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

Arun Devidas Kamble IND Loser

Bharat Somaji Thulkar All Indian Republican Party Loser

Gawture Chhaya Bandu IND Loser

Kishor Bandu Uike IND Loser

Kunal Purushottam Gaikwad IND Loser

Malekar Satish Murlidhar Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Manoj Dharma Atram Gondvana Gantantra Party Loser

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sacchidanand BJP Winner

Nisha Shitalkumar Dhongade IND Loser

Prakash Murlidhar Patil IND Loser

Raju Devidas Jambhule IND Loser

Rawat Sachin IND Loser

Rawat Santoshsingh Chandansingh INC Loser

Sayyad Afzal Ali IND Loser

Umesh Rajeshwar Shende Peoples Party of India (Democratic) Loser

Virendra Bhimrao Kamble IND Loser

Ballarpur 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

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand

2014

Sudhir Mungantiwar

2019

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Arun Devidas Kamble Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 12th Pass

Bharat Somaji Thulkar Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 69 12th Pass

Gawture Chhaya Bandu Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 51 Graduate

Kishor Bandu Uike Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 8th Pass

Kunal Purushottam Gaikwad

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate Professional

Malekar Satish Murlidhar Rs 3,52,564 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 1,36,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 12th Pass

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sacchidanand Rs 5,21,53,177 ~ 5 Crore+

Cases Age Education

2 62 Post Graduate

Nisha Shitalkumar Dhongade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

Prakash Murlidhar Patil

Cases Age Education

0 67 Graduate

Raju Devidas Jambhule Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 Literate

Rawat Sachin Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 25 10th Pass

Rawat Santoshsingh Chandansingh Rs 9,48,55,175 ~ 9 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 64 Graduate

Sayyad Afzal Ali Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 26 10th Pass

Umesh Rajeshwar Shende

Cases Age Education

0 44 12th Pass

Virendra Bhimrao Kamble Rs 43,16,600 ~ 43 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Others

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Rs 1,59,92,862 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

2 57 Post Graduate

Anekshwar Raghunath Meshram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 53 12th Pass

Arun Devidas Kamble Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 10th Pass

Ashok Sambaji Tumram Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 54 Post Graduate

Bandu Zungaji Wakade Rs 6,361 ~ 6 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 52 Graduate Professional

Dr. Vishwas Anandrao Zade

Cases Age Education

1 48 Graduate Professional

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 64,000 ~ 64 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 12th Pass

Sachin Kailas Tembhurne Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate Professional

Sagar Ankush Raut Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Sarfaraz Yusuf Sheikh

Cases Age Education

1 33 12th Pass

Taher Hussain, Nasir Mohammad Sheikh Rs 1,06,387 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Tara Mahadeorao Kale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 55 Graduate

Zode Raju Chinnayya Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

4 41 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Sudhir Mungantiwar Rs 18,42,252 ~ 18 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

10 52 Post Graduate

Adv. Sau. Harshal Kumar Chiplunkar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 30 Post Graduate

Anand Sikandar Lakde Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate Professional

Dahiwade Rameshchandra Dattatray Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 65 Graduate Professional

Ghanshyam Khushimal Mulchandani Rs 10,87,750 ~ 10 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 53 10th Pass

Keshav Beniram Katre

Cases Age Education

0 42 8th Pass

Mandade Raju Netaji Rs 1,40,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 12th Pass

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 675 ~ 6 Hund+

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Prajyot Devidas Nale Rs 22,95,000 ~ 22 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 46 10th Pass

Rajesh Durgaprasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 42 Graduate Professional

Santosh Muka Ramteke

Cases Age Education

0 65 10th Pass

Sau. Vandana Ajay Chavhan Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

Wasudeo Parshuram Pipre Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 67 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Rs 6,46,008 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

28 47 Post Graduate

Deodatta Hansraj Ramteke Rs 7,30,952 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 Post Graduate

Dr. Poddar Amal Satish Rs 14,64,995 ~ 14 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Doctorate

Mukundarao Govinda Tekam Rs 521 ~ 5 Hund+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Literate

Nashikrao Ramchandra Ramteke

Cases Age Education

0 58 10th Pass

Pugliya Rahul Nareshkumar Rs 37,31,591 ~ 37 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Thulkar Bharat Somaji Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 55 12th Pass

Vinod Gajanan Ahirkar Rs 2,20,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

5 40 10th Pass

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CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Arun Devidas Kamble Rs 0 ~

Bharat Somaji Thulkar Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Gawture Chhaya Bandu Rs 0 ~

Kishor Bandu Uike Rs 0 ~

Kunal Purushottam Gaikwad

Malekar Satish Murlidhar Rs 3,52,564 ~ 3 Lacs+

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 1,36,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sacchidanand Rs 5,21,53,177 ~ 5 Crore+

Nisha Shitalkumar Dhongade Rs 0 ~

Prakash Murlidhar Patil

Raju Devidas Jambhule Rs 0 ~

Rawat Sachin Rs 0 ~

Rawat Santoshsingh Chandansingh Rs 9,48,55,175 ~ 9 Crore+

Sayyad Afzal Ali Rs 0 ~

Umesh Rajeshwar Shende

Virendra Bhimrao Kamble Rs 43,16,600 ~ 43 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Rs 1,59,92,862 ~ 1 Crore+

Anekshwar Raghunath Meshram Rs 0 ~

Arun Devidas Kamble Rs 0 ~

Ashok Sambaji Tumram Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Bandu Zungaji Wakade Rs 6,361 ~ 6 Thou+

Dr. Vishwas Anandrao Zade

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 64,000 ~ 64 Thou+

Sachin Kailas Tembhurne Rs 0 ~

Sagar Ankush Raut Rs 0 ~

Sarfaraz Yusuf Sheikh

Taher Hussain, Nasir Mohammad Sheikh Rs 1,06,387 ~ 1 Lacs+

Tara Mahadeorao Kale Rs 0 ~

Zode Raju Chinnayya Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Sudhir Mungantiwar Rs 18,42,252 ~ 18 Lacs+

Adv. Sau. Harshal Kumar Chiplunkar Rs 0 ~

Anand Sikandar Lakde Rs 0 ~

Dahiwade Rameshchandra Dattatray Rs 0 ~

Ghanshyam Khushimal Mulchandani Rs 10,87,750 ~ 10 Lacs+

Keshav Beniram Katre

Mandade Raju Netaji Rs 1,40,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Manoj Dharma Atram Rs 675 ~ 6 Hund+

Prajyot Devidas Nale Rs 22,95,000 ~ 22 Lacs+

Rajesh Durgaprasad Singh Rs 0 ~

Santosh Muka Ramteke

Sau. Vandana Ajay Chavhan Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Wasudeo Parshuram Pipre Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Rs 6,46,008 ~ 6 Lacs+

Deodatta Hansraj Ramteke Rs 7,30,952 ~ 7 Lacs+

Dr. Poddar Amal Satish Rs 14,64,995 ~ 14 Lacs+

Mukundarao Govinda Tekam Rs 521 ~ 5 Hund+

Nashikrao Ramchandra Ramteke

Pugliya Rahul Nareshkumar Rs 37,31,591 ~ 37 Lacs+

Thulkar Bharat Somaji Rs 0 ~

Vinod Gajanan Ahirkar Rs 2,20,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

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