The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced candidates for all the 224 Assembly constituencies in the poll-bound state of Karnataka, which is set to vote next Wednesday.
Some of the party's prominent candidates include incumbent chief minister Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon, V Somanna from Varuna and Chamarajanagar, Revenue Minister R Ashoka from Kanakapura, and BY Vijayendra, son of former CM and Lingayat strongman BS Yediyurappa, from Shikaripura, among others. Home minister Araga Jnanendra will be contesting from Tirthahalli, BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi from Chikkamagaluru and Education Minister BC Nagesh from Tiptur.
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The BJP left out a number of sitting MLAs and notable leaders from its candidates' lists, including Madal Virupakshappa, K S Eshwarappa, ex-chief minister Jagadish Shettar, Aravind Limbavali and Laxman Savadi, to name a few, triggering protests by their supporters. The party also saw a flood of resignations and retirements from the excluded leaders, namely six-time MLA S Angara from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district and BJP MLC R Shankar, among others.
Notable leaders Laxman Savadi and Jagadish Shettar jumped ship to join the Congress shortly after being denied tickets.
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Here is the list of BJP candidates for the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka:
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Here is the list of BJP candidates for the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka:
{{/usCountry}}| Sl. no. | Constituency | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiggaon | Basavaraj Bommai |
| 2 | Nippani | Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle |
| 3 | Chikkodi | Sadalga Ramesh Katti |
| 4 | Athani | Mahesh Kumathalli |
| 5 | Kagwad | Shrimant Balasaheb Patil |
| 6 | Kudachi (SC) | P. Rajeev |
| 7 | Raybag (SC) | Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole |
| 8 | Hukkeri | Nikhil Katti |
| 9 | Arabhavi | Balachandra Jarakiholi |
| 10 | Gokak | Ramesh Jarakiholi |
| 11 | Yemkanmardi (ST) | Basavaraj Hundri |
| 12 | Belgaum Uttar | Dr. Ravi Patil |
| 13 | Belgaum Dakshin | Abhay Patil |
| 14 | Belgaum Rural | Nagesh Mannolkar |
| 15 | Khanapur | Vittal Halagekar |
| 16 | Kittur | Mahantesh Doddagoudar |
| 17 | Bailhongal | Jagdish Channappa Metgud |
| 18 | Saundatti Yellamma | Ratna Vishwanath Mamani |
| 19 | Ramdurg | Chikka Revanna |
| 20 | Mudhol (SC) | Govind Karjol |
| 21 | Terdal | Siddu Savadi |
| 22 | Jamkhandi | Jagadish Gudagunti |
| 23 | Bilgi | Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani |
| 24 | Badami | Shantha Gowda Patil |
| 25 | Bagalkot | Veerabhadrayya Charantimath |
| 26 | Hungund | Doddanagouda G Patil |
| 27 | Muddebihal | AS Patil Nadahalli |
| 28 | Babaleshwar | Vijugouda S Patil |
| 29 | Bijapur City | B R Patil (Yatnal) |
| 30 | Sindagi | Ramesh Bhusanur |
| 31 | Afzalpur | Malikaiah Guttedar |
| 32 | Jewargi | Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi |
| 33 | Shorapur (ST) | Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) |
| 34 | Shahapur | Ameenreddy Yalagi |
| 35 | Yadgir | Venkatareddy Mudnal |
| 36 | Chittapur (SC) | Manikanta Rathod |
| 37 | Chincholi (SC) | Dr. Avinash Jadhav |
| 38 | Gulbarga Rural (SC) | Basavaraj Mattimod |
| 39 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Dattatraya Patil Revoor |
| 40 | Gulbarga Uttar | Chandrakant Patil |
| 41 | Aland | Subhash Guttedar |
| 42 | Basavakalyan | Sharanu Salagar |
| 43 | Humnabad | Siddu Patil |
| 44 | Bidar South | Dr. Shailendra Beldale |
| 45 | Aurad (SC) | Prabhu Chavan |
| 46 | Raichur Rural (ST) | Tipparaju Havaldar |
| 47 | Raichur | Dr. Shivaraj Patil |
| 48 | Devedurga (ST) | K Shivanagouda Nayak |
| 49 | Lingsugur (SC) | Manappa D Vajjal |
| 50 | Sindhanur | K Kariyappa |
| 51 | Maski (ST) | Pratapgouda Patil |
| 52 | Kushtagi | Doddanagouda Patil |
| 53 | Kanakagiri (SC) | Basavaraj Dadesaguru |
| 54 | Yelburga | Halappa Basappa Achar |
| 55 | Shirahatti (SC) | Dr. Chandru Lamani |
| 56 | Gadag | Anil Menasinakai |
| 57 | Nargund | C.C. Patil |
| 58 | Navalgund | Shankar Patil Munenakoppa |
| 59 | Kundgol | M R Patil |
| 60 | Dharwad | Amrut Ayyappa Desai |
| 61 | Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) | Arvind Bellad |
| 62 | Hubli-Dharwad-West | Dr. Kranti Kiran |
| 63 | Haliyal | Sunil Hegde |
| 64 | Karwar | Rupali Santosh Nayak |
| 65 | Kumta | Dinakar Shetty |
| 66 | Bhatkal | Sunil Baliya Nayak |
| 67 | Sirsi | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri |
| 68 | Yellapur | Shivaram Hebbar |
| 69 | Byadgi | Virupakshappa Ballari |
| 70 | Hirekerur | B.C. Patil |
| 71 | Ranibennur | Arun Kumar Pujar |
| 72 | Hadagalli (SC) | Krishna Naik |
| 73 | Vijayanagara | Siddharth Singh |
| 74 | Kampli (ST) | T H Suresh Babu |
| 75 | Siruguppa (ST) | M.S. Somalingappa |
| 76 | Bellary (ST) | B. Sriramulu |
| 77 | Bellary City | Gali Somashekhara Reddy |
| 78 | Sandur (ST) | Shilpa Raghavendra |
| 79 | Kudligi (ST) | Lokesh V Nayaka |
| 80 | Molakalmuru (ST) | S. Thippeswamy |
| 81 | Challakere (ST) | Anilkumar |
| 82 | Chitradurga | G H Thippareddy |
| 83 | Hiriyur | K. Poornima Srinivas |
| 84 | Hosadurga | S Lingamurthy |
| 85 | Holalkere (SC) | M. Chandrappa |
| 86 | Jagalur (ST) | S V Ramachandra |
| 87 | Harihar | B.P. Harish |
| 88 | Honnali | M P Renukacharya |
| 89 | Shimoga Rural (SC) | Ashok Nayak |
| 90 | Bhadravati | Mangoti Rudresh |
| 91 | Tirthahalli | Araga Jnanendra |
| 92 | Shikaripur | BY Vijayendra |
| 93 | Sorab | Kumar Bangarappa |
| 94 | Sagar | Haratalu H. Halappa |
| 95 | Kundapura | Kiran Kumar Kodgi |
| 96 | Udupi | Yashpal Suvarna |
| 97 | Kapu | Gurme Suresh Shetty |
| 98 | Karkal | V. Sunil Kumar |
| 99 | Sringeri | D. N. Jeevaraj |
| 100 | Chikmagalur | C T Ravi |
| 101 | Tarikere | D S Suresh |
| 102 | Kadur | K S Prakash |
| 103 | Chikkanayakanahalli | J C Madhuswamy |
| 104 | Tiptur | B.C. Nagesh |
| 105 | Turuvekere | Masala Jayaram |
| 106 | Kunigal | D Krishna Kumar |
| 107 | Tumkur City | G B Jyothi Ganesh |
| 108 | Tumkur Rural | B Suresh Gowda |
| 109 | Koratagere (SC) | Anil Kumar, Retd. IAS |
| 110 | Sira | Dr. Rajesh Gowda |
| 111 | Pavagada (SC) | Krishna Nayak |
| 112 | Madhugiri | LC Nagaraj |
| 113 | Gauribidanur | Dr. Shashidhar |
| 114 | Bagepalli | C Muniraju |
| 115 | Chikkaballapur | Dr. K. Sudhakar |
| 116 | Chintamani | Venu Gopal |
| 117 | Srinivaspur | Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy |
| 118 | Mulbagal (SC) | Shigehalli Sundar |
| 119 | Bangarapet (SC) | M. Narayanswamy |
| 120 | Kolar | Varthur Prakash |
| 121 | Malur | KS Manjunath Gowda |
| 122 | Yelahanka | S.R. Vishwanath |
| 123 | K R Puram | BA Basavaraj |
| 124 | Byatarayanapura | Thammesh Gowda |
| 125 | Yeshvanthapura | S T Somashekar |
| 126 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Munirathna Naidu |
| 127 | Dasarahalli | S Muniraju |
| 128 | Mahalakshmi Layout | K Gopalaiah |
| 129 | Malleshwaram | C N Ashwathnarayana |
| 130 | Pulakeshinagar (SC) | Murali |
| 131 | Sarvagnanagar | Padmanabha Reddy |
| 132 | C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) | S. Raghu |
| 133 | Shivajinagar | N. Chandra |
| 134 | Shanti Nagar | Shiva Kumar |
| 135 | Gandhi Nagar | A R Sapthagiri Gowda |
| 136 | Rajaji Nagar | S. Suresh Kumar |
| 137 | Vijay Nagar | H Raveendra |
| 138 | Chamrajpet | Bhaskar Rao, IPS |
| 139 | Chickpet | Uday Garudachar |
| 140 | Basavanagudi | Ravisubramanya |
| 141 | Padmanaba Nagar | R. Ashoka |
| 142 | B.T.M. Layout | Sridhar Reddy |
| 143 | Jayanagar | C K Ramamurthy |
| 144 | Bommanahalli | Sathish Reddy |
| 145 | Bangalore South | M Krishnappa |
| 146 | Anekal (SC) | Hullalli Srinivas |
| 147 | Hosakote | M.T.B. Nagraj |
| 148 | Devanahalli (SC) | Pilla Munishamappa |
| 149 | Doddaballapur | Dhiraj Muniraju |
| 150 | Nelamangala (SC) | Sapthagiri Naik |
| 151 | Magadi | Prasad Gowda |
| 152 | Ramanagara | Goutham Gowda |
| 153 | Kanakapura | R. Ashok |
| 154 | Channapatna | CP Yogeshwar |
| 155 | Malavalli (SC) | Muniraju |
| 156 | Maddur | S P Swamy |
| 157 | Melukote | Dr. Indresh Kumar |
| 158 | Mandya | Ashok Jayaram |
| 159 | Shrirangapattana | Indavalu Sachidananda |
| 160 | Nagamangala | Sudha Shivaram |
| 161 | Krishnarajpet | Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda |
| 162 | Belur | Hullalli K Suresh |
| 163 | Hassan | J Preetham Gowda |
| 164 | Holenarasipura | Devaraje Gowda |
| 165 | Arkalgud | Yoga Ramesh |
| 166 | Sakleshpur (SC) | Cement Manju |
| 167 | Belthangady | Harish Poonja |
| 168 | Moodabidri | Umanath Kotian |
| 169 | Mangalore City North | Y. Bharat Shetty |
| 170 | Mangalore City South | Vedavyas Kamath |
| 171 | Mangalore | Sathish Kumpala |
| 172 | Bantval | Rajesh Naik |
| 173 | Puttur | Asha Thimmappa |
| 174 | Sullia (SC) | Bhagirathi Murulya |
| 175 | Madikeri | M P Appachu Ranjan |
| 176 | Virajpet | K G Bopaiah |
| 177 | Piriyapatna | C. H. Vijayashankar |
| 178 | Krishnarajanagara | Venkatesh Hosalli |
| 179 | Hunsur | Devarahalli Somashekhar |
| 180 | Nanjangud (SC) | B. Harshavardhan |
| 181 | Chamundeshwari | Kaveesh Gowda |
| 182 | Chamaraja | L. Nagendra |
| 183 | Narasimharaja | Sandesh Swami |
| 184 | Varuna | V. Somanna |
| 185 | T. Narasipur (SC) | Dr. Revanna |
| 186 | Hanur | Dr. Preetham Nagappa |
| 187 | Kollegal (SC) | N. Mahesh |
| 188 | Chamarajanagar | V. Somanna |
| 189 | Gundlupet | C.S. Niranjan Kumar |
| 190 | Devar Hippargi | Somanagouda Patil (Sasanur) |
| 191 | Basavana Bagevadi | SK Bellubbi |
| 192 | Indi | Kasagouda Biradar |
| 193 | Gurmitkal | Lalitha Anapur |
| 194 | Bidar | Eshwar Singh Thakur |
| 195 | Bhalki | Prakash Khandre |
| 196 | Gangawati | Paranna Munavalli |
| 197 | Kalghatgi | Nagaraj Chabbi |
| 198 | Hangal | Shivaraj Sajjanar |
| 199 | Haveri (SC) | Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar |
| 200 | Harapanahalli | Karunakara Reddy |
| 201 | Davanagere North | Lokikere Nagaraj |
| 202 | Davanagere South | Ajay Kumar |
| 203 | Mayakonda (SC) | Basavaraja Naik |
| 204 | Channagiri | Shiv Kumar |
| 205 | Byndoor | Gururaj Gantihole |
| 206 | Mudigere (SC) | Deepak Doddaiah |
| 207 | Gubbi | SD Dileep Kumar |
| 208 | Sidlaghatta | Ramachandra Gowda |
| 209 | Kolar Gold Field (SC) | Ashwini Sampangi |
| 210 | Shravanabelagola | Chidananda |
| 211 | Arsikere | GV Basavaraju |
| 212 | Heggadadevankote | Krishna Naik |
| 213 | Nagthan (SC) | Sanjeev Aihole |
| 214 | Sedam | Rajkumar Patil |
| 215 | Koppal | Manjula Amaresh |
| 216 | Ron | Kalakappa Bandi |
| 217 | Hubli-Dharwad-Central | Mahesh Tenginakai |
| 218 | Hagaribommanahalli (SC) | B Ramanna |
| 219 | Hebbal | Katta Jagadish |
| 220 | Govindraj Nagar | Umesh Shetty |
| 221 | Mahadevapura (SC) | Manjula Aravind Limbavali |
| 222 | Krishnaraja | Srivatsa |
| 223 | Shivamogga | Channabasappa |
| 224 | Manvi | B V Nayak |
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