Public campaigning for the bypolls ended in Bagalkot on Tuesday, as per Election Commission of India instruction manual. Polling will be held on Thursday (April 9) and votes will be counted on May 4.
Most of the leaders who were camping in Bagalkot city and surrounding villages left the constituency by Monday night.
Leaders Satish Jarkiholi, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and others left the constituency and informed the officers concerned, election duty officials said.
Door-to-door campaign began on Tuesday evening and teams of five members started visiting various areas in the city and in different gram panchayats.
There are nine candidates in Bagalkot, but the main contest seems to be between Congress nominee and son of the former MLA late H.Y. Meti Umesh Meti and the former MLA Viranna Charantimath of the BJP.
