Karnataka bypolls: Final list of candidates from leading parties

Yellapur

Bhimanna Naik- Indian National Congress

Chaitra Gowda A- Janata Dal (Secular)

Hebbar Shivaram- BJP

Ranebennur

Krishnappa Koliwad- Indian National Congress

Mallikarjunappa- Janata Dal (Secular)

Arunkumar Guttur – BJP

Vijayanagara

Venkatrao Ghorpade – INC

NM Nabi -JD(S)

Anand Singh – BJP

Yesvantpur

ST Somashekar- BJP

P Nagaraj -INC

TN Javarayigowda- JDS

Mahalakshmi Layout

K. Gopalaiah- BJP

DR. Girish K Nashi-JDS

M. Shivaraju-INC

Vatal Nagraj- Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha

Chikkaballapura

K Sudhakar-BJP

M Anjanappa-Congress

Radhakrishna N-JDS

KR Puram

M Narayanaswamy-Congress

C Krishna Murthy-JDS

Byrati Basavaraj-BJP

Shivajinagar

Rizwan Arshad- Congress

Saravana-BJP

Tanveer Ahmed-JDS

KR Pete

KB Chandrashekar- Congress

Devaraj BL-JDS

KC Narayana Gowda- BJP

Hunsur

AH Vishwanath- BJP

Somashekar- JDS

H P Manjunath-Congress

Athani

Gananan Balachandra Mangasuli -Congress

Mahesh Kumatalli- BJP

Kagwad

Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage -Congress

Shrimanthagouda Patil- BJP

Shila Parasapa Tuga Shetty -JDS

Gokak

Lakhan Jarkiholi -Congress

Ramesh Jarkiholi- BJP

Ashok Pojari-JDS

Hirekerur

BC Patil- BJP

B H Bannikod-Congress

Hoskote

MTB Nagraj- BJP

Padmavathi Suresh-Congress

A total of 165 candidates are in the fray for December 5 by-polls to 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, poll officials said on Thursday.
Among 165 contesting candidates, 156 are men and 9 women. While Shivajinagar with 19 has the highest number of candidates in the fray, followed by Hoskote with 17; least number of candidates 7 each are in K R Pete and Yellapura.

Fifty-three out of total 218 validly nominated candidates have withdrawn their nominations till Thursday, the last day to do so, with highest number of 11 withdrawals in Hunsur constituency.

with PTI inputs