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.

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RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2019

Bharat Bhushan Batra

2014

Manish Growar

2009

Adv. Bharat Bhushan Batra

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Anand Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 Graduate Professional

Ashwani Malik Rs 10,54,999 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 32 Graduate Professional

Bharat Bhushan Rs 2,45,949 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 48 Graduate

Bharat Bhushan Batra Rs 2,16,17,747 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 72 Graduate Professional

Bijender Hooda

Cases Age Education

5 52 12th Pass

Bishamber Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 10th Pass

Dilour Mehra Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 10th Pass

Jitender Balhara Rs 35,98,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Graduate

Mahender Bagri Rs 17,00,000 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 27 12th Pass

Manish Kumar Grover

Cases Age Education

0 70 12th Pass

Manisha Mokhra Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Post Graduate

Navdeep Singh Raman Rs 62,00,000 ~ 62 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate Professional

Parveen Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate

Surender Kumar Rs 51,32,468 ~ 51 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate

Yashpal

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bharat Bhushan Batra

Cases Age Education

0 67 Graduate Professional

Aashish Rs 4,35,250 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate

Amarjit Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 Others

Arun Lathar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate Professional

Bharat Bhushan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Manish Kumar Grover Rs 11,28,868 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 65 12th Pass

Mohit Rs 13,61,000 ~ 13 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 32 Graduate Professional

Pardeep Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 12th Pass

Poonam Rs 12,42,572 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 30 Post Graduate

Puneet

Cases Age Education

0 25 12th Pass

Rajesh Saini Rs 10,58,669 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate

Ram Chander Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 53 Graduate

Ravinder Kumar Rs 8,97,398 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 34 Post Graduate

Santosh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 57 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Manish Growar Rs 12,91,430 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 60 12th Pass

Anil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 10th Pass

Anil Malik Rs 35,963 ~ 35 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate

Bharat Bhushan Batra Rs 1,42,12,071 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 62 Graduate Professional

Harish Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 Post Graduate

Karan Vir

Cases Age Education

0 51 Doctorate

Manish Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 8th Pass

Mukesh Kumar Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Neeraj Kumar Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 Post Graduate

Nitin Bansal

Cases Age Education

0 32 Post Graduate

Pawan Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Raj Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 64 Post Graduate

Rakesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 0 12th Pass

Ram Naryan Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 68 10th Pass

Sanjay

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate

Satnarain Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 75 5th Pass

Sushil Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

ADV. BHARAT BHUSHAN BATRA Rs 26,37,936 ~ 26 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 57 Graduate Professional

BALWAN SINGH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 10th Pass

DHARAMPAL Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 Graduate Professional

MAHESH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

Manish Grover

Cases Age Education

0 52 12th Pass

MANOJ Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

NARENDER KUMAR Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate Professional

NAVEEN ARYA Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate

RAHUL JAIN Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 10th Pass

RANJEET

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

YOGENDER NATH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 50 12th Pass

ZILE SINGH COMRADE Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 70 10th Pass

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Anand Kumar Rs 0 ~

Ashwani Malik Rs 10,54,999 ~ 10 Lacs+

Bharat Bhushan Rs 2,45,949 ~ 2 Lacs+

Bharat Bhushan Batra Rs 2,16,17,747 ~ 2 Crore+

Bijender Hooda

Bishamber Kumar Rs 0 ~

Dilour Mehra Rs 0 ~

Jitender Balhara Rs 35,98,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Mahender Bagri Rs 17,00,000 ~ 17 Lacs+

Manish Kumar Grover

Manisha Mokhra Rs 0 ~

Navdeep Singh Raman Rs 62,00,000 ~ 62 Lacs+

Parveen Kumar Rs 0 ~

Surender Kumar Rs 51,32,468 ~ 51 Lacs+

Yashpal

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Bharat Bhushan Batra

Aashish Rs 4,35,250 ~ 4 Lacs+

Amarjit Rs 0 ~

Arun Lathar Rs 0 ~

Bharat Bhushan Rs 0 ~

Manish Kumar Grover Rs 11,28,868 ~ 11 Lacs+

Mohit Rs 13,61,000 ~ 13 Lacs+

Pardeep Rs 0 ~

Poonam Rs 12,42,572 ~ 12 Lacs+

Puneet

Rajesh Saini Rs 10,58,669 ~ 10 Lacs+

Ram Chander Rs 0 ~

Ravinder Kumar Rs 8,97,398 ~ 8 Lacs+

Santosh Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Manish Growar Rs 12,91,430 ~ 12 Lacs+

Anil Rs 0 ~

Anil Malik Rs 35,963 ~ 35 Thou+

Bharat Bhushan Batra Rs 1,42,12,071 ~ 1 Crore+

Harish Rs 0 ~

Karan Vir

Manish Rs 0 ~

Mukesh Kumar Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Neeraj Kumar Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Nitin Bansal

Pawan Kumar Rs 0 ~

Raj Kumar Rs 0 ~

Rakesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Ram Naryan Singh Rs 0 ~

Sanjay

Satnarain Rs 0 ~

Sushil Kumar Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

ADV. BHARAT BHUSHAN BATRA Rs 26,37,936 ~ 26 Lacs+

BALWAN SINGH Rs 0 ~

DHARAMPAL Rs 0 ~

MAHESH Rs 0 ~

Manish Grover

MANOJ Rs 0 ~

NARENDER KUMAR Rs 0 ~

NAVEEN ARYA Rs 0 ~

RAHUL JAIN Rs 0 ~

RANJEET

YOGENDER NATH Rs 0 ~

ZILE SINGH COMRADE Rs 0 ~

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