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

Adv Sujata Vidhyasagar Wankhade BSP Loser

Ansarullha Khan Ataullha Khan IND Loser

Capt. Sunil Dobale MNS Loser

Deepak Ramdas Bodkhe Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao INC Loser

Gopal Jivanrao Deshmukh IND Loser

Lalit Sudhakarrao Bahale Swatantra Bharat Paksha Loser

Laxmikant Gajanan Kauthakar IND Loser

Nitin Manohar Walsinge IND Loser

Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle BJP Winner

Ramprabhu Gajanan Tarale IND Loser

Akot Elections 2024 Schedule

Polling

Nov 2024

Result

Nov2024

Nominations start

15 Oct 2024

Nominations end

29 Oct 2024

Last day to withdraw

04 Nov 2024

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2009

Gawande Sanjay Laxman

2014

Prakash Bharsakle

2019

Prakash Gunwantrao Bharsakale

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Adv Sujata Vidhyasagar Wankhade Rs 20,00,000 ~ 20 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 48 Post Graduate

Ansarullha Khan Ataullha Khan Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 5th Pass

Capt. Sunil Dobale Rs 16,00,000 ~ 16 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate Professional

Deepak Ramdas Bodkhe Rs 86,73,218 ~ 86 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 48 Others

Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao

Cases Age Education

2 40 Graduate Professional

Gopal Jivanrao Deshmukh Rs 2,17,988 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 53 Graduate

Lalit Sudhakarrao Bahale Rs 9,95,728 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 63 Graduate

Laxmikant Gajanan Kauthakar Rs 34,45,705 ~ 34 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 10th Pass

Nitin Manohar Walsinge Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 60 12th Pass

Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle

Cases Age Education

0 72 8th Pass

Ramprabhu Gajanan Tarale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 45 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Prakash Gunwantrao Bharsakale

Cases Age Education

0 67 8th Pass

Adv. Santosh Vasant Rahate Rs 11,00,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate Professional

Abdul Sadique Abdul Khalique Rs 92,000 ~ 92 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 58 10th Pass

Amol Motiram Vyavahare Rs 8,50,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 32 Post Graduate

Ashok Kisanrao Thorat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 50 8th Pass

Bodkhe Sanjay Ramdasji

Cases Age Education

4 47 Post Graduate

Gajanan Shantaram Tayade Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 34 12th Pass

Gawande Anil Manikrao Rs 3,02,372 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 12th Pass

Jitendra Basavantrao Sable Rs 9,50,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

Mahadev Vishram Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 75 10th Pass

Pramod Ramchandra Khandare Rs 1,55,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 48 10th Pass

Ramkrushna Laxman Dhigar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 5th Pass

Ravindra Madhukar Fate Rs 35,00,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Santosh Suryabhan Deulkar Rs 17,724 ~ 17 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 44 5th Pass

Tushar Najukrao Pundkar

Cases Age Education

9 33 Graduate

Vijay Vitthalrao Kogade Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 52 Graduate

Waman Baldev Sarkate Rs 41,000 ~ 41 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 65 10th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Prakash Bharsakle Rs 5,40,26,462 ~ 5 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 62 8th Pass

Daberao Vinod Nandkishor Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 28 12th Pass

Dr.umesh Tukaram Navalkar Rs 2,20,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate Professional

Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar Rs 4,42,600 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 52 12th Pass

Gajanan Pundlik Dudhe Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 Literate

Jakeershah Rasheedshah

Cases Age Education

2 34 5th Pass

Kailas Mahadevrao Nathe Rs 14,935 ~ 14 Thou+

Cases Age Education

3 37 5th Pass

Mahesh Sudhakarrao Gangane Rs 14,34,203 ~ 14 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate Professional

Mo.azhar Shaikh Mo.muntejar Rs 15,000 ~ 15 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

Pradeep Ambadas Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Pradip Ganeshrao Gawande

Cases Age Education

0 56 10th Pass

Pradip Sadashiv Wankhade Rs 2,83,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 Others

Prakash Uttamrao Thorat Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 48 10th Pass

Rajesh Digambar Khokle Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Post Graduate

Raju Vitthalrao Boche

Cases Age Education

2 46 Post Graduate

Salim Ahemad Kha Sabajekha Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Sanjay Luxman Gawande Rs 37,95,436 ~ 37 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 47 12th Pass

Syd.sharif Syd.sikandar Rs 48,000 ~ 48 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 0 5th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Gawande Sanjay Laxman Rs 25,41,743 ~ 25 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 43 12th Pass

Bharasakle prakash Gunwant Rs 10,48,905 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 57 8th Pass

Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar Rs 8,000 ~ 8 Thou+

Cases Age Education

4 48 10th Pass

Gangane Sudhakar Ramkrishna Rs 1,81,596 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 61 Graduate

Mankar Prabhakar Tulshiram

Cases Age Education

0 57 Graduate

Moh. Azhar Sk. Muntejar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 33 10th Pass

Mule Bhaskar Bhagwanji Rs 3,81,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 59 Graduate Professional

Nathe Kailas Mahadeorao Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 34 5th Pass

Rathod Sheshrao Pandurang Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 12th Pass

Salim Ahmad Khan Sabje Khan

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate Professional

Syd. Matin Ahmed Syd. Ab. Sattar Rs 12,72,635 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 46 Others

Syd. Sharif Syd. Sikandar Rs 4,27,680 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 55 5th Pass

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CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Adv Sujata Vidhyasagar Wankhade Rs 20,00,000 ~ 20 Lacs+

Ansarullha Khan Ataullha Khan Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Capt. Sunil Dobale Rs 16,00,000 ~ 16 Lacs+

Deepak Ramdas Bodkhe Rs 86,73,218 ~ 86 Lacs+

Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao

Gopal Jivanrao Deshmukh Rs 2,17,988 ~ 2 Lacs+

Lalit Sudhakarrao Bahale Rs 9,95,728 ~ 9 Lacs+

Laxmikant Gajanan Kauthakar Rs 34,45,705 ~ 34 Lacs+

Nitin Manohar Walsinge Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle

Ramprabhu Gajanan Tarale Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Prakash Gunwantrao Bharsakale

Adv. Santosh Vasant Rahate Rs 11,00,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Abdul Sadique Abdul Khalique Rs 92,000 ~ 92 Thou+

Amol Motiram Vyavahare Rs 8,50,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Ashok Kisanrao Thorat Rs 0 ~

Bodkhe Sanjay Ramdasji

Gajanan Shantaram Tayade Rs 3,00,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Gawande Anil Manikrao Rs 3,02,372 ~ 3 Lacs+

Jitendra Basavantrao Sable Rs 9,50,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Mahadev Vishram Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Pramod Ramchandra Khandare Rs 1,55,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Ramkrushna Laxman Dhigar Rs 0 ~

Ravindra Madhukar Fate Rs 35,00,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Santosh Suryabhan Deulkar Rs 17,724 ~ 17 Thou+

Tushar Najukrao Pundkar

Vijay Vitthalrao Kogade Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Waman Baldev Sarkate Rs 41,000 ~ 41 Thou+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Prakash Bharsakle Rs 5,40,26,462 ~ 5 Crore+

Daberao Vinod Nandkishor Rs 0 ~

Dr.umesh Tukaram Navalkar Rs 2,20,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar Rs 4,42,600 ~ 4 Lacs+

Gajanan Pundlik Dudhe Rs 0 ~

Jakeershah Rasheedshah

Kailas Mahadevrao Nathe Rs 14,935 ~ 14 Thou+

Mahesh Sudhakarrao Gangane Rs 14,34,203 ~ 14 Lacs+

Mo.azhar Shaikh Mo.muntejar Rs 15,000 ~ 15 Thou+

Pradeep Ambadas Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Pradip Ganeshrao Gawande

Pradip Sadashiv Wankhade Rs 2,83,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Prakash Uttamrao Thorat Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Rajesh Digambar Khokle Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Raju Vitthalrao Boche

Salim Ahemad Kha Sabajekha Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Luxman Gawande Rs 37,95,436 ~ 37 Lacs+

Syd.sharif Syd.sikandar Rs 48,000 ~ 48 Thou+

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Gawande Sanjay Laxman Rs 25,41,743 ~ 25 Lacs+

Bharasakle prakash Gunwant Rs 10,48,905 ~ 10 Lacs+

Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar Rs 8,000 ~ 8 Thou+

Gangane Sudhakar Ramkrishna Rs 1,81,596 ~ 1 Lacs+

Mankar Prabhakar Tulshiram

Moh. Azhar Sk. Muntejar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Mule Bhaskar Bhagwanji Rs 3,81,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Nathe Kailas Mahadeorao Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Rathod Sheshrao Pandurang Rs 0 ~

Salim Ahmad Khan Sabje Khan

Syd. Matin Ahmed Syd. Ab. Sattar Rs 12,72,635 ~ 12 Lacs+

Syd. Sharif Syd. Sikandar Rs 4,27,680 ~ 4 Lacs+

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