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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Candidate name Party Status

Ghanshyam Mishra IND Loser

Jagdish Kewat BSP Loser

Jairam Kumar Mahato Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Loser

Lalit Narayan IND Loser

Mantosh Soren IND Loser

Manzoor Alam Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Loser

Mohammad Belal Hasmi IND Loser

Mohan Lal Saw Lokhit Adhikar Party Loser

Ruplal Thakur IND Loser

Santosh Kumar Mahto IND Loser

Tirth Nath Akash IND Loser

Uma Shankar Shastri (Ranjeet) IND Loser

Ravindra Kumar Pandey BJP Loser

Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh) INC Winner

Bermo Elections 2024 Schedule

Phase 1 Phase 2

Polling

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Nominations start

15 Oct 2024

Nominations end

29 Oct 2024

Last day to withdraw

01 Nov 2024

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2019

Rajendra Prasad Singh

2014

Yogeshwar Mahto

2009

Rajendra Prasad Singh

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Ghanshyam Mishra Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 Literate

Jagdish Kewat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Literate

Jairam Kumar Mahato Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

14 29 Post Graduate

Lalit Narayan Rs 28,50,000 ~ 28 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Post Graduate

Mantosh Soren

Cases Age Education

0 42 10th Pass

Manzoor Alam Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

3 45 Literate

Mohammad Belal Hasmi Rs 49,90,397 ~ 49 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 29 12th Pass

Mohan Lal Saw Rs 7,00,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Ruplal Thakur

Cases Age Education

1 34 12th Pass

Santosh Kumar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate

Tirth Nath Akash Rs 4,49,385 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 31 Graduate

Uma Shankar Shastri (Ranjeet) Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 40 8th Pass

Ravindra Kumar Pandey Rs 2,38,14,063 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

1 65 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 73 12th Pass

Alam Ansari Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 48 8th Pass

Baijnath Gorain Rs 1,25,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate

Chandan Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 27 10th Pass

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 Graduate

Kailash Chandra Mahto

Cases Age Education

0 57 10th Pass

Kaleshwar Ravidas Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 33 10th Pass

Kashi Nath Singh Rs 11,65,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 55 12th Pass

Khirodhar Kisku Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Nitu Singh

Cases Age Education

1 44 Graduate

Ram Bhajan Layak Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 60 5th Pass

Ram Kinkar Pandey Rs 16,38,272 ~ 16 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Graduate

Sabita Devi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

Salimuddin Ansari

Cases Age Education

1 53 10th Pass

Sameer Kumar Das Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate

Subodh Mahto Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 8th Pass

Umesh Rawani Rs 58,00,000 ~ 58 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 8th Pass

Yogeshwar Mahto

Cases Age Education

0 64 10th Pass

Md. Aftab Alam Khan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate Professional

Teko Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 69 10th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Yogeshwar Mahto Rs 1,99,691 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 60 10th Pass

Chandrashekhar Jha Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 60 12th Pass

Dipak Kumar Jayswal Rs 11,50,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Graduate

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 2,000 ~ 2 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 52 12th Pass

Hira Lal Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 42 12th Pass

Kashinath Singh

Cases Age Education

6 51 12th Pass

Laljee Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 28 Graduate Professional

Panchanan Mandal Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 8th Pass

Pankaj Prasad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Salimuddin Ansari

Cases Age Education

1 48 10th Pass

Satyendra Kumar Chauhan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 34 Graduate

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 5,15,104 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 68 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 63 12th Pass

Arun Kumar Tiwary Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 25 Graduate

Ashok Kumar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 12th Pass

Baijnath Besra Rs 12,24,174 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 31 Not Given

Bibhuti Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 12th Pass

Chinta Devi

Cases Age Education

0 44 8th Pass

DeepakJaiswal Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Devishwar Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 52 Not Given

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

KailashMahto Chandra

Cases Age Education

0 52 10th Pass

Karm chand Hansda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 26 8th Pass

Kashinath Singh Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 46 12th Pass

Md. Aftab Alam Khan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate Professional

Naryan Giri Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 68 Not Given

Om Prakash Prasad

Cases Age Education

0 36 Graduate

Raghunath Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 37 10th Pass

Raj Kumar Sharma Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Subhash Chakraborty Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 Not Given

Sunil Ghansi

Cases Age Education

1 34 Not Given

Uttam Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 44 10th Pass

Yogeshwar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 49 10th Pass

Jiteshwar Kumar Koda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 28 8th Pass

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Ghanshyam Mishra Rs 0 ~

Jagdish Kewat Rs 0 ~

Jairam Kumar Mahato Rs 0 ~

Lalit Narayan Rs 28,50,000 ~ 28 Lacs+

Mantosh Soren

Manzoor Alam Rs 0 ~

Mohammad Belal Hasmi Rs 49,90,397 ~ 49 Lacs+

Mohan Lal Saw Rs 7,00,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Ruplal Thakur

Santosh Kumar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Tirth Nath Akash Rs 4,49,385 ~ 4 Lacs+

Uma Shankar Shastri (Ranjeet) Rs 0 ~

Ravindra Kumar Pandey Rs 2,38,14,063 ~ 2 Crore+

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Alam Ansari Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Baijnath Gorain Rs 1,25,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Chandan Kumar Rs 0 ~

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 0 ~

Kailash Chandra Mahto

Kaleshwar Ravidas Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Kashi Nath Singh Rs 11,65,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Khirodhar Kisku Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Nitu Singh

Ram Bhajan Layak Rs 0 ~

Ram Kinkar Pandey Rs 16,38,272 ~ 16 Lacs+

Sabita Devi Rs 0 ~

Salimuddin Ansari

Sameer Kumar Das Rs 0 ~

Subodh Mahto Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Umesh Rawani Rs 58,00,000 ~ 58 Lacs+

Yogeshwar Mahto

Md. Aftab Alam Khan Rs 0 ~

Teko Mahto Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Yogeshwar Mahto Rs 1,99,691 ~ 1 Lacs+

Chandrashekhar Jha Rs 0 ~

Dipak Kumar Jayswal Rs 11,50,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 2,000 ~ 2 Thou+

Hira Lal Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Kashinath Singh

Laljee Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Panchanan Mandal Rs 0 ~

Pankaj Prasad Rs 0 ~

Salimuddin Ansari

Satyendra Kumar Chauhan Rs 0 ~

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 5,15,104 ~ 5 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Rajendra Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Arun Kumar Tiwary Rs 0 ~

Ashok Kumar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Baijnath Besra Rs 12,24,174 ~ 12 Lacs+

Bibhuti Prasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Chinta Devi

DeepakJaiswal Kumar Rs 0 ~

Devishwar Manjhi Rs 0 ~

Gangadhar Prajapati Rs 0 ~

KailashMahto Chandra

Karm chand Hansda Rs 0 ~

Kashinath Singh Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Md. Aftab Alam Khan Rs 0 ~

Naryan Giri Rs 0 ~

Om Prakash Prasad

Raghunath Mahto Rs 0 ~

Raj Kumar Sharma Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Subhash Chakraborty Rs 0 ~

Sunil Ghansi

Uttam Mahto Rs 0 ~

Yogeshwar Mahto Rs 0 ~

Jiteshwar Kumar Koda Rs 0 ~

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