Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Full List of BJP Candidates and Their Constituencies
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.
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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