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

Dr. Suresh(Bhau) Dagadu Khade BJP Winner

Tanaji Ananda Satpute Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Loser

Dr. Akash Nandkumar Vhatkar BSP Loser

Maheshkumar Mahadev Kamble All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Loser

Vidnyan Prakash Mane Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Miraj 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

Khade Suresh (bhau) Dagadu

2014

Suresh Dagadu Khade

2019

Dr. Suresh (bhau) Dagadu Khade

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Dr. Suresh(Bhau) Dagadu Khade Rs 62,15,971 ~ 62 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 66 Post Graduate

Tanaji Ananda Satpute Rs 35,80,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 Graduate

Dr. Akash Nandkumar Vhatkar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate Professional

Maheshkumar Mahadev Kamble Rs 48,68,609 ~ 48 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 44 Graduate

Vidnyan Prakash Mane

Cases Age Education

2 32 Graduate Professional

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Dr. Suresh (Bhau) Dagadu Khade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

3 61 Doctorate

Balasaheb Yashvant Raste Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Balaso Dattatray Honmore Rs 11,00,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 10th Pass

Dr. Prashant Dnyaneshwar Gangavane Rs 2,89,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 37 Doctorate

Gangaram Shivmurti Satpute

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate Professional

Nanaso Sadashiv Waghmare Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

4 40 12th Pass

Sadashiv Dashrath Khade Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 53 8th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Suresh Dagadu Khade Rs 26,17,466 ~ 26 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 56 Doctorate

Dipak Shamrao Gayakwad Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 42 Post Graduate

Honmore Balaso Dattatray Rs 24,50,000 ~ 24 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 47 12th Pass

Jaykumar Vijay Nikam Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate

Kamble Vidhyasagar Subhash Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 10th Pass

Nitin Raghunath Sonavane

Cases Age Education

4 44 Others

Prakash Rajaram Babar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 5th Pass

Pratiksha Prakash Sonavane Rs 13,50,000 ~ 13 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 10th Pass

Sanjeev Mahadev Pophare Rs 21,80,264 ~ 21 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Shidheshwar Atamaram Jadhav Rs 16,44,502 ~ 16 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 48 Post Graduate

Sonvane Vishal Suresh

Cases Age Education

0 38 Graduate

Sunil Mahaveer Howale Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 30 Others

Surekha Alias Suraiyya Shahin Shaikh Rs 1,86,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Tanaji Aanadrao Satpute Rs 27,00,000 ~ 27 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Thorat Yogendra Bhagwan

Cases Age Education

1 36 Graduate

Umesh Shrirang Dhende Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 8th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Khade Suresh (Bhau) Dagadu Rs 13,93,730 ~ 13 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 51 10th Pass

Amrut Rama Mane Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 60 Graduate

Dabade Dinkar Dattatraya Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 38 Literate

Dhotre Arun Akaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate

Ganpati Tukaram Kamble alias G.T.Kamble Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 71 10th Pass

Ghadge Raju Babasaheb

Cases Age Education

0 36 Post Graduate

Ghate Saishriya Ashok Rs 4,45,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 45 Post Graduate

Hanmore Balaso Dattatreya Rs 9,35,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 42 12th Pass

Kadam Shamrao Piraji Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 65 Graduate Professional

Kamble Rahul Vasant Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 31 Post Graduate

Kamble Vivek Appa

Cases Age Education

3 55 Literate

Karpe Sushma Kisan Alias Kaji Ayesha Mohammed Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 8th Pass

Prakash Ananda Bansode Rs 65,000 ~ 65 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate

Santosh Dhanpal Kale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 32 8th Pass

Satpute Rekha Dashrath

Cases Age Education

0 47 5th Pass

Shrikant Yellappa Tore Rs 33,300 ~ 33 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 45 10th Pass

Sudhakar (Jahangir) Prabhakar Gaikwad Rs 70,000 ~ 70 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 34 Literate

Sunil Ram Basakhetre Rs 72,41,364 ~ 72 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 51 Post Graduate

Umesh Shrirang Dhende Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 8th Pass

Vikas Tukaram Waghmare

Cases Age Education

0 36 10th Pass

Waidande Tanaji Babu Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 46 10th Pass

Yadavrao Hirappa Kamble alias Sachit Tasgaonkar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 73 Graduate

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CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Dr. Suresh(Bhau) Dagadu Khade Rs 62,15,971 ~ 62 Lacs+

Tanaji Ananda Satpute Rs 35,80,000 ~ 35 Lacs+

Dr. Akash Nandkumar Vhatkar Rs 0 ~

Maheshkumar Mahadev Kamble Rs 48,68,609 ~ 48 Lacs+

Vidnyan Prakash Mane

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Dr. Suresh (Bhau) Dagadu Khade Rs 0 ~

Balasaheb Yashvant Raste Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Balaso Dattatray Honmore Rs 11,00,000 ~ 11 Lacs+

Dr. Prashant Dnyaneshwar Gangavane Rs 2,89,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Gangaram Shivmurti Satpute

Nanaso Sadashiv Waghmare Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Sadashiv Dashrath Khade Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Suresh Dagadu Khade Rs 26,17,466 ~ 26 Lacs+

Dipak Shamrao Gayakwad Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

Honmore Balaso Dattatray Rs 24,50,000 ~ 24 Lacs+

Jaykumar Vijay Nikam Rs 20,000 ~ 20 Thou+

Kamble Vidhyasagar Subhash Rs 0 ~

Nitin Raghunath Sonavane

Prakash Rajaram Babar Rs 0 ~

Pratiksha Prakash Sonavane Rs 13,50,000 ~ 13 Lacs+

Sanjeev Mahadev Pophare Rs 21,80,264 ~ 21 Lacs+

Shidheshwar Atamaram Jadhav Rs 16,44,502 ~ 16 Lacs+

Sonvane Vishal Suresh

Sunil Mahaveer Howale Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Surekha Alias Suraiyya Shahin Shaikh Rs 1,86,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Tanaji Aanadrao Satpute Rs 27,00,000 ~ 27 Lacs+

Thorat Yogendra Bhagwan

Umesh Shrirang Dhende Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Khade Suresh (Bhau) Dagadu Rs 13,93,730 ~ 13 Lacs+

Amrut Rama Mane Rs 0 ~

Dabade Dinkar Dattatraya Rs 0 ~

Dhotre Arun Akaram Rs 0 ~

Ganpati Tukaram Kamble alias G.T.Kamble Rs 0 ~

Ghadge Raju Babasaheb

Ghate Saishriya Ashok Rs 4,45,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Hanmore Balaso Dattatreya Rs 9,35,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Kadam Shamrao Piraji Rs 0 ~

Kamble Rahul Vasant Rs 0 ~

Kamble Vivek Appa

Karpe Sushma Kisan Alias Kaji Ayesha Mohammed Rs 0 ~

Prakash Ananda Bansode Rs 65,000 ~ 65 Thou+

Santosh Dhanpal Kale Rs 0 ~

Satpute Rekha Dashrath

Shrikant Yellappa Tore Rs 33,300 ~ 33 Thou+

Sudhakar (Jahangir) Prabhakar Gaikwad Rs 70,000 ~ 70 Thou+

Sunil Ram Basakhetre Rs 72,41,364 ~ 72 Lacs+

Umesh Shrirang Dhende Rs 0 ~

Vikas Tukaram Waghmare

Waidande Tanaji Babu Rs 0 ~

Yadavrao Hirappa Kamble alias Sachit Tasgaonkar Rs 0 ~

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