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 Santoshrao Susar IND Loser

Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhau Shiv Sena Winner

Jayshree Sunil Shelke Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Loser

Jayshri Ravindra Shelke IND Loser

Mohammad Ansar Mohammad Altaf IND Loser

Mohammad Gufran Diwan Swabhimani Paksha Loser

Nilesh Ashok Hiwale IND Loser

Prashant Uttam Waghode Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Satish Ramesh Pawar Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Loser

Vijay Ramakrushna Kale BSP Loser

Satishchandra Dinkar Rothe Patil Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Loser

Buldhana 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

Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde

2014

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal

2019

Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Arun Santoshrao Susar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 52 Post Graduate

Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhau Rs 91,00,000 ~ 91 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 57 8th Pass

Jayshree Sunil Shelke Rs 2,02,50,871 ~ 2 Crore+

Cases Age Education

2 40 Post Graduate

Jayshri Ravindra Shelke Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 10th Pass

Mohammad Ansar Mohammad Altaf

Cases Age Education

0 50 10th Pass

Mohammad Gufran Diwan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 57 12th Pass

Nilesh Ashok Hiwale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate

Prashant Uttam Waghode Rs 8,42,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 41 12th Pass

Satish Ramesh Pawar Rs 34,00,000 ~ 34 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Post Graduate

Vijay Ramakrushna Kale Rs 50,00,000 ~ 50 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 10th Pass

Satishchandra Dinkar Rothe Patil

Cases Age Education

6 46 Graduate Professional

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad Rs 39,29,384 ~ 39 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

5 53 8th Pass

Abdul Rajjak Abdul Sattar Rs 11,50,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 56 12th Pass

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal Rs 28,01,246 ~ 28 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 51 Graduate Professional

Mohd. Sajjad Abdul Khalik Rs 50,00,000 ~ 50 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 50 10th Pass

Vijay Haribhau Shinde

Cases Age Education

0 54 12th Pass

Vijay Ramkrushna Kale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 10th Pass

Yogendra Rajendra Gode Rs 51,91,940 ~ 51 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 51 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 Graduate Professional

A.mustak A. Wahab Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

Azhar Sikandar Khan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 12th Pass

Bhagwan Alis Munna Ramprasad Bendwal Rs 1,50,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

10 47 Literate

Dongardive Namdeo Pundalik Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 47 Graduate Professional

Gajanan Janardhana Zagare

Cases Age Education

0 44 8th Pass

Ganesh Pandu Ingale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 8th Pass

Gode Yogendra Rajendra Rs 15,35,663 ~ 15 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 46 Graduate

Krushnakant Manohar Bagade Rs 5,25,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 36 Graduate

Naresh Rajaram Shelake

Cases Age Education

0 38 12th Pass

Pandhari Bhagwan Tayade Rs 62,000 ~ 62 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 57 5th Pass

Prashant Uttam Waghode Rs 4,20,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 32 12th Pass

Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad Rs 14,72,000 ~ 14 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 48 8th Pass

Shankarseth Onkar Chaudhary Rs 33,00,000 ~ 33 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 59 8th Pass

Shinde Vijay Haribhau

Cases Age Education

0 49 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde Rs 69,54,748 ~ 69 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 44 Graduate

Arun Santoshrao Susar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate

Dhrupadrao Bhagwan Sawale Rs 60,94,246 ~ 60 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate

Gaikwad Dadarao Bansi Rs 29,000 ~ 29 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 35 Post Graduate

Gajanan Janardan Zagare Rs 37,000 ~ 37 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 40 8th Pass

Izhaar Ahmed Deshmukh

Cases Age Education

2 41 12th Pass

Kharat Ashish Purushottam Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 5th Pass

M Jawed Abdul Wahab Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 25 10th Pass

Mahajan Shaligram Omkar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 63 Not Given

Narkhade Viswasrao Ramdas Rs 12,50,000 ~ 12 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 39 5th Pass

Rathod Shrichandra Manohar

Cases Age Education

0 57 Graduate

Sambare Dinkar Tukaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 10th Pass

Sonone Shrikrishna Supada Rs 52,000 ~ 52 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate Professional

Vijayrao Ramkrushanrao Kale Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

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RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Arun Santoshrao Susar Rs 0 ~

Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhau Rs 91,00,000 ~ 91 Lacs+

Jayshree Sunil Shelke Rs 2,02,50,871 ~ 2 Crore+

Jayshri Ravindra Shelke Rs 0 ~

Mohammad Ansar Mohammad Altaf

Mohammad Gufran Diwan Rs 0 ~

Nilesh Ashok Hiwale Rs 0 ~

Prashant Uttam Waghode Rs 8,42,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Satish Ramesh Pawar Rs 34,00,000 ~ 34 Lacs+

Vijay Ramakrushna Kale Rs 50,00,000 ~ 50 Lacs+

Satishchandra Dinkar Rothe Patil

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad Rs 39,29,384 ~ 39 Lacs+

Abdul Rajjak Abdul Sattar Rs 11,50,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal Rs 28,01,246 ~ 28 Lacs+

Mohd. Sajjad Abdul Khalik Rs 50,00,000 ~ 50 Lacs+

Vijay Haribhau Shinde

Vijay Ramkrushna Kale Rs 0 ~

Yogendra Rajendra Gode Rs 51,91,940 ~ 51 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal Rs 0 ~

A.mustak A. Wahab Rs 0 ~

Azhar Sikandar Khan Rs 0 ~

Bhagwan Alis Munna Ramprasad Bendwal Rs 1,50,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Dongardive Namdeo Pundalik Rs 0 ~

Gajanan Janardhana Zagare

Ganesh Pandu Ingale Rs 0 ~

Gode Yogendra Rajendra Rs 15,35,663 ~ 15 Lacs+

Krushnakant Manohar Bagade Rs 5,25,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Naresh Rajaram Shelake

Pandhari Bhagwan Tayade Rs 62,000 ~ 62 Thou+

Prashant Uttam Waghode Rs 4,20,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad Rs 14,72,000 ~ 14 Lacs+

Shankarseth Onkar Chaudhary Rs 33,00,000 ~ 33 Lacs+

Shinde Vijay Haribhau

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde Rs 69,54,748 ~ 69 Lacs+

Arun Santoshrao Susar Rs 0 ~

Dhrupadrao Bhagwan Sawale Rs 60,94,246 ~ 60 Lacs+

Gaikwad Dadarao Bansi Rs 29,000 ~ 29 Thou+

Gajanan Janardan Zagare Rs 37,000 ~ 37 Thou+

Izhaar Ahmed Deshmukh

Kharat Ashish Purushottam Rs 0 ~

M Jawed Abdul Wahab Rs 0 ~

Mahajan Shaligram Omkar Rs 0 ~

Narkhade Viswasrao Ramdas Rs 12,50,000 ~ 12 Lacs+

Rathod Shrichandra Manohar

Sambare Dinkar Tukaram Rs 0 ~

Sonone Shrikrishna Supada Rs 52,000 ~ 52 Thou+

Vijayrao Ramkrushanrao Kale Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

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