BJP leader and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon) and Congress State unit President D K Shivakumar (Kanakapura) were leading in their respective seats.
Former CM Jagadish Shettar, who quit the BJP after being denied to contest in the May 10 polls for the 224-member Assembly, was trailing in Hubballi-Dharwad Central by 2,614 votes. He was fielded there by the Congress.
JD(S) leader and another former CM, H D Kumaraswamy was leading in Channapatna against BJP's C P Yogeshwara by 93 votes.
Image: DK Shivakumar eats breakfast at the Vasu Hotel in Kanakapura on Thursday. He said food tasted great at the restaurant. "Experienced it first hand, while enjoying a hearty breakfast today alongside my brother DK Suresh," he tweeted.