What happened in the 2018 elections, when the last polls were held?

The 2018 Assembly election results did not give any party a clear majority. After the results, the BJP was called to form the government as the single-largest party, with 104 MLAs in a House of 224. However, the Congress and JD(S) quickly came together and assembled 116 names (Congress 76, JD-S 37 and three independents) to remove it. Within a year though, the Congress-JD(S) had been toppled when 17 of their MLAs resigned from the Assembly — after being holed up in a resort in Mumbai leading up to this — and switched sides to the BJP. Karnataka BJP stalwart BS Yediyurappa became the chief minister but resigned on July 26, 2021. He was replaced by Basavaraj Bommai, who, like Yediyurappa, hails from the Lingayat community.

What is the main challenge for the BJP in Karnataka?

In both its terms in government (2008-13 and 2019 to date), the BJP did not win a clear majority in Karnataka, the only state it is in power in south India. But here is perhaps the biggest roadblock: Karnataka has never voted an incumbent back to power in 40 years.

What are some of the key conversations playing out ahead of the Karnataka polls?

Karnataka is by and large governed by specific, local factors. Hence, its caste-matrix and regional specificities have dominated the conversation at the time of the candidate selection and will likely do so going forward.

Who are the big players in Karnataka?

Naturally, the BJP, whose core base is said to be among the dominant Lingayat community. The Congress has a strong local cadre, with bastions across the state. Over the years, it has also found the backing from the SCs and STs in the state (Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is a tall Dalit Congress leader from the state). The Janata Dal (Secular) – the party of former prime minister Deve Gowda – has an influence in the old Mysuru region in the state's South. It is considered that the JD(S)'s best bet is another fractured verdict like in 2004 and 2018, which would place it - like before - in the kingmaker’s seat.

How important are the Lingayats?

At nearly 17 per cent of the population, Lingayats are believed to be the state’s single largest community and reside mostly in North and Central Karnataka districts. Until the 1990s, the Lingayats, followers of Basavanna, a social reformer, largely voted for the Congress. In 1989, it formed the government in the state with the largest majority ever, 179 out of the 224 seats in the Assembly, because of the Lingayat votes mobilised by Veerendra Patil. Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s dismissal of Patil in 1990 is said to have moved the Lingayats away from the Congress towards the BJP. This also led to the rise of BS Yediyurappa as the community’s face in the BJP. He remains its most popular leader, despite alleged attempts to sideline him. Congress, too, is trying hard to woo the Lingayat community with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading the outreach by visiting important pilgrimage sites for Lingayats, prominent mutts and more recently participating in Basava Jayanti celebrations.

What about the Vokkaligas?

Said to be the second-largest community in the state, they have historically voted either for the JD(S) or Congress. Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda and Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar are from the community. Several constituencies of the Vokkaliga heartland are bastions for the JD(S) and Congress, and BJP has stepped up its efforts to make inroads in the region during the upcoming election.

How have different parts of Karnataka voted over the years?

Kalyana Karnataka: Earlier called Hyderabad Karnataka, this part has remained a Congress stronghold. The party is working on improving its tally there this time, and is hoping the election of Kharge — who hails from the region — as the AICC president will generate a “wave” to further boost its prospects. Analysis of results across 40 constituencies of the region shows the Congress has won more than 50 per cent of these in the last two elections, while the BJP has lost some ground it had gained in the 2008 polls. Coastal Karnataka: The BJP produced a stirring performance in the coastal regions of Karnataka in 2018, winning 18 out of a total of 21 seats. It has been a saffron party stronghold. While the Congress could only manage to secure three seats, down from 13, JD(S) got zero. Bombay Karnataka: In 2018, the BJP won 30 out of the 50 seats here, in a reiterating signal of its support from the Lingayats. The Congress got 17 seats. Central Karnataka: It comprises a total of 32 constituencies and has kept offering rich dividends to the BJP over the last decade and a half. Save for the 2013 Assembly polls, the BJP has bagged the most seats in the region since 2008. In 2018, the BJP won 21 of the seats, the Congress seven and the JD(S) won four. Old Mysuru: This region has so far only seen close contests between the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular). When Union Minister Amit Shah launched the BJP’s Karnataka election campaign last December from Mandya in the southern part of the state, his underlying message for party workers was clear: make further inroads here. Across all of the state’s Assembly polls, the BJP has struggled to cross the double-digit mark in the 48 constituencies in the region’s eight districts. South Karnataka is dominated by the Vokkaliga community that has largely favoured either the JD(S) or the Congress over the years.

What about Bengaluru? Who performs well in the city?

The Congress has been faring better than the BJP in the Bengaluru Urban district, which comprises 28 seats, in the last two Assembly polls. But the 2017 defections that precipitated the fall of the JD(S) and Congress coalition government give the BJP a slight edge in the urban hub.

Are we looking at any Karnataka CM faces?

The BJP has so far not declared a CM face, just as the Congress. In Congress, though, the race is largely considered to be between Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah — who both have a strong group of loyalist party leaders rallying behind them.

KALAYAT Constituency Haryana Assembly Election 2024: Get KALAYAT Assembly Election details, party wise candidates list and vote share

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2019

Kamlesh Dhanda

2014

Bhai Jai Parkash (j.p.)

2009

Ram Pal

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Anita Dhull Badsikri Rs 25,34,391 ~ 25 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 53 Graduate Professional

Anurag Dhanda Rs 19,67,136 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Post Graduate

Ashish Rasila Rs 7,30,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 29 Graduate

Jitender Singh Alias Dhola Rs 2,70,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 12th Pass

Kamlesh Dhanda

Cases Age Education

0 57 12th Pass

Pritam Kolekhan Rs 83,75,000 ~ 83 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 59 12th Pass

Rajender Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 Doctorate

Rajesh Kumar Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 8th Pass

Rampal Majra Rs 57,45,766 ~ 57 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 69 Graduate Professional

Salinder Kumar

Cases Age Education

1 40 12th Pass

Sandeep Kotra Advocate Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 48 Post Graduate

Satvinder Singh Rana Rs 88,14,000 ~ 88 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 68 Graduate

Vikas Saharan Rs 1,39,42,843 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 35 Post Graduate

Vinod Nirmal Rs 23,82,054 ~ 23 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 57 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Kamlesh Dhanda Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 12th Pass

Bhumi Dev Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 12th Pass

Jai Parkash Rs 24,60,000 ~ 24 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 64 12th Pass

Jogi Ram Rs 92,36,000 ~ 92 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 55 Illiterate

Krishan

Cases Age Education

0 50 12th Pass

Lokesh Sharma Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 32 Graduate Professional

Om Parkash Rs 7,85,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 12th Pass

Praveen Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

Promila Sharan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate

Rakesh Singh

Cases Age Education

1 48 10th Pass

Ram Niwas Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

Satnarain Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 75 Illiterate

Satvinder Singh Rs 1,32,31,000 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 63 Graduate

Satywan Rs 1,60,591 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 10th Pass

Seema

Cases Age Education

0 30 8th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bhai Jai Parkash (j.p.) Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 12th Pass

Baljit Rs 5,50,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 10th Pass

Balvir Rs 49,20,000 ~ 49 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Not Given

Bhupender Singh Rs 4,10,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 10th Pass

Dharampal Sharma

Cases Age Education

0 58 Others

Dinesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate

Jai Prakash Rs 6,75,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 26 Graduate

Jogi Ram Rs 55,50,000 ~ 55 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 Illiterate

Karamvir Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

Kulvinder Kaur

Cases Age Education

0 40 10th Pass

Mahipal Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 43 10th Pass

Naresh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 34 10th Pass

Ram Pal Rs 17,93,699 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 59 Graduate Professional

Ranbir Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 51 8th Pass

Ranvir

Cases Age Education

0 54 10th Pass

Ranvir Singh Mann Rs 2,98,97,038 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

2 42 Graduate Professional

Satish Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Satpal Rs 63,81,240 ~ 63 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 10th Pass

Surender Rs 4,20,700 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 38 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Ram Pal

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate Professional

ANU Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate

BALDEV RAJ Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 10th Pass

Narsingh Dhanda Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 63 Graduate Professional

RAM KUMAR Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 Literate

RAM SINGH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 8th Pass

Ramesh Kumar Kurad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 Not Given

RANDHIR Rs 2,45,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

SUBE SINGH Rs 19,57,800 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 5th Pass

TAJINDER PAL MANN

Cases Age Education

1 69 Graduate Professional

TARSEM Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 26 10th Pass

Vinod Kumar Rs 1,54,500 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 10th Pass

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RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Anita Dhull Badsikri Rs 25,34,391 ~ 25 Lacs+

Anurag Dhanda Rs 19,67,136 ~ 19 Lacs+

Ashish Rasila Rs 7,30,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Jitender Singh Alias Dhola Rs 2,70,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Kamlesh Dhanda

Pritam Kolekhan Rs 83,75,000 ~ 83 Lacs+

Rajender Kumar Rs 0 ~

Rajesh Kumar Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Rampal Majra Rs 57,45,766 ~ 57 Lacs+

Salinder Kumar

Sandeep Kotra Advocate Rs 0 ~

Satvinder Singh Rana Rs 88,14,000 ~ 88 Lacs+

Vikas Saharan Rs 1,39,42,843 ~ 1 Crore+

Vinod Nirmal Rs 23,82,054 ~ 23 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Kamlesh Dhanda Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Bhumi Dev Rs 0 ~

Jai Parkash Rs 24,60,000 ~ 24 Lacs+

Jogi Ram Rs 92,36,000 ~ 92 Lacs+

Krishan

Lokesh Sharma Rs 0 ~

Om Parkash Rs 7,85,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Praveen Kumar Rs 0 ~

Promila Sharan Rs 0 ~

Rakesh Singh

Ram Niwas Rs 0 ~

Satnarain Rs 0 ~

Satvinder Singh Rs 1,32,31,000 ~ 1 Crore+

Satywan Rs 1,60,591 ~ 1 Lacs+

Seema

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Bhai Jai Parkash (j.p.) Rs 0 ~

Baljit Rs 5,50,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Balvir Rs 49,20,000 ~ 49 Lacs+

Bhupender Singh Rs 4,10,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Dharampal Sharma

Dinesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Jai Prakash Rs 6,75,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Jogi Ram Rs 55,50,000 ~ 55 Lacs+

Karamvir Rs 0 ~

Kulvinder Kaur

Mahipal Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Naresh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Ram Pal Rs 17,93,699 ~ 17 Lacs+

Ranbir Singh Rs 0 ~

Ranvir

Ranvir Singh Mann Rs 2,98,97,038 ~ 2 Crore+

Satish Rs 0 ~

Satpal Rs 63,81,240 ~ 63 Lacs+

Surender Rs 4,20,700 ~ 4 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Ram Pal

ANU Rs 0 ~

BALDEV RAJ Rs 0 ~

Narsingh Dhanda Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

RAM KUMAR Rs 0 ~

RAM SINGH Rs 0 ~

Ramesh Kumar Kurad Rs 0 ~

RANDHIR Rs 2,45,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

SUBE SINGH Rs 19,57,800 ~ 19 Lacs+

TAJINDER PAL MANN

TARSEM Rs 0 ~

Vinod Kumar Rs 1,54,500 ~ 1 Lacs+

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