Updates: 12:40 pm: Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani concedes defeat as he lags behind by over 60,000 seats in South Bangalore.
10:50 am: JDS's Mallikarjuna Kharge is leading by a margin of over 19,000 votes in Gulbarga.
10:00 am: BJP way ahead of Congress as it leads in 17 seats. Congress ahead in 7 seats. BJP candidates B Sriramulu and BS Yedyurappa are leading in Bellary and Shimoga respectively.
8.40 am: BJP candidate Ananth Kumar leads in South Bangalore
Ballots will be opened in some time to decide the fate of candidates contesting in the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.
Key candidates in the southern state include former Infosys chief Nandan Nilekani who has challenged three-time MP Ananth Kumar.
B Sriramulu, a controversial BJP figure is also contesting the polls from Bellary