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

Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar BJP Winner

Akash Mahadev Pujari New Rashtriya Samaj Party Loser

Anil Shivaji Jadhav Janhit Lokshahi Party Loser

Bhai Shivaji Baburao Surwase Peasants And Workers Party of India Loser

Dagdoo Vasant Mane IND Loser

Dinkar Baburao Mane Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Loser

Hanmant Venkat Karle IND Loser

Jyotiram Gulab Shinde Nirbhay Maharashtra Party Loser

Manohar Anandrao Patil IND Loser

Naganath Gyanu Mugale IND Loser

Narshing Dilip Jadhav IND Loser

Nitin Uttreshwar Pawar IND Loser

Rajendra Pandu More IND Loser

Sham Chandrakant Gore Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Loser

Shivaji Kerrappa Kumbhar IND Loser

Uttam Sadashiv Ghodke IND Loser

Nagrale Shivkumar Gangadhar MNS Loser

Naushad Ikabal Shaikh Swarajya Shakti Sena Loser

Prof.Dr.Anil Sugriv Kamble BSP Loser

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Nominations end

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Last day to withdraw

04 Nov 2024

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2009

Basawaraj Madhavrao Patil

2014

Patil Basavraj Madhavrao

2019

Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar Rs 19,95,000 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 53 Post Graduate

Akash Mahadev Pujari Rs 95,236 ~ 95 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 26 Graduate Professional

Anil Shivaji Jadhav Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 26 Post Graduate

Bhai Shivaji Baburao Surwase Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate Professional

Dagdoo Vasant Mane

Cases Age Education

0 52 Others

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 63 10th Pass

Hanmant Venkat Karle Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate Professional

Jyotiram Gulab Shinde Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

Manohar Anandrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 62 12th Pass

Naganath Gyanu Mugale

Cases Age Education

0 48 12th Pass

Narshing Dilip Jadhav Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 10th Pass

Nitin Uttreshwar Pawar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate

Rajendra Pandu More Rs 6,50,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 59 5th Pass

Sham Chandrakant Gore Rs 4,74,688 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate

Shivaji Kerrappa Kumbhar Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 68 10th Pass

Uttam Sadashiv Ghodke Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 12th Pass

Nagrale Shivkumar Gangadhar Rs 1,10,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 48 12th Pass

Naushad Ikabal Shaikh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate Professional

Prof.Dr.Anil Sugriv Kamble

Cases Age Education

0 48 Doctorate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar Rs 19,05,000 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 47 Post Graduate

Abhimanyu Sheshrao Pawar Rs 3,54,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 39 10th Pass

Akash Prakash Patil Rs 2,07,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 27 12th Pass

Bajrang Bhujangrao Jadhav Rs 12,41,600 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 48 10th Pass

Basavaraj Mahadvarao Patil

Cases Age Education

1 61 Graduate

Baswaraj Patil S/O Balaji Shankarrao Gedd Patil Rs 3,83,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 Post Graduate

Baswaraj Patil S/O Vitthal Ramrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 5th Pass

Gousodin Usman Shaikh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 Illiterate

Manohar Anandrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 12th Pass

Nitin Panditrao Bandgar

Cases Age Education

0 29 Graduate

Pandurang Murlidhar Chewale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 Others

Prof. Dr.Anil Sugriv Kamble Rs 52,00,000 ~ 52 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 44 Doctorate

Ramkrishn Alias Balaji Manohar Jadhav Rs 95,000 ~ 95 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 43 5th Pass

Sudhir Shankarrao Potdar Rs 1,11,55,908 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Patil Basavraj Madhavrao Rs 4,03,79,316 ~ 4 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate

Ad. Govind Trimbakrao Sirsat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 Post Graduate

Balaji Gopalrao Gire Rs 2,30,00,000 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 44 10th Pass

Bhasakar Sambhaji Jadhavi Rs 1,000 ~ 1 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 29 Graduate

Bhojraj Khanderao Limbaji Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 8th Pass

Buke Rajeshwar Vaijnath

Cases Age Education

1 52 Graduate Professional

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 28,14,074 ~ 28 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 53 10th Pass

Jadhav Kisanrao Rs 10,00,000 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 67 Graduate Professional

Pawar Umesh Digmbar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Rajkumar Manohar Suryawanshi

Cases Age Education

2 32 Graduate Professional

Sayyed Pasha Usamansab Patel Rs 17,03,047 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 57 Graduate

Shaikh Yunus Jawed Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Not Given

Sri. Patil Manohar Aanndrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 12th Pass

Udhav Vinayak Kshetrafhale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Basawaraj Madhavrao Patil Rs 80,750 ~ 80 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 53 12th Pass

Adv. Govind Trimbakrao Sirsat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 37 Graduate Professional

Dayanand Dnyandeo Kadam Rs 7,17,137 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 47 5th Pass

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 23,27,937 ~ 23 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 48 10th Pass

Kamble Dhanraj Vithoba

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

Lohar Satish Vishwanath Rs 5,26,880 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate

Patil Vyankatrao Ganpatrao Rs 66,000 ~ 66 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 65 Graduate

Ruikar Mansoor Jaribkhan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate

Suryawanshi Shrikant Shahuraj Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

Cases Age Education

8 32 Graduate Professional

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Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar Rs 19,95,000 ~ 19 Lacs+

Akash Mahadev Pujari Rs 95,236 ~ 95 Thou+

Anil Shivaji Jadhav Rs 0 ~

Bhai Shivaji Baburao Surwase Rs 0 ~

Dagdoo Vasant Mane

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Hanmant Venkat Karle Rs 0 ~

Jyotiram Gulab Shinde Rs 0 ~

Manohar Anandrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Naganath Gyanu Mugale

Narshing Dilip Jadhav Rs 0 ~

Nitin Uttreshwar Pawar Rs 0 ~

Rajendra Pandu More Rs 6,50,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Sham Chandrakant Gore Rs 4,74,688 ~ 4 Lacs+

Shivaji Kerrappa Kumbhar Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Uttam Sadashiv Ghodke Rs 0 ~

Nagrale Shivkumar Gangadhar Rs 1,10,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Naushad Ikabal Shaikh Rs 0 ~

Prof.Dr.Anil Sugriv Kamble

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar Rs 19,05,000 ~ 19 Lacs+

Abhimanyu Sheshrao Pawar Rs 3,54,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Akash Prakash Patil Rs 2,07,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Bajrang Bhujangrao Jadhav Rs 12,41,600 ~ 12 Lacs+

Basavaraj Mahadvarao Patil

Baswaraj Patil S/O Balaji Shankarrao Gedd Patil Rs 3,83,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Baswaraj Patil S/O Vitthal Ramrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Gousodin Usman Shaikh Rs 0 ~

Manohar Anandrao Patil Rs 0 ~

Nitin Panditrao Bandgar

Pandurang Murlidhar Chewale Rs 0 ~

Prof. Dr.Anil Sugriv Kamble Rs 52,00,000 ~ 52 Lacs+

Ramkrishn Alias Balaji Manohar Jadhav Rs 95,000 ~ 95 Thou+

Sudhir Shankarrao Potdar Rs 1,11,55,908 ~ 1 Crore+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Patil Basavraj Madhavrao Rs 4,03,79,316 ~ 4 Crore+

Ad. Govind Trimbakrao Sirsat Rs 0 ~

Balaji Gopalrao Gire Rs 2,30,00,000 ~ 2 Crore+

Bhasakar Sambhaji Jadhavi Rs 1,000 ~ 1 Thou+

Bhojraj Khanderao Limbaji Rs 0 ~

Buke Rajeshwar Vaijnath

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 28,14,074 ~ 28 Lacs+

Jadhav Kisanrao Rs 10,00,000 ~ 10 Lacs+

Pawar Umesh Digmbar Rs 0 ~

Rajkumar Manohar Suryawanshi

Sayyed Pasha Usamansab Patel Rs 17,03,047 ~ 17 Lacs+

Shaikh Yunus Jawed Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Sri. Patil Manohar Aanndrao Rs 0 ~

Udhav Vinayak Kshetrafhale Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Basawaraj Madhavrao Patil Rs 80,750 ~ 80 Thou+

Adv. Govind Trimbakrao Sirsat Rs 0 ~

Dayanand Dnyandeo Kadam Rs 7,17,137 ~ 7 Lacs+

Dinkar Baburao Mane Rs 23,27,937 ~ 23 Lacs+

Kamble Dhanraj Vithoba

Lohar Satish Vishwanath Rs 5,26,880 ~ 5 Lacs+

Patil Vyankatrao Ganpatrao Rs 66,000 ~ 66 Thou+

Ruikar Mansoor Jaribkhan Rs 0 ~

Suryawanshi Shrikant Shahuraj Rs 25,000 ~ 25 Thou+

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