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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Ajit Kumar Yadav SP Loser

Anni Amrita IND Loser

Ashok Kumar Peoples Party of India (Democratic) Loser

Banna Gupta INC Loser

Bipin Kumar Singh SUCI(C) Loser

Brindaban Das BSP Loser

Chandan Prasad IND Loser

Dr. Umesh Kumar IND Loser

G. Jayramdas IND Loser

Jitendra Singh IND Loser

Mahesh Kumar Right to Recall Party Loser

Md Quashif Raza Siddique Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Loser

Mritunjay Kumar IND Loser

Om Prakash Anand IND Loser

Prabhat Kumar Singh IND Loser

Pyare Lal Sahu Lokhit Adhikar Party Loser

Ram Bachan Bhartiya Azad Sena Loser

Ranjeet Das Aadarsh Sangram Party Loser

Rashid Hussain All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Loser

Santosh Kumar Ray IND Loser

Santoshi Bai IND Loser

Sarojini Shah IND Loser

Saryu Dusadh IND Loser

Saryu Roy JD(U) Winner

Saurabh Kumar Ojha NCP Loser

Shambhu Nath Choudhary IND Loser

Vijay Prasad Tiwary IND Loser

Vikas Singh IND Loser

Jamshedpur West 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

Banna Gupta

2014

Saryu Roy

2009

Banna Gupta

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Ajit Kumar Yadav Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Anni Amrita Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Post Graduate

Ashok Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 12th Pass

Banna Gupta Rs 21,44,500 ~ 21 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 10th Pass

Bipin Kumar Singh

Cases Age Education

0 55 12th Pass

Brindaban Das Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 8th Pass

Chandan Prasad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 57 8th Pass

Dr. Umesh Kumar Rs 49,687 ~ 49 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 55 Graduate

G. Jayramdas Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 68 Post Graduate

Jitendra Singh

Cases Age Education

0 47 12th Pass

Mahesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate Professional

Md Quashif Raza Siddique Rs 5,79,899 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 37 Post Graduate

Mritunjay Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 49 12th Pass

Om Prakash Anand Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 Post Graduate

Prabhat Kumar Singh

Cases Age Education

0 40 Post Graduate

Pyare Lal Sahu Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 49 10th Pass

Ram Bachan Rs 17,87,228 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate

Ranjeet Das Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 12th Pass

Rashid Hussain Rs 11,00,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

7 52 10th Pass

Santosh Kumar Ray

Cases Age Education

0 27 12th Pass

Santoshi Bai Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 10th Pass

Sarojini Shah Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 69 Post Graduate

Saryu Dusadh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 77 10th Pass

Saryu Roy Rs 19,20,600 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 73 Post Graduate

Saurabh Kumar Ojha

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

Shambhu Nath Choudhary Rs 71,46,513 ~ 71 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 Graduate

Vijay Prasad Tiwary Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 12th Pass

Vikas Singh Rs 49,34,316 ~ 49 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

9 44 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Banna Gupta Rs 41,44,500 ~ 41 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 47 10th Pass

Akash Kumar Tanti Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Bablu Prasad Dangi Rs 15,60,000 ~ 15 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 38 8th Pass

Brijesh Singh Rs 68,82,311 ~ 68 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 42 12th Pass

Devendra Nath Singh

Cases Age Education

1 59 Post Graduate

Dipankar Bhattacharjee Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 12th Pass

Hema Ghosh Rs 2,50,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 12th Pass

Mahesh Kumar Rs 8,00,035 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate

Mobin Khan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 61 12th Pass

Naresh Kumar Tandiya

Cases Age Education

0 47 8th Pass

Pankaj Kumar Rs 38,20,472 ~ 38 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 10th Pass

Quameruddin Razi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Rakesh Kumar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Reyaz Sharif Rs 6,01,079 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 35 12th Pass

Sanjay Karmakar

Cases Age Education

0 28 5th Pass

Shailesh Sharma Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate

Shambhu Nath Choudhary Rs 66,31,047 ~ 66 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 36 Graduate

Sunil Mukhi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 10th Pass

Tarun Kumar Rs 38,00,000 ~ 38 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Graduate

Umesh Kumar

Cases Age Education

0 45 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Saryu Roy Rs 6,00,437 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 63 Post Graduate

Aftab Alam Jawed Rs 49,000 ~ 49 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 49 12th Pass

Banna Gupta Rs 37,24,406 ~ 37 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

9 41 10th Pass

Bhola Das Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 5th Pass

Firoz Khan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

8 36 10th Pass

Mahmud Ali

Cases Age Education

0 48 Literate

Mala Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Md. Najmul Kabir Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 8th Pass

Mohammad Umar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 10th Pass

Rekha Mahato Rs 1,78,500 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 29 Graduate

Reshma Mahato

Cases Age Education

0 32 8th Pass

Sanjiv Acharya Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 Others

Shahadat Khan Rs 1,94,672 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 29 8th Pass

Siddharth Khandelwal Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate

Upender Singh

Cases Age Education

2 51 10th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

BANNA GUPTA Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

6 36 10th Pass

AJIT KUMAR YADAV Rs 1,05,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 27 Not Given

BABY MAHATO Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Literate

DHIRAJ KUMAR YADAV Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 27 10th Pass

FAKHRUDDIN ANSARI

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

FIROZ KHAN Rs 12,39,291 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 8th Pass

GANESH SHANKAR VIDYARTHI Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

MD. AFTAB ALAM KHAN Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate Professional

MD. HASAN RIZWI Rs 2,15,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 56 Graduate Professional

MOHAN KARMKAR

Cases Age Education

1 47 10th Pass

MUBIN KHAN Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 12th Pass

RAMNATH PRAJAPATI Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 52 Not Given

SAMSUL HAQUE KHAN Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 56 10th Pass

SANJIV DWIVEDI Rs 1,38,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 41 Graduate

SARYU ROY

Cases Age Education

0 57 Post Graduate

SHAFQAT ALI Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate Professional

SHAILESH VERMA Rs 9,20,394 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 32 Graduate

SHAMBHUNATH CHOUDHARY Rs 35,75,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 26 Graduate

TILO SARDAR Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 33 5th Pass

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