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

Bit Singh Munda IND Loser

Damayanti Munda Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Loser

Deonandan Singh Munda IND Loser

Gopal Krishna Patar JD(U) Loser

Gunjal Ikir Munda IND Loser

Guruwa Munda IND Loser

Haradhan Singh Munda IND Loser

Jehla Tuti IND Loser

Lakhindra Munda NCP Loser

Parmeshwari Sandil IND Loser

Prem Shankar Shahi Munda Bharat Adivasi Party Loser

Rabindra Nath Munda IND Loser

Raj Kumar Munda Jharkhand Party Loser

Sachin Patar IND Loser

Singrai Tuti IND Loser

Suresh Munda CPI(M) Loser

Udarkant Sinh Munda Hamar Raj Party Loser

Vikas Kumar Munda JMM Winner

Tamar Elections 2024 Schedule

Phase 1 Phase 2

Polling

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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

Vikas Kumar Munda

2014

Vikas Kumar Munda

2009

Gopal Krishna Patar

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bit Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

Damayanti Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

Deonandan Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 Post Graduate

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 80,28,539 ~ 80 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 62 12th Pass

Gunjal Ikir Munda

Cases Age Education

0 34 Post Graduate

Guruwa Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 70 8th Pass

Haradhan Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 Graduate

Jehla Tuti Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 65 Post Graduate

Lakhindra Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Doctorate

Parmeshwari Sandil

Cases Age Education

0 38 12th Pass

Prem Shankar Shahi Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 48 Graduate

Rabindra Nath Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 Graduate

Raj Kumar Munda Rs 3,48,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Post Graduate

Sachin Patar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Singrai Tuti

Cases Age Education

0 60 Graduate

Suresh Munda Rs 11,82,414 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 8th Pass

Udarkant Sinh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 61 8th Pass

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 19,51,112 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate

Baliram Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 12th Pass

Dal Chand Singh Rs 10,00,000 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 10th Pass

Devi Dayal Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate Professional

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 57,15,893 ~ 57 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 57 10th Pass

Haradhan Singh Munda

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate

Kishor Kumar Bhagat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

Kundan Pahan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

44 39 8th Pass

Laxmi Munda Rs 35 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 Literate

Prakash Chandra Oraon Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 68 Doctorate

Prem Shankar Shahi Munda

Cases Age Education

1 43 Graduate

Rakshitesh Kumar Singh Rs 2,07,220 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate

Ram Durlav Singh Munda Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Reeta Devi Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 12th Pass

Sanjay Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Soni Oreya

Cases Age Education

0 26 Graduate

Sunil Kumar Munda Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Post Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 32 Graduate

Ashrita Tuti Rs 5,70,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 Post Graduate

Dhananjay Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 63 10th Pass

Ghasiya Oraon Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 10th Pass

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 17,88,268 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 52 10th Pass

Kalicharan Munda

Cases Age Education

0 27 8th Pass

Lakhimani Devi Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 26 8th Pass

Mahadev Ravinath Pahan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 12th Pass

Mangal Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 Literate

Prakash Chandra Oraon Rs 5,16,242 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 63 Doctorate

Salomi Tuti

Cases Age Education

0 38 8th Pass

Shambhunath Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 63 Graduate

Shishir Kumar Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 52 Graduate Professional

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 2,47,294 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 47 10th Pass

Burai Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 64 12th Pass

Dinesh Singh Munda Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Jakriyas Kamal Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 8th Pass

Mohan Singh Munda

Cases Age Education

0 53 10th Pass

Nishikant Orawn Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 10th Pass

Pushkar Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Rajkishor Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 12th Pass

Rakesh Pataer Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 28 Graduate

Ram Sahay Munda

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

Ramdayal Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 70 Doctorate

Sita Ram Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Soma Singh Munda Rs 12,000 ~ 12 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 29 10th Pass

Sukdeo Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

Sukhram Munda

Cases Age Education

1 49 12th Pass

Vikash Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate

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Bit Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Damayanti Munda Rs 0 ~

Deonandan Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 80,28,539 ~ 80 Lacs+

Gunjal Ikir Munda

Guruwa Munda Rs 0 ~

Haradhan Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Jehla Tuti Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Lakhindra Munda Rs 0 ~

Parmeshwari Sandil

Prem Shankar Shahi Munda Rs 0 ~

Rabindra Nath Munda Rs 0 ~

Raj Kumar Munda Rs 3,48,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Sachin Patar Rs 0 ~

Singrai Tuti

Suresh Munda Rs 11,82,414 ~ 11 Lacs+

Udarkant Sinh Munda Rs 0 ~

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 19,51,112 ~ 19 Lacs+

Baliram Munda Rs 0 ~

Dal Chand Singh Rs 10,00,000 ~ 10 Lacs+

Devi Dayal Munda Rs 0 ~

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 57,15,893 ~ 57 Lacs+

Haradhan Singh Munda

Kishor Kumar Bhagat Rs 0 ~

Kundan Pahan Rs 0 ~

Laxmi Munda Rs 35 ~

Prakash Chandra Oraon Rs 0 ~

Prem Shankar Shahi Munda

Rakshitesh Kumar Singh Rs 2,07,220 ~ 2 Lacs+

Ram Durlav Singh Munda Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Reeta Devi Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Soni Oreya

Sunil Kumar Munda Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Vikas Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

Ashrita Tuti Rs 5,70,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Dhananjay Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Ghasiya Oraon Rs 0 ~

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 17,88,268 ~ 17 Lacs+

Kalicharan Munda

Lakhimani Devi Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Mahadev Ravinath Pahan Rs 0 ~

Mangal Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Prakash Chandra Oraon Rs 5,16,242 ~ 5 Lacs+

Salomi Tuti

Shambhunath Munda Rs 0 ~

Shishir Kumar Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Gopal Krishna Patar Rs 2,47,294 ~ 2 Lacs+

Burai Munda Rs 0 ~

Dinesh Singh Munda Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Jakriyas Kamal Rs 0 ~

Mohan Singh Munda

Nishikant Orawn Rs 0 ~

Pushkar Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Rajkishor Singh Munda Rs 0 ~

Rakesh Pataer Rs 0 ~

Ram Sahay Munda

Ramdayal Munda Rs 0 ~

Sita Ram Munda Rs 0 ~

Soma Singh Munda Rs 12,000 ~ 12 Thou+

Sukdeo Munda Rs 0 ~

Sukhram Munda

Vikash Kumar Munda Rs 0 ~

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