key candidate

D.K. Shivakumar, 60, is the official candidate from Kanakapura, the constituency that has elected him in the last three Karnataka assembly elections in 2008, 2013 and 2018. Shivakumar is contesting against the ruling BJP's Vokkaliga face R Ashoka from Kanakapura. In his affidavit, Shivakumar has 19 criminal cases against him including 10 that relate to holding protests against the government.