.Somanna joined BJP after quitting Congress.<br /><br />Polling has remained incident free, police said.<br /><br />Priyank, son of Union Minister for Labour and Employment M Mallikarjun Kharge is bidding to retain the Chitapur seat vacated by his father upon his election to Lok Sabha and for his maiden entry into state assembly.<br /><br />Priya, son of Congress MLA, M Krishnappa, is taking on Somanna in Govindarajanagar.<br /><br />JDS, which is indirectly supporting Congress in Govindarajanagar, has concentrated on Chennapatna, where another Congress defector, actor C P Yogeshwar is seeking re-election, besides Ramanagara, a seat vacated by JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy in the wake of his election to Lok Sabha.<br /><br />Bypolls are being held in Kollegal reserved seat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation by Dhruvanarayan of Congress after he successfully contested the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seat.</p>
