Bengaluru, April 25: The Bhartiya Janata Party has geared up for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Election 2023. With the announcement of its fourth and final list of candidates for the Karnataka elections, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to claim the majority in the 224-member state Assembly. The saffron party, which aims to return to power in Kannada state, has launched a full-fledged campaign with big names like Amit Shah and JP Nadda holding rallies. PM Narendra Modi is also scheduled to mark his presence with roadshows in the poll-bound state. Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: PM Narendra Modi’s Rally on April 29, BJP Gears Up for Power-Packed Campaign.

The Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 is a three-cornered battle between BJP, Congress and JD(U), where the saffron party hopes to continue its stint in power. Incumbent CM and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai will contest from the Shiggaon constituency, Ramesh Jarakiholi will be contesting from the Gokak seat, Abhay Patil to contest from Belgaum Dakshin seat, former CM BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra is contesting from Shikaripur seat. Amit Shah Defends Scrapping 4% Quota for Muslims in Karnataka, Says BJP Never Believed in ‘Religion-Based Reservation’.

BJP Candidates and Their Constituencies:

Sl. No. and Name of Legislative Assembly Name of Candidate
1 83 Shiggaon Basavaraj Bommai
2 1 Nippani Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle
3 2 Chikkodi – Sadalga Ramesh Katti
4 3 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli
5 4 Kagwad Shrimant Balasaheb Patil
6 5 Kudachi (SC) P. Rajeev
7 6 Raybag (SC) Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole
8 7 Hukkeri Nikhil Katti
9 8 Arabhavi Balachandra Jarakiholi
10 9 Gokak Ramesh Jarakiholi
11 10 Yemkanmardi (ST) Basavaraj Hundri
12 11 Belgaum Uttar Dr. Ravi Patil
13 12 Belgaum Dakshin Abhay Patil
14 13 Belgaum Rural Nagesh Mannolkar
15 14 Khanapur Vittal Halagekar
16 15 Kittur Mahantesh Doddagoudar
17 16 Bailhongal Jagdish Channappa Metgud
18 17 Saundatti Yellamma Ratna Vishwanath Mamani
19 18 Ramdurg Chikka Revanna
20 19 Mudhol (SC) Govind Karjol
21 20 Terdal Siddu Savadi
22 21 Jamkhandi Jagadish Gudagunti
23 22 Bilgi Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani
24 23 Badami Shantha Gowda Patil
25 24 Bagalkot Veerabhadrayya Charantimath
26 25 Hungund Doddanagouda G Patil
27 26 Muddebihal AS Patil Nadahalli
28 29 Babaleshwar Vijugouda S Patil
29 30 Bijapur City B R Patil (Yatnal)
30 33 Sindgi Ramesh Bhusanur
31 34 Afzalpur Malikaiah Guttedar
32 35 Jewargi Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi
33 36 Shorapur (ST) Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda)
34 37 Shahapur Ameenreddy Yalagi
35 38 Yadgir Venkatareddy Mudnal
36 40 Chittapur (SC) Manikanta Rathod
37 42 Chincholi (SC) Dr. Avinash Jadhav
38 43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) Shri Basavaraj Mattimod
39 44 Gulbarga Dakshin Dattatraya Patil Revoor
40 45 Gulbarga Uttar Chandrakant Patil
41 46 Aland Subhash Guttedar
42 47 Basavakalyan Sharanu Salagar
43 48 Humnabad Shri Siddu Patil
44 49 Bidar South Dr. Shailendra Beldale
45 52 Aurad (SC) Prabhu Chavan
46 53 Raichur Rural (ST) Tipparaju Havaldar
47 54 Raichur Dr. Shivaraj Patil
48 56 Devadurga (ST) K Shivanagouda Nayak
49 57 Lingsugur (SC) Manappa D Vajjal
50 58 Sindhanur K Kariyappa
51 59 Maski (ST) Pratapgouda Patil
52 60 Kushtagi Doddanagouda Patil
53 61 Kanakagiri (SC) Basavaraj Dadesaguru
54 63 Yelburga Halappa Basappa Achar
55 65 Shirahatti (SC) Dr. Chandru Lamani
56 66 Gadag Anil Menasinakai
57 68 Nargund C.C. Patil
58 69 Navalgund Shankar Patil Munenakoppa
59 70 Kundgol M R Patil
60 71 Dharwad Amrut Ayyappa Desai
61 72 Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) Dr. Kranti Kiran
62 74 Hubli-Dharwad-West Arvind Bellad
63 76 Haliyal Sunil Hegde
64 77 Karwar Rupali Santosh Nayak
65 78 Kumta Dinakar Shetty
66 79 Bhatkal Sunil Baliya Nayak
67 80 Sirsi Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
68 81 Yellapur Shivaram Hebbar
69 85 Byadgi Virupakshappa Ballari
70 86 Hirekerur B.C. Patil
71 87 Ranibennur Arun Kumar Pujar
72 88 Hadagalli (SC) Krishna Naik
73 90 Vijayanagara Siddharth Singh
74 91 Kampli (ST) T H Suresh Babu
75 92 Siruguppa (ST) Shri M.S. Somalingappa
76 93 Bellary (ST) Shri B. Sriramulu
77 94 Bellary City Shri Gali Somashekhara Reddy
78 95 Sandur (ST) Smt. Shilpa Raghavendra
79 96 Kudligi (ST) Shri Lokesh V Nayaka
80 97 Molakalmuru (ST) Shri S. Thippeswamy
81 98 Challakere (ST) Shri Anilkumar
82 99 Chitradurga Shri G H Thippareddy
83 100 Hiriyur Smt. K. Poornima Srinivas
84 101 Hosadurga Shri S Lingamurthy
85 102 Holalkere (SC) Shri M. Chandrappa
86 103 Jagalur (ST) Shri S V Ramachandra
87 105 Harihar Shri B.P. Harish
88 110 Honnali Shri M P Renukacharya
89 111 Shimoga Rural (SC) Shri Ashok Nayak
90 112 Bhadravati Shri Mangoti Rudresh
91 114 Tirthahalli Shri Araga Jnanendra
92 115 Shikaripur Shri BY Vijayendra
93 116 Sorab Shri Kumar Bangarappa
94 117 Sagar Shri Haratalu H. Halappa
95 119 Kundapura Shri Kiran Kumar Kodgi
96 120 Udupi Shri Yashpal Suvarna
97 121 Kapu Shri Gurme Suresh Shetty
98 122 Karkal Shri V. Sunil Kumar
99 123 Sringeri Shri D. N. Jeevaraj
100 125 Chikmagalur Shri C T Ravi
101 126 Tarikere Shri D S Suresh
102 127 Kadur Shri K S Prakash
103 128 Chikkanayakanahalli Shri J.C. Madhuswamy
104 129 Tiptur Shri B.C. Nagesh
105 130 Turuvekere Shri Masala Jayaram
106 131 Kunigal Shri D Krishna Kumar
107 132 Tumkur City Shri G.B. Jyothi Ganesh
108 133 Tumkur Rural Shri B Suresh Gowda
109 134 Koratagere (SC) Shri Anil Kumar, Retd. IAS
110 136 Sira Dr. Rajesh Gowda
111 137 Pavagada (SC) Shri Krishna Nayak
112 138 Madhugiri Shri L C Nagaraj
113 139 Gauribidanur Dr. Shashidhar
114 140 Bagepalli Shri C Muniraju
115 141 Chikkaballapur Dr. K. Sudhakar
116 143 Chintamani Shri Venu Gopal
117 144 Srinivaspur Shri Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy
118 145 Mulbagal (SC) Shri Shigehalli Sundar
119 147 Bangarapet (SC) Shri M. Narayanswamy
120 148 Kolar Shri Varthur Prakash
121 149 Malur Shri KS Manjunath Gowda
122 150 Yelahanka Shri S.R. Vishwanath
123 151 K.R. Pura Shri B.A. Basavaraj
124 152 Byatarayanapura Shri Thammesh Gowda
125 153 Yeshvanthapura Shri S.T. Somashekar
126 154 Rajarajeshwarinagar Shri Munirathna Naidu
127 155 Dasarahalli Shri S Muniraju
128 156 Mahalakshmi Layout Shri K. Gopalaiah
129 157 Malleshwaram Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayana
130 159 Pulakeshinagar (SC) Shri Murali
131 160 Sarvagnanagar Shri Padmanabha Reddy
132 161 C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) Shri S. Raghu
133 162 Shivajinagar Shri N. Chandra
134 163 Shanti Nagar Shri Shiva Kumar
135 164 Gandhi Nagar Shri A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda
136 165 Rajaji Nagar Shri S. Suresh Kumar
137 167 Vijay Nagar Shri H Raveendra
138 168 Chamrajpet Shri Bhaskar Rao, IPS
139 169 Chickpet Shri Uday Garudachar
140 170 Basavanagudi Shri Ravisubramanya
141 171 Padmanaba Nagar Shri R. Ashoka
142 172 B.T.M. Layout Shri Sridhar Reddy
143 173 Jayanagar Shri C K Ramamurthy
144 175 Bommanahalli Shri Sathish Reddy
145 176 Bangalore South Shri M Krishnappa
146 177 Anekal (SC) Shri Hullalli Srinivas
147 178 Hosakote Shri M.T.B. Nagraj
148 179 Devanahalli (SC) Shri Pilla Munishamappa
149 180 Doddaballapur Shri Dhiraj Muniraju
150 181 Nelamangala (SC) Shri Sapthagiri Naik
151 182 Magadi Shri Prasad Gowda
152 183 Ramanagaram Shri Goutham Gowda
153 184 Kanakapura Shri R. Ashok
154 185 Channapatna Shri CP Yogeshwar
155 186 Malavalli (SC) Shri Muniraju
156 187 Maddur Shri S P Swamy
157 188 Melukote Dr. Indresh Kumar
158 189 Mandya Shri Ashok Jayaram
159 190 Shrirangapattana Shri Indavalu Sachidananda
160 191 Nagamangala Smt. Sudha Shivaram
161 192 Krishnarajpet Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda
162 195 Belur Shri Hullalli K Suresh
163 196 Hassan Shri J Preetham Gowda
164 197 Holenarasipur Sri Devaraje Gowda
165 198 Arkalgud Shri Yoga Ramesh
166 199 Sakleshpur (SC) Shri Cement Manju
167 200 Belthangady Shri Harish Poonja
168 201 Moodabidri Shri Umanath Kotian
169 202 Mangalore City North Shri Y. Bharat Shetty
170 203 Mangalore City South Shri Vedavyas Kamath
171 204 Mangalore Shri Sathish Kumpala
172 205 Bantval Shri Rajesh Naik
173 206 Puttur Smt. Asha Thimmappa
174 207 Sullia (SC) Kum. Bhagirathi Murulya
175 208 Madikeri Shri M P Appachu Ranjan
176 209 Virajpet Shri K G Bopaiah
177 210 Piriyapatna Shri C. H. Vijayashankar
178 211 Krishnarajanagara Shri Venkatesh Hosalli
179 212 Hunsur Shri Devarahalli Somashekhar
180 214 Nanjangud (SC) Shri B. Harshavardhan
181 215 Chamundeshwari Shri Kaveesh Gowda
182 217 Chamaraja Shri L. Nagendra
183 218 Narasimharaja Shri Sandesh Swami
184 219 Varuna Shri V. Somanna
185 220 T. Narasipur (SC) Dr. Revanna
186 221 Hanur Dr. Preetham Nagappa
187 222 Kollegal (SC) Shri N. Mahesh
188 223 Chamarajanagar Shri V. Somanna
189 224 Gundlupet Shri C.S. Niranjan Kumar

The polling for the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 will take place on May 10 in a single phase. The result of the high-octane electoral battle will be declared on May 13. There are a total of 5.21 crore voters in Karnataka, which includes 2.59 women voters and 2.62 crore male voters.

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