She will take on the incumbent Jayaprakash Hegde of the Congress and Dhananjay Kumar of the JDS.
Congress, whose poll campaign chief Rahul Gandhi talks of larger representation for women in Parliament has done just a shade better compared to BJP, giving tickets to two women.
Leading Kannada actress Ramya is Congress' candidate from Mandya. She is also the sitting MP from the constituency, having been elected to 15th Lok Sabha in a bye-election held in August last year.
Lakshmi Hebbalkar is the other woman candidate from Belgaum. Hebbalkar is presently serving as President of Belgaum Rural District Congress Committee.
Faring better than the two main players, Deve Gowda's JDS and Aam Aadmi Party have fielded three women candidates each in the state.
