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

Abhishek Kumar IND Loser

Ajoy Kumar INC Loser

Anand Kumar Patralekh BSP Loser

Bablu Khuntia IND Loser

Dharmendra Kumar Singh IND Loser

Dinkar Kachhap IND Loser

Gopal Lohar IND Loser

Indal Kumar Singh Peoples Party of India (Democratic) Loser

Kanchan Singh IND Loser

Krishna Hansda Bharat Adivasi Party Loser

Krishna Lohar IND Loser

Madhavendra Mehta Jharkhand Peoples Party Loser

Pawan Kumar Pandey NCP Loser

Purnima Sahu BJP Winner

Rabinder Singh IND Loser

Raj Kumar Singh IND Loser

Roshan Sundi IND Loser

Sagar Kumar Tiwary IND Loser

Saurav Vishnu IND Loser

Shiv Shankar Singh IND Loser

Shubham Sinha IND Loser

Sugriv Mukhi IND Loser

Surjeet Singh Right to Recall Party Loser

Tarun Kumar Dey Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Loser

Jamshedpur East Elections 2024 Schedule

Phase 1 Phase 2

Polling

Nov 2024

Result

Nov2024

Nominations start

15 Oct 2024

Nominations end

25 Oct 2024

Last day to withdraw

30 Oct 2024

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2019

Saryu Roy

2014

Raghubar Das

2009

Raghubar Das

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Abhishek Kumar Rs 6,00,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate

Ajoy Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 62 Graduate Professional

Anand Kumar Patralekh Rs 25,00,000 ~ 25 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 47 10th Pass

Bablu Khuntia Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Literate

Dharmendra Kumar Singh

Cases Age Education

2 57 10th Pass

Dinkar Kachhap Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

3 35 12th Pass

Gopal Lohar Rs 1,99,523 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Indal Kumar Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 Graduate Professional

Kanchan Singh Rs 30,38,300 ~ 30 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 12th Pass

Krishna Hansda

Cases Age Education

2 50 Graduate

Krishna Lohar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 44 12th Pass

Madhavendra Mehta Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 12th Pass

Pawan Kumar Pandey Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 44 Graduate

Purnima Sahu Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

Rabinder Singh

Cases Age Education

0 58 8th Pass

Raj Kumar Singh Rs 44,42,888 ~ 44 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Roshan Sundi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 Graduate Professional

Sagar Kumar Tiwary Rs 30,59,000 ~ 30 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

Saurav Vishnu Rs 2,53,00,000 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Post Graduate

Shiv Shankar Singh

Cases Age Education

0 58 Post Graduate

Shubham Sinha Rs 1,86,522 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 30 Graduate

Sugriv Mukhi Rs 27,000 ~ 27 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 61 Graduate

Surjeet Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 Others

Tarun Kumar Dey Rs 45,94,731 ~ 45 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Saryu Roy Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 68 Post Graduate

Abhay Singh Rs 7,30,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 49 Graduate

Anand Kumar Patralekh Rs 4,50,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 10th Pass

Banty Kumar Singh Rs 9,80,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 32 Graduate

Debjani Biswas Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Dharmendra Kumar Sharma

Cases Age Education

0 28 10th Pass

Dharmendra Kumar Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 52 12th Pass

Gopal Lohar Rs 3,70,676 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 10th Pass

Gourav Vallabh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 Doctorate

Gyan Sagar Prasad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 59 12th Pass

Indra Hembram

Cases Age Education

1 38 Graduate

Indrajit Kumar Chandel Rs 2,40,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 62 12th Pass

Ishwari Rana Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 47 Graduate Professional

Kunj Bibhar Rs 1,15,935 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Raghubar Das Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 64 Graduate

Rajesh Kumar Sinha

Cases Age Education

0 39 12th Pass

Shankar Pratap Vishwakarma Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 Graduate

Somra Tirkey Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 69 10th Pass

Tarkeshwar Tiwari Rs 90,84,906 ~ 90 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 41 12th Pass

Vijay Kumar Singh

Cases Age Education

4 0 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Raghubar Das Rs 82,910 ~ 82 Thou+

Cases Age Education

8 59 Graduate Professional

Abhay Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

5 44 Graduate

Alpana Bose Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 41 10th Pass

Anand Bihari Dubey Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

9 47 12th Pass

Ashish Namta Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 8th Pass

Bhagirath Revidas

Cases Age Education

0 30 8th Pass

Gyan Sagar Prasad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 54 12th Pass

Kamaljeet Kaur Gill Rs 1,66,118 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 49 12th Pass

Manjeet Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

Prashant Kumar Rs 1,00,536 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 36 12th Pass

Pushpa Boypai

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate

Rajesh Kr. Sinha Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

Rajesh Kumar Jha Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

Cases Age Education

2 43 Post Graduate

Rajneet Das Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

RAGHUBAR DAS Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 54 Graduate

ABHAY SINGH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 39 10th Pass

ALPANA BOSE Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 36 8th Pass

ANAND BIHARI DUBEY Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

4 42 12th Pass

ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY Rs 16,000 ~ 16 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

BASHUDEV THAKUR

Cases Age Education

0 45 8th Pass

DHIRAJ KUMAR NANDI Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 8th Pass

DINESH VARU Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 10th Pass

MADHULIKA MEHTA Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 56 Not Given

PARSHURAM SINGH Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 Graduate

PRAMOD LAL

Cases Age Education

1 45 10th Pass

RAJENDRA KUMAR SINGH Rs 1,57,491 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 48 10th Pass

SUBODH LOHAR Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 8th Pass

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Abhishek Kumar Rs 6,00,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Ajoy Kumar Rs 0 ~

Anand Kumar Patralekh Rs 25,00,000 ~ 25 Lacs+

Bablu Khuntia Rs 0 ~

Dharmendra Kumar Singh

Dinkar Kachhap Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Gopal Lohar Rs 1,99,523 ~ 1 Lacs+

Indal Kumar Singh Rs 0 ~

Kanchan Singh Rs 30,38,300 ~ 30 Lacs+

Krishna Hansda

Krishna Lohar Rs 0 ~

Madhavendra Mehta Rs 0 ~

Pawan Kumar Pandey Rs 0 ~

Purnima Sahu Rs 0 ~

Rabinder Singh

Raj Kumar Singh Rs 44,42,888 ~ 44 Lacs+

Roshan Sundi Rs 0 ~

Sagar Kumar Tiwary Rs 30,59,000 ~ 30 Lacs+

Saurav Vishnu Rs 2,53,00,000 ~ 2 Crore+

Shiv Shankar Singh

Shubham Sinha Rs 1,86,522 ~ 1 Lacs+

Sugriv Mukhi Rs 27,000 ~ 27 Thou+

Surjeet Singh Rs 0 ~

Tarun Kumar Dey Rs 45,94,731 ~ 45 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Saryu Roy Rs 0 ~

Abhay Singh Rs 7,30,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Anand Kumar Patralekh Rs 4,50,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Banty Kumar Singh Rs 9,80,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Debjani Biswas Rs 0 ~

Dharmendra Kumar Sharma

Dharmendra Kumar Singh Rs 0 ~

Gopal Lohar Rs 3,70,676 ~ 3 Lacs+

Gourav Vallabh Rs 0 ~

Gyan Sagar Prasad Rs 0 ~

Indra Hembram

Indrajit Kumar Chandel Rs 2,40,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Ishwari Rana Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Kunj Bibhar Rs 1,15,935 ~ 1 Lacs+

Raghubar Das Rs 0 ~

Rajesh Kumar Sinha

Shankar Pratap Vishwakarma Rs 0 ~

Somra Tirkey Rs 0 ~

Tarkeshwar Tiwari Rs 90,84,906 ~ 90 Lacs+

Vijay Kumar Singh

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Raghubar Das Rs 82,910 ~ 82 Thou+

Abhay Singh Rs 0 ~

Alpana Bose Rs 0 ~

Anand Bihari Dubey Rs 0 ~

Ashish Namta Rs 0 ~

Bhagirath Revidas

Gyan Sagar Prasad Rs 0 ~

Kamaljeet Kaur Gill Rs 1,66,118 ~ 1 Lacs+

Manjeet Singh Rs 0 ~

Prashant Kumar Rs 1,00,536 ~ 1 Lacs+

Pushpa Boypai

Rajesh Kr. Sinha Rs 0 ~

Rajesh Kumar Jha Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

Rajneet Das Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

RAGHUBAR DAS Rs 0 ~

ABHAY SINGH Rs 0 ~

ALPANA BOSE Rs 0 ~

ANAND BIHARI DUBEY Rs 0 ~

ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY Rs 16,000 ~ 16 Thou+

BASHUDEV THAKUR

DHIRAJ KUMAR NANDI Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

DINESH VARU Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

MADHULIKA MEHTA Rs 0 ~

PARSHURAM SINGH Rs 0 ~

PRAMOD LAL

RAJENDRA KUMAR SINGH Rs 1,57,491 ~ 1 Lacs+

SUBODH LOHAR Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

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