Karnataka Election 2023: The Karnataka election for 224 constituencies is all set to be held in a single phase on May 10, and the results will be announced on May 13. The state is all set to witness a three-cornered contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).

Prominent candidates in this election include: Former CM Siddaramaiah who will be contesting from Varuna seat, one that his son Dr. Yathindra vacated, KPCC chief DK Shivakumar who is contesting from Kanakapura seat, incumbent CM and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai contesting from Shiggaon constituency. Former CM BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra is contesting from Shikaripur seat, while from the sensitive Udupi seat, the BJP has given ticket to Yashpal Suvarna, who was a hardline voice in the hijab controversy. Another prominent candidate is disgruntled BJP-turned-Congress leader Jagadish Shettar, who will be contesting from Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency.

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Here’s the full list of BJP, Congress, JD(S)candidates along with constituencies:

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  1. Shiggaon – Basavaraj Bommai (BJP) vs Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan (Congress) vs Sashidhar Channabasappa Yaligar (JDS)
  2. Nippani – Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle (BJP) vs Kakasaheb Patil (Congress) vs Raju Maruthi Pawar (JDS)
  3. Chikkodi – Sadalga – Ramesh Katti (BJP) vs Ganesh Hukkeri (Congress) vs Suhas Sadashiv Valke (JDS)
  4. Athani – Mahesh Kumathalli (BJP) vs Laxman Savadi (Congress) vs Shashikant Padasalagi (JDS)
  5. Kagwad – Shrimant Balasaheb Patil (BJP) vs Bharmgoud Alagowda Kage (Congress) vs Mallikarjun S Gunjiganvi (JDS)
  6. Kudachi (SC) – P. Rajeev (BJP) vs Mahendra K.Thammannavar (Congress) vs Anand Malagi (JDS)
  7. Raybag (SC) – Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole (BJP) vs Mahaveer Mohith (Congress) vs Pradeep Malagi (JDS)
  8. Hukkeri – Nikhil Katti (BJP) vs AB Patil (Congress) vs Basavaraj Gowda Patil (JDS)
  9. Arabhavi – Balachandra Jarakiholi (BJP) vs Arvind Dalwai (Congress) vs Prakash Khashetty (JDS)
  10. Gokak – Ramesh Jarakiholi (BJP) vs Mahantesh Kadadi (Congress) vs Chandankumar (JDS)
  11. Yemkanmardi (ST) – Basavaraj Hundri (BJP) vs Satish Laxmanrao Jarkiholi (Congress) vs Maruthi Asthaki (JDS)
  12. Belgaum Uttar – Dr. Ravi Patil (BJP) vs Asif Sait (Congress) vs Shivanand Mugalihal (JDS)
  13. Belgaum Dakshin – Abhay Patil (BJP) vs Prabhavathi Mastmardi (Congress) vs Srinivas Talukar (JDS)
  14. Belgaum Rural – Nagesh Mannolkar (BJP) vs Laxmi Ravindra Hebbalkar (Congress) vs Shankargowda Patil (JDS)
  15. Khanapur – Vittal Halagekar (BJP) vs Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar (Congress) vs Naseer Bapulsab Bhagavan (JDS)
  16. Kittur – Mahantesh Doddagoudar (BJP) vs Babasaheb D. Patil (Congress) vs Ashwini Singayya Pujare (JDS)
  17. Bailongla – Jagdish Channappa Metgud (BJP) vs Mahantesh Shivanand Koujalagi (Congress) vs Shankar Madalagi (JDS)
  18. Saundatti Yellamma – Ratna Vishwanath Mamani (BJP) vs Vishwas Vasant Vaidya (Congress) vs Saurabh Anand Chopra (JDS)
  19. Ramdurg – Chikka Revanna (BJP) vs Ashok M. Pattan (Congress) vs Prakash Mudhol (JDS)
  20. Mudhol (SC) – Govind Karjol (BJP) vs Ramappa Balappa Timmapur (Congress) vs Dharmaraj Dodamani (JDS)
  21. Terdal – Siddu Savadi (BJP) vs Siddappa Ramappa Konnur (Congress) vs Suresh Madiwalar (JDS)
  22. Jamkhandi – Jagadish Gudagunti (BJP) vs Anand Siddu Nyamagouda (Congress) vs Yakoob Kapdewal (JDS)
  23. Bilgi – Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani (BJP) vs J.T. Patil (Congress) vs Rukmuddin Saudagar (JDS)
  24. Badami – Shantha Gowda Patil (BJP) vs Bheemasen B. Chimmannakatti (Congress) vs Hanumanthappa B. Mavinamarad (JDS)
  25. Bagalkot – Veerabhadrayya Charantimath (BJP) vs Hullappa Y. Meti (Congress) vs Dr Devaraj Patil (JDS)
  26. Hungund – Doddanagouda G Patil (BJP) vs Vijayanand S. Kashappanavar (Congress) vs Shivappa Bholi (JDS)
  27. Muddebihal – AS Patil Nadahalli (BJP) vs Appaji Alias CS Nadagowda (Congress) vs Basavaraj Bhajanthri (JDS)
  28. Babaleshwar – Vijugouda S Patil (BJP) vs (Congress) vs Basavaraj Honawada (JDS)
  29. Bijapur City – B R Patil (Yatnal) (BJP) vs Abdul Hameed Kajasaheb Mushrif (Congress) vs Mahabari (JDS)
  30. Sindgi – Ramesh Bhusanur (BJP) vs Ashok M. Managuli (Congress) vs Vishalakshi Shivanand Patil (JDS)
  31. Afzalpur – Malikaiah Guttedar (BJP) vs M.Y. Patil (Congress) vs Shivakumar Natekar (JDS)
  32. Jewargi – Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi (BJP) vs Dr Ajay Dharam Singh (Congress) vs Doddappa Gowda Shivalingappa Gowda (JDS)
  33. Shorapur (ST) – Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) (BJP) vs Rajavenkatappa Naik (Congress) vs Shravan Kumar Nayak (JDS)
  34. Shahapur – Ameenreddy Yalagi (BJP) vs Sharanabasappa Gowda (Congress) vs Gurulingappa Gowda (JDS)
  35. Yadgir – Venkatareddy Mudnal (BJP) vs Channareddy Patil Tunnur (Congress) vs A B Malaka Reddy (JDS)
  36. Chittapur (SC) – Manikanta Rathod (BJP) vs Priyank Kharge (Congress) vs Subhash Chandra Rathod (JDS)
  37. Chincholi (SC) – Dr. Avinash Jadhav (BJP) vs Subash V. Rathod (Congress) vs Sanjeev Yakapur (JDS)
  38. Gulbarga Rural (SC) – Basavaraj Mattimod (BJP) vs Revu Naik Belamagi (Congress) vs JDS supporting CPI
  39. Gulbarga Dakshin – Dattatraya Patil Revoor (BJP) vs Allamaprabhu Patil (Congress) vs Krishna Reddy (JDS)
  40. Gulbarga Uttar – Chandrakant Patil (BJP) vs Kaneez Fatima (Congress) vs Naseer Hussain Ustad (JDS)
  41. Aland – Subhash Guttedar (BJP) vs BR Patil (Congress) vs Maheshwari Wale (JDS)
  42. Basavakalyan – Sharanu Salagar (BJP) vs Vijay Dharam Singh (Congress) vs Sanjiv Kumar (JDS)
  43. Humnabad – Siddu Patil (BJP) vs Rajashekar B Patil (Congress) vs CM Fayaz (JDS)
  44. Bidar South – Dr. Shailendra Beldale (BJP) vs Ashok Kheny (Congress) vs Bandeppa Khasempur (JDS)
  45. Aurad (SC) – Prabhu Chavan (BJP) vs Dr. Shinde Bhimsen Rao (Congress) vs Jaysingh Rathore (JDS)
  46. Raichur Rural (ST) – Tipparaju Havaldar (BJP) vs Basanagouda Daddal (Congress) vs Narasimha Nayak (JDS)
  47. Raichur – Dr. Shivaraj Patil (BJP) vs Mohammed Shalam (Congress) vs Vinay Kumar E (JDS)
  48. Devedurga (ST) – K Shivanagouda Nayak (BJP) Shreedevi R. Nayak (Congress) vs Karemma G Nayak (JDS)
  49. Lingasuru (SC) – Manappa D Vajjal (BJP) vs Durgappa S. Hoolageri (Congress) vs Siddu Bandi
  50. Sindhanur – K Kariyappa (BJP) vs Hampan Gowda Badarli (Congress) vs Venkatarao Nadagowda (JDS)
  51. Maski (ST) – Pratapgouda Patil (BJP) vs Basanagouda Thurvihal (Congress) vs Raghavendra Nayak (JDS)
  52. Kushtagi – Doddanagouda Patil (BJP) vs Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur (Congress) vs Sharanappa Kumbara (JDS)
  53. Kanakagiri (SC) – Basavaraj Dadesaguru (BJP) vs Shivaraj Sangappa Thangadagi (Congress) vs Rajgopal (JDS)
  54. Yelburga – Halappa Basappa Achar (BJP) vs Basavaraj Rayareddi (Congress) vs Mallanagowda Siddapa Konanagowda (JDS)
  55. Shirahatti (SC) – Dr. Chandru Lamani (BJP) vs Sujatha N. Doddamani (Congress) vs Hanumanthappa Nayak (JDS)
  56. Gadag – Anil Menasinakai (BJP) vs H.K. Patil (Congress) vs Venjangowda Govindagowdar (JDS)
  57. Nargund – C.C. Patil (BJP) vs B.R. Yavagal (Congress) vs Rudragowda Ningangowda Patil (JDS)
  58. Navalgund – Shankar Patil Munenakoppa (BJP) vs N.H. Konareddy (Congress) vs Kallapa Nagappa Gaddi (JDS)
  59. Kundgol – M R Patil (BJP) vs Kusumavathi C. Shivalli (Congress) vs Hazarati Ali Allasab (JDS)
  60. Dharwad – Amrut Ayyappa Desai (BJP) vs Vinay Kulkarni (Congress) vs Manjunath Lakshman Hagedar (JDS)
  61. Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) – Arvind Bellad (BJP) vs Prasad Abbayya (Congress) vs Veerabhadrappa (JDS)
  62. Hubli-Dharwad-West – Dr. Kranti Kiran (BJP) vs Deepak Chinchore (Congress) vs Gururaj Hunsemarad (JDS)
  63. Haliyal – Sunil Hegde (BJP) vs R.V.Deshapande (Congress) vs SL Ghotnekar (JDS)
  64. Karwar – Rupali Santosh Nayak (BJP) vs Satish Krishna Sail (Congress) vs Chaitra Kotakar (JDS)
  65. Kumta – Dinakar Shetty (BJP) vs Nivedit Alva (Congress) vs Suraj Naik (JDS)
  66. Bhatkal – Sunil Baliya Nayak (BJP) vs Mankal Subba Vidya (Congress) vs Nagendra Naik (JDS)
  67. Sirsi – Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP) vs Bhimanna Naik (Congress) vs Upendra Pal (JDS)
  68. Yellapur – Shivaram Hebbar (BJP) vs V.S. Patil (Congress) vs Nagesh Naik (JDS)
  69. Byadgi – Virupakshappa Ballari (BJP) vs Basavaraj N. Shivannanar (Congress) vs Sunitha S Pujar (JDS)
  70. Hirekerur – B.C. Patil (BJP) vs U.B. Banakar (Congress) vs Jayanand Javannavar (JDS)
  71. Ranibennur – Arun Kumar Pujar (BJP) vs Prakash K. Koliwad (Congress) vs Manjunath Gowdar (JDS)
  72. Hadagalli (SC) – Krishna Naik (BJP) vs P.T. Parameshwara Naik (Congress) vs K Putresh (JDS)
  73. Vijayanagara – Siddharth Singh (BJP) vs H.R. Gaviyappa (Congress) vs
  74. Kampli (ST) – T H Suresh Babu (BJP) vs J.N. Ganesh (Congress) vs Raju Naik (JDS)
  75. Siruguppa (ST) – M.S. Somalingappa (BJP) vs B.M. Nagraj (Congress) vs Parameshwar Nayak (JDS)
  76. Bellary (ST) – B. Sriramulu (BJP) vs B. Nagendra (Congress) vs
  77. Bellary City – Gali Somashekhara Reddy (BJP) vs Nara Bharath Reddy (Congress) vs Anil Lad (JDS)
  78. Sandur (ST) – Shilpa Raghavendra (BJP) vs E. Thukaram (Congress) vs N Somappa (JDS)
  79. Kudligi (ST) – Lokesh V Nayaka (BJP) vs Dr. Srinivas NT (Congress) vs Kodihalli Bheemappa (JDS)
  80. Molakalmuru (ST) – S. Thippeswamy (BJP) vs N.Y. Gopalakrishna (Congress) vs Veerbhadrappa (JDS)
  81. Challakere (ST) – Anilkumar (BJP) vs T. Raghumurthy (Congress) vs Raveesh (JDS)
  82. Chitradurga – G H Thippareddy (BJP) vs K.C. Veerendra (Pappy) (Congress) vs Raghu Achar (JDS)
  83. Hiriyur – K. Poornima Srinivas (BJP) vs D. Sudhakar (Congress) vs Raveendrappa (JDS)
  84. Hosadurga – S Lingamurthy (BJP) vs Govindappa B.G. (Congress) vs M Thippeswamy (JDS)
  85. Holalkere (SC) – M. Chandrappa (BJP) vs Anjaneya H (Congress) vs Indrajit Naik (JDS)
  86. Jagalur (ST) – S V Ramachandra (BJP) vs B. Devendrappa (Congress) vs Deveraj (JDS)
  87. Harihar – B.P. Harish (BJP) vs Nandagavi Srinivas (Congress) vs HS Shivashankar (JDS)
  88. Honnali – M P Renukacharya (BJP) vs D.G. Shanthana Gowda (Congress) vs Shivamurthy Gouda (JDS)
  89. Shimoga Rural (SC) – Ashok Nayak (BJP) vs Dr. Sreenivas Kariyanna (Congress) vs Shrada Puryanaik (JDS)
  90. Bhadravati – Mangoti Rudresh (BJP) vs Sangameshwara B.K. (Congress) vs Sharada Appajigowda (JDS)
  91. Tirthahalli – Araga Jnanendra (BJP) vs Kimmane Rathnakar (Congress) vs Rajaram (JDS)
  92. Shikaripur – BY Vijayendra (BJP) vs G.B. Malatesh (Congress) vs
  93. Sorab – Kumar Bangarappa (BJP) vs S. Madhu Bangarappa (Congress) vs Baasur Chandregowda (JDS)
  94. Sagar – Haratalu H. Halappa (BJP) vs Gopalakrishnna Bulur (Congress) vs Zakir (JDS)
  95. Kundapura – Kiran Kumar Kodgi (BJP) vs M. Dinesh Hegde (Congress) vs Ramesh Kundapura (JDS)
  96. Udupi – Yashpal Suvarna (BJP) vs Prasadraj Kanchan (Congress) vs Dakshat R Shetty (JDS)
  97. Kapu – Gurme Suresh Shetty (BJP) vs Vinaya Kumar Sorake (Congress) vs Sabeena Samad (JDS)
  98. Karkal – V. Sunil Kumar (BJP) vs Uday Shetty (Congress) vs Srikant K (JDS)
  99. Sringeri – D. N. Jeevaraj (BJP) vs T.D. Rajegowda (Congress) vs Sudhakar S Shetty (JDS)
  100. Chikmagalur – C T Ravi (BJP) vs H.D. Thammaiah (Congress) vs Thimashetty (JDS)
  101. Tarikere – D S Suresh (BJP) vs G.H. Srinivasa (Congress) vs
  102. Kadur – K S Prakash (BJP) vs Anand K.S (Congress) vs YSD Datta (JDS)
  103. Chikkanayakanahalli – J.C. Madhuswamy (BJP) vs CB Suresh Babu (JDS)
  104. Tiptur – B.C. Nagesh (BJP) vs K Shadakshari (Congress) vs Shanta Kumar (JDS)
  105. Turuvekere – Masala Jayaram (BJP) vs Kanthraj B.M (Congress) vs MT Krishnappa (JDS)
  106. Kunigal – D Krishna Kumar (BJP) vs Dr. H.D. Ranganath (Congress) vs Ravi B (JDS)
  107. Tumkur City – G.B. Jyothi Ganesh (BJP) vs Iqbal Ahmed (Congress) vs Govindraju (JDS)
  108. Tumkur Rural – B Suresh Gowda (BJP) vs G.H. Shanmukhappa Yadav (Congress) vs DC Gowrishankar (JDS)
  109. Koratagere (SC) – Anil Kumar, Retd. IAS (BJP) vs Dr. G. Parameshwara (Congress) vs PR Sudhakarlal (JDS)
  110. Sira – Dr. Rajesh Gowda (BJP) vs T.B. Jaya Chandra (Congress) vs R Ugresh (JDS)
  111. Pavagada (SC) – Krishna Nayak (BJP) vs H.V. Venkatesh (Congress) vs KM Thimmarayappa (JDS)
  112. Madhugiri – LC Nagaraj (BJP) vs K.N. Rajanna (Congress) vs M V Veerabhadraiah (JDS)
  113. Gauribidanur – Dr. Shashidhar (BJP) vs Shivashankar Reddy N.H (Congress) vs Narasimha Murthy (JDS)
  114. Bagepalli – C Muniraju (BJP) vs S.N. Subba Reddy (Congress) vs JDS supporing CPI-M
  115. Chikkaballapur – Dr. K. Sudhakar (BJP) vs Pradeep Eshwar Ayyar ‘PE’ (Congress) vs KP Bachegowda (JDS)
  116. Chintamani – Venu Gopal (BJP) vs Dr. M.C. Sudhakar (Congress) vs M Krishna Reddy (JDS)
  117. Srinivaspur – Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy (BJP) vs K.R. Ramesh Kumar (Congress) vs GK Venkatashiva Reddy (JDS)
  118. Mulbagal (SC) – Shigehalli Sundar (BJP) vs B C Muddugangadhar (Congress) vs SAmruddi Manjunath
  119. Bangarapet (SC) – M. Narayanswamy (BJP) vs S.N. Narayanaswamy (Congress) vs M. Mallesh Babu (JDS)
  120. Kolar – Varthur Prakash (BJP) vs Kothur G. Manjunath (Congress) vs CMR Srinath (JDS)
  121. Malur – KS Manjunath Gowda (BJP) vs K.Y. Nanje Gowda (Congress) vs JE Ramegowda (JDS)
  122. Yelahanka – S.R. Vishwanath (BJP) vs Keshava Rajanna B (Congress) vs Munegowda (JDS)
  123. K.R. Pura – BA Basavaraj (BJP) vs D K Mohan (Congress) vs C Venkatachalapathi (JDS) vs H T Manjunath (JDS)
  124. Byatarayanapura – Thammesh Gowda (BJP) vs Krishna Byregowda (Congress) vs P Nagaraju (JDS)
  125. Yeshvanthapura – S.T. Somashekar (BJP) vs S. Balraj Gowda (Congress) vs TN Jayarayigowda (JDS)
  126. Rajarajeshwarinagar – Munirathna Naidu (BJP) vs Kusuma H (Congress) vs Dr Narayanswamy (JDS)
  127. Dasarahalli – S Muniraju (BJP) vs Dhanajaya Gangadharaiah (Congress) vs R. Manjunatha (JDS)
  128. Mahalakshmi Layout – K. Gopalaiah (BJP) vs Keshava Murthy (Congress) vs Rajanna (JDS)
  129. Malleshwaram – C.N. Ashwathnarayana (BJP) vs Anup lyengar (Congress) vs Utkarsh (JDS)
  130. Pulakeshinagar (SC) – Murali (BJP) vs A C Srinivasa (Congress) vs Anuradha (JDS)
  131. Sarvagnanagar – Padmanabha Reddy (BJP) vs K.J. George (Congress) vs Mohammed Mustafa (JDS)
  132. C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) – S. Raghu (BJP) vs S. Anand Kumar (Congress) vs JDS supporting RPI
  133. Shivajinagar – N. Chandra (BJP) vs Rizwan Arshad (Congress) vs
  134. Shanti Nagar – Shiva Kumar (BJP) vs N.A. Haris (Congress) vs Manjunath Gowda (JDS)
  135. Gandhi Nagar – A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda (BJP) vs Dinesh Gundu Rao (Congress) vs V.Narayanaswamy (JDS)
  136. Rajaji Nagar – S. Suresh Kumar (BJP) vs Puttanna (Congress) vs Dr Anjanapa (JDS)
  137. Vijay Nagar – H Raveendra (BJP) vs M. Krishnamppa (Congress) vs JDS supporting RPI
  138. Chamrajpet – Bhaskar Rao, IPS (BJP) vs B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan (Congress) vs Govind Raju (JDS)
  139. Chickpet – Uday Garudachar (BJP) vs R.V. Devaraju (Congress) vs Imran Pasha (JDS)
  140. Basavanagudi – Ravisubramanya (BJP) vs U.B. Venkatesh (Congress) vs Aramane Shankar (JDS)
  141. Padmanaba Nagar – R. Ashoka (BJP) vs V. Raghunatha Naidu (Congress) vs B Manjunath (JDS)
  142. B.T.M. Layout – Sridhar Reddy (BJP) vs Ramalinga Reddy (Congress) vs Venkatesh (JDS)
  143. Jayanagar – C K Ramamurthy Shri Sathish Reddy (BJP) vs Sowmya R (Congress) vs Kale Gowda (JDS)
  144. Bommanahalli – Sathish Reddy (BJP) vs Umapathi Srinivas Gowda (Congress) vs Narayanaraju (JDS)
  145. Bangalore South – M Krishnappa (BJP) vs R.K. Ramesh (Congress) vs Rajagopal Reddy (JDS)
  146. Anekal (SC) – Hullalli Srinivas (BJP) vs B. Shivanna (Congress) vs KP Raju (JDS)
  147. Hosakote – M.T.B. Nagraj (BJP) vs Sharath Kumar Bachegowda (Congress) vs
  148. Devanahalli (SC) – Pilla Munishamappa (BJP) vs K.H. Muniyappa (Congress) vs Nisarga Narayanaswamy (JDS)
  149. Doddaballapur – Dhiraj Muniraju (BJP) vs T. Venkataramaiah (Congress) vs Munegowda B (JDS)
  150. Nelamangala (SC) – Sapthagiri Naik (BJP) vs Srinivasaiah N (Congress) vs K Srinivasamurthy (JDS)
  151. Magadi – Prasad Gowda (BJP) vs H.C. Balakrishna (Congress) vs A. Manjunath (JDS)
  152. Ramanagaram – Goutham Gowda (BJP) vs Iqbal Hussain HA (Congress) vs Nikhil Kumaraswamy (JDS)
  153. Kanakapura – R. Ashok (BJP) vs D.K. Shivakumar (Congress) vs Nagaraju (JDS)
  154. Channapatna – CP Yogeshwar (BJP) vs Gangadhar S. (Congress) vs HD Kumaraswamy (JDS)
  155. Malavalli (SC) – Muniraju (BJP) vs P.M. Narendraswamy (Congress) vs Dr. K. Annadani (JDS)
  156. Maddur – S P Swamy (BJP) vs K.M. Uday (Congress) vs DC Thammanna (JDS)
  157. Melukote – Dr. Indresh Kumar (BJP) vs Darshan Puttannaiah of Sarvodaya Karnataka Party (Congress) vs CS Puttaraju (JDS)
  158. Mandya City – Ashok Jayaram (BJP) vs P. Ravikumar (Congress) vs BR Ramachandra (JDS)
  159. Shrirangapattana – Indavalu Sachidananda (BJP) vs A. B. Ramesh Bandisiddegowda (Congress) vs AS Ravindra Srikantaiah (JDS)
  160. Nagamangala – Sudha Shivaram (BJP) vs N. Chaluvarayaswamy (Congress) vs Suresh Gowda (JDS)
  161. Krishnarajpet – Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda (BJP) vs B.L. Devraja (Congress) vs
  162. Belur – Hullalli K Suresh (BJP) vs B. Shivram (Congress) vs KS Lingesh (JDS)
  163. Hassan – J Preetham Gowda (BJP) vs Banavasi Rangaswamy (Congress) vs Swaroop Prakash (JDS)
  164. Holenarasipur – Devaraje Gowda (BJP) vs Shreyas M. Patel (Congress) vs HD Revanna (JDS)
  165. Arkalgud – Yoga Ramesh (BJP) vs H P Sridhar Gowda (Congress) vs A Manju (JDS)
  166. Sakleshpur (SC) – Cement Manju (BJP) vs Murali Mohan (Congress) vs HK Kumaraswamy (JDS)
  167. Belthangady – Harish Poonja (BJP) vs Rakshith Shivaram (Congress) vs Ashraf Ali (JDS)
  168. Moodabidri – Umanath Kotian (BJP) vs Mithun M. Rai (Congress) vs Amarashri (JDS)
  169. Mangalore City North – Y. Bharat Shetty (BJP) vs Inayath Ali (Congress) vs Mohiddin Bava (JDS)
  170. Mangalore City South – Vedavyas Kamath (BJP) vs John Richard Lobo (Congress) vs Sumathi S Hegde (JDS)
  171. Mangalore – Sathish Kumpala (BJP) vs U.T. Abdul Khader Ali Fareed (Congress) vs Althaf Kumpal (JDS)
  172. Bantval – Rajesh Naik (BJP) vs Ramanatha Rai B (Congress) vs Prakash Rapayal Golms (JDS)
  173. Puttur – Asha Thimmappa (BJP) vs Ashok Kumar Rai (Congress) vs Divya Prabha (JDS)
  174. Sullia (SC) – Bhagirathi Murulya (BJP) vs Krishnappa G (Congress) vs Venkatesh HN (JDS)
  175. Madikeri – M P Appachu Ranjan (BJP) vs Dr. Mantar Gowda (Congress) vs M N Muthappa (JDS)
  176. Virajpet – K G Bopaiah (BJP) vs A.S. Ponnanna (Congress) vs Mansoor Ali (JDS)
  177. Piriyapatna – C. H. Vijayashankar (BJP) vs K. Ventakesh (Congress) vs K Mahadev (JDS)
  178. Krishnarajanagara – Venkatesh Hosalli (BJP) vs D. Ravishankar (Congress) vs S R Mahesh (JDS)
  179. Hunsur – Devarahalli Somashekhar (BJP) vs H.P. Manjunath (Congress) vs Harish Gowda (JDS)
  180. Nanjangud (SC) – B. Harshavardhan (BJP) vs Darshan Dhruvyanarayana (Congress) vs JDS supporting Congress
  181. Chamundeshwari – Kaveesh Gowda (BJP) vs Siddhegowda (Congress) vs GT Deve Gowda (JDS)
  182. Chamaraja – L. Nagendra (BJP) vs K. Harish Gowda (Congress) vs HK Ramesh (JDS)
  183. Narasimharaja – Sandesh Swami (BJP) vs Tanveer Salt (Congress) vs Abdul Kadal Shahid (JDS)
  184. Varuna – V. Somanna (BJP) vs Siddaramaiah (Congress) vs Dr Bharathi Shankar (JDS)
  185. T. Narasipur (SC) – Dr. Revanna (BJP) vs H. C. Mahadevappa (Congress) vs Ashwinkumar (JDS)
  186. Hanur – Dr. Preetham Nagappa (BJP) vs R. Narendra (Congress) vs Manjunatha (JDS)
  187. Kollegal (SC) – N. Mahesh (BJP) vs A.R. Krishna Murthy (Congress) vs Puttaswami (JDS)
  188. Chamarajanagar – V. Somanna (BJP) vs C. Puttaranga Shetty (Congress) vs Mallikarjun Swamy (JDS)
  189. Gundlupet – C.S. Niranjan Kumar (BJP) vs H.M. Ganesh Parasad (Congress) vs Kadabur Manjunath (JDS)
  190. Devara Hippargi – Somanagouda Patil (Sasanur) (BJP) vs Sharanappa T. Sunagar (Congress) vs Rajugowda Patil (JDS)
  191. Basavana Bagevadi – SK Bellubbi (BJP) vs Shivanada Patil (Congress) vs Sommanagowda Patil (JDS)
  192. Indi – Kasagouda Biradar (BJP) vs Yashvanth Rayagoud V Patil (Congress) vs BD Patil (JDS)
  193. Gurmitkal – Kum. Lalitha Anapur (BJP) vs Baburao Chinchansur (Congress) vs Sharan Gowda (JDS)
  194. Bidar – Eshwar Singh Thakur (BJP) vs Rahim Khan (Congress) vs Suryakant Nagaramarapalli (JDS)
  195. Bhalki – Prakash Khandre (BJP) vs Eshwar Khandre (Congress) vs Rauf Patel (JDS)
  196. Gangawati – Paranna Munavalli (BJP) vs Iqbal Ansari (Congress) vs HR Chennakeshav (JDS)
  197. Kalghatgi – Nagaraj Chabbi (BJP) vs Santosh S. Lad (Congress) vs Veerappa Sheegehatti (JDS)
  198. Hangal – Shivaraj Sajjanar (BJP) vs Srinivas V. Mane (Congress) vs Manohar Tahsildar (JDS)
  199. Haveri (SC) – Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar (BJP) vs Rudrappa Lamani (Congress) vs Tukaram Malagi (JDS)
  200. Harapanahalli – Karunakara Reddy (BJP) vs N. Kotresh (Congress) vs NM Noor Ahmed (JDS)
  201. Davanagere North – Lokikere Nagaraj (BJP) vs S.S. Mallikarjun (Congress) vs
  202. Davanagere South – Ajay Kumar (BJP) vs Shamanur Shivashankrappa (Congress) vs Amanulla Khan (JDS)
  203. Mayakonda (SC) – Basavaraja Naik (BJP) vs K.S. Basavaraju (Congress) vs Anandappa (JDS)
  204. Channagiri – Shiv Kumar (BJP) vs Basavaraju V. Shivaganga (Congress) vs Tejashwi Patel (JDS)
  205. Byndoor – Gururaj Gantihole (BJP) vs K Gopal Pujari (Congress) vs Mansooru Ibrahim (JDS)
  206. Mudigere (SC) – Deepak Doddalah (BJP) vs Nayana Jyothi Jhawar (Congress) vs MP Kumaraswamy (JDS)
  207. Gubbi – SD Dileep Kumar (BJP) vs S.R. Srinivas (Congress) vs Nagaraju (JDS)
  208. Sidlaghatta – Ramachandra Gowda (BJP) vs B V Rajeev Gowda (Congress) vs BN Ravi Kumar (JDS)
  209. Kolar Gold Field (SC) – Ashwini Sampangi (BJP) vs Roopakala M (Congress) vs
  210. Shravanabelagola- Chidananda (BJP) vs M.A. Gopalaswamy (Congress) vs Balakrishna C N(JDS)
  211. Arsikere – GV Basavaraju (BJP) vs K.M. Shivalinge Gowda (Congress) vs N R Santhosh (JDS)
  212. Heggadadevankote (ST) – Krishna Naik (BJP) vs Anil Kumar C (Congress) vs C Jayaprakash (JDS)
  213. Nagthan (SC) – Sanjeev Aihole (BJP) vs Vitthal Katakadhond (Congress) vs Devananda P Chavan (JDS)
  214. Sedam – Rajkumar Patil (BJP) vs Dr. Sharanaprakash Patil (Congress) vs Balaraj Guttedar (JDS)
  215. Koppal – Manjula Amaresh (BJP) vs K. Raghavendra (Congress) vs Chandrasekhar (JDS)
  216. Ron – Kalakappa Bandi (BJP) vs G.S Patil (Congress) vs Mukdum Saab Mudhol (JDS)
  217. Hubli-Dharwad-Central – Mahesh Tenginakai (BJP) vs Jagadish Shettar (Congress) vs Siddalingeshgowda Odeyar (JDS)
  218. Hagaribommanahalli (SC) – B. Ramanna (BJP) vs L.B.P. Bheema Naik (Congress) vs Nemiraj Nayak (JDS)
  219. Hebbal – Katta Jagadish (BJP) vs Suresha B.S (Congress) vs Mohd Syed Altaf (JDS)
  220. Govindraj Nagar – Umesh Shetty (BJP) vs Priyakrishnna (Congress) vs R. Prakash (JDS)
  221. Mahadevapura (SC) – Manjula Aravind Limbavali (BJP) vs Nagesh T (Congress) vs JDS supporting RPI
  222. Krishnaraja – Srivatsa (BJP) vs D. Ravishankar (Congress) vs
  223. Manvi (ST) – B V Nayak (BJP) vs G. Hampayya Nayak (Congress) vs Raja Venkatappa Naik (JDS)
  224. Shivamogga – Channabasappa (BJP) vs Ayanur Manjunath (JDS)
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The last day for filing nominations is April 20 and last day of withdrawal of nominations is April 24. The term of the current Karnataka Assembly is set to end on May 24. There are a total of 5.21 crore voters in the state, which includes 2.59 women voters and 2.62 crore male voters. Of the total voters, 16,976 are above the age of 100, 4,699 are third gender and 9.17 lakh are first-time voters, the Election Commission said.

In the 2018 Karnataka elections, the BJP got 104 seats and emerged as the single largest party, but had failed to cross the halfway mark of 112 in the 224-member Assembly. The Congress had won 78 seats and Janata Dal (Secular) had come third winning 38 seats.

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