<p>Ahead of the April 18 polling date in Karnataka, the BJP, Congress and JD(S) have released their list of candidates for 14 constituencies in the state.</p>.<p>The biggest fights to look out for in the state are:</p>.<p>1. <strong>Mandya</strong>, where the BJP is supporting Sumalatha Ambareesh, who is going up against JD(S)' Nikhil Kumaraswamy</p>.<p>2. <strong>Bangalore North</strong>, where the BJP is fielding D V Sadananda Gowda against the Congress' Krishna Byre Gowda</p>.<p>3. <strong>Bangalore South</strong>, where the BJP is fielding Tejaswi Surya against the Congress' B K Hariprasad</p>.<p>4. <strong>Bangalore Central</strong>, which will see a three-way fight between the BJP's P C Mohan, Congress' Rizwan Arshad and Prakash Raj, who is contesting as an independent.</p>.<p>Karnataka has a total of 28 constituencies, of which seven are reserved exclusively for SC/ST candidates. Those constituencies are Bellary (ST), Bijapur (SC), Chamarajanagar (SC), Chitradurga (SC), Kalburgi (SC), Raichur (ST) and Kolar (SC).</p>.<p>The constituencies for which candidates have been announced are:</p>
<p>Ahead of the April 18 polling date in Karnataka, the BJP, Congress and JD(S) have released their list of candidates for 14 constituencies in the state.</p>.<p>The biggest fights to look out for in the state are:</p>.<p>1. <strong>Mandya</strong>, where the BJP is supporting Sumalatha Ambareesh, who is going up against JD(S)' Nikhil Kumaraswamy</p>.<p>2. <strong>Bangalore North</strong>, where the BJP is fielding D V Sadananda Gowda against the Congress' Krishna Byre Gowda</p>.<p>3. <strong>Bangalore South</strong>, where the BJP is fielding Tejaswi Surya against the Congress' B K Hariprasad</p>.<p>4. <strong>Bangalore Central</strong>, which will see a three-way fight between the BJP's P C Mohan, Congress' Rizwan Arshad and Prakash Raj, who is contesting as an independent.</p>.<p>Karnataka has a total of 28 constituencies, of which seven are reserved exclusively for SC/ST candidates. Those constituencies are Bellary (ST), Bijapur (SC), Chamarajanagar (SC), Chitradurga (SC), Kalburgi (SC), Raichur (ST) and Kolar (SC).</p>.<p>The constituencies for which candidates have been announced are:</p>