Bengaluru: Karnataka registered 36.61 per cent voter turnout during the first half of the second phase of polling for the remaining 14 out of total 28 Lok Sabha constituencies Tuesday. The highest turnout was recorded in Shimogga with 41.66 per cent and the lowest in Gulbarga with 30.48 per cent till 1 PM, poll officials said.

Interestingly, both Shimogga and Gulbarga are high profile constituencies. In Shimogga, former Chief Minister and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra is pitted against another former Chief Minister S Bangarappa's son Madhu of JD(S). Raghavendra had defeated Madhu during the bypolls held in November last year and is seeking re-election. Madhu is the joint candidate of the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance.