Karnataka Assembly elections will be held in three phases on May 10, 16 & 22, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. The Counting of votes will take place on May 25.

Polling in the first phase will be held on May 10 & would cover 89 constituencies, while the second phase will cover the 66 constituencies with polling on 16 May & the third phase will be held on May 22 & will cover 69 constituencies.

The date of nominations for fist phase will be April 23. Scrutiny will be done the next day & last date of withdrawal will be April 26.

For the second phase, nominations will begin on April 22. Scrutiny will be done the next day & the last date for the purpose will be April 29 . The last date for withdrawal of nominations is May two.

Nominations in the final phase will begin on April 26 & the last date for nominations will be May three. Scrutiny will take place on May five & the last date for withdrawal is May seven.