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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Bhalake Bhagirathdada Bharat INC Loser

Datta Ramchandra Vadekar BSP Loser

Sawant Anil Subhash NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar Loser

Abdulrof Alias Rajjak Jafar Mulani IND Loser

Adv. Metkari Bapu Dada IND Loser

Anna Sukhdev Maske IND Loser

Ashfan Abdul Sayyad IND Loser

Ashok Ranganath Mane Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Birappa Madhukar Mote IND Loser

Darshana Shreeganesh Mane Deshmukh IND Loser

Dhotre Dilip Kashinath MNS Loser

Dnyaneshwar Arun Panchwagh IND Loser

Gaikwad Amol Suresh IND Loser

Mujawar Yusuf Rajmahamad IND Loser

Nishikant Bandu Patil IND Loser

Pankaj Harishchandra Devkate Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Loser

Rajendra Bapu Bedare Maharashtra Lokhitwadi Party Loser

Shrikant Shrimant Nalawade IND Loser

Siddharam Somanna Kakanki IND Loser

Sudarshan Raychand Khandare Akhil Bharatiya Sena Loser

Tuljaram Bhimrao Bandapatte IND Loser

Vithal Bhimrao Bhorkade IND Loser

Waghmare Sanjay Hanmant IND Loser

Pandharpur 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

Bhalke Bharat Tukaram

2014

Bhalake Bharat Tukaram

2019

Bhalake Bharat Tukaram

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Autade Samadhan Mahadeo Rs 18,53,10,104 ~ 18 Crore+

Cases Age Education

10 48 Others

Bhalake Bhagirathdada Bharat Rs 28,93,009 ~ 28 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 37 Graduate

Datta Ramchandra Vadekar

Cases Age Education

0 53 8th Pass

Sawant Anil Subhash Rs 16,73,830 ~ 16 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate

Abdulrof Alias Rajjak Jafar Mulani Rs 9,90,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 12th Pass

Adv. Metkari Bapu Dada Rs 18,00,000 ~ 18 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Graduate Professional

Anna Sukhdev Maske Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

3 56 Others

Ashfan Abdul Sayyad Rs 60,000 ~ 60 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 67 10th Pass

Ashok Ranganath Mane

Cases Age Education

0 54 12th Pass

Birappa Madhukar Mote Rs 1,50,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate

Darshana Shreeganesh Mane Deshmukh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 34 Graduate Professional

Dhotre Dilip Kashinath Rs 3,82,00,000 ~ 3 Crore+

Cases Age Education

3 52 Post Graduate

Dnyaneshwar Arun Panchwagh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 12th Pass

Gaikwad Amol Suresh Rs 6,50,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 27 Graduate

Mujawar Yusuf Rajmahamad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 5th Pass

Nishikant Bandu Patil

Cases Age Education

0 59 10th Pass

Pankaj Harishchandra Devkate Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 Post Graduate

Rajendra Bapu Bedare Rs 6,00,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 53 8th Pass

Shrikant Shrimant Nalawade Rs 8,60,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 35 12th Pass

Siddharam Somanna Kakanki

Cases Age Education

0 27 12th Pass

Sudarshan Raychand Khandare Rs 2,48,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

Tuljaram Bhimrao Bandapatte Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 Illiterate

Vithal Bhimrao Bhorkade Rs 45,000 ~ 45 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate

Waghmare Sanjay Hanmant Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 5th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bhalake Bharat Tukaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 59 8th Pass

Abdul Rauf Jafar Mulani Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 52 12th Pass

Adv.Aavchare Maruti Krishna Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate Professional

Adv.Lokare Shivlal Krishna Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 72 Graduate Professional

Annasaheb Sukhadev Maske Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 53 Others

Autade Samadhan Mahadeo

Cases Age Education

0 43 Others

Aware Siddheshwar Bharat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

3 28 12th Pass

Birappa Ishwar Waghmode Rs 6,21,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 35 12th Pass

Birappa Madhukar Mote Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 32 Graduate

Hanamant Vitthal Birajdar

Cases Age Education

0 46 Graduate

Kalunge Shivajirao Bajirao Rs 5,39,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 70 Post Graduate

Khadatare Dattatraya Tatya Rs 7,00,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate Professional

Mane Santosh Mahadev Rs 9,25,535 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 28 Graduate

Nishikant Bandu Patil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 54 10th Pass

Paricharak Sudhakar Ramchandra

Cases Age Education

0 83 8th Pass

Pratap Pandurang Kamble Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 25 12th Pass

Prof. Engineer Namdeo Shekappa Thorbole Patil Rs 19,90,000 ~ 19 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Sarvagod Sarika Ravindra Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 25 12th Pass

Sudarshan Raychand Khandare Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 12th Pass

Sunil Suresh Gore

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bhalake Bharat Tukaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 54 8th Pass

Adv. Lokare Shivlal Krishna Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 67 Graduate Professional

Adv. Nandkumar Bhagwat Pawar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 62 Graduate Professional

Adv. S.m. Sonawale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 Graduate Professional

Anil Adinath Patil Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 42 10th Pass

Autade Samadhan Mahadev

Cases Age Education

0 38 Others

Bagal Shantinath Gangaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal Rs 42,72,405 ~ 42 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 51 5th Pass

Jadhav Kishor Sitaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 5th Pass

Jaywant Govind Bagade

Cases Age Education

0 48 Others

Khadtare Dattatraya Tatyaso Rs 80,000 ~ 80 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 Graduate

Mane Jaywant Mohanrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 52 8th Pass

Nadaf Sikandar Jabbarali Rs 6,00,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate Professional

Paricharak Shailendra @ Prashant Prabhakar Rs 1,57,14,318 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Graduate

Patil Ratnaprabha Changdev

Cases Age Education

0 42 12th Pass

Pawar Bhajandas Uddhav Rs 61,000 ~ 61 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 36 Graduate

Raviprakash Sadashiv Sabale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

Shrikant Babu Dange Rs 3,80,321 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 8th Pass

Vilas Babu Sarwale Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 49 10th Pass

Waghmode Parmeshwar Sida

Cases Age Education

0 27 8th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Bhalke Bharat Tukaram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 49 8th Pass

Abhangrao Hemant Bhagwat Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate

Adv. Dr. Pawar Rajaram Bhagawatrao Rs 63,059 ~ 63 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 57 Doctorate

Bhagat Yetala Narayan Rs 4,92,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 50 Post Graduate

Dhotre Dilip Kashinath

Cases Age Education

0 37 Post Graduate

Kamble Bhalchandra Yallappa Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Mohite Patil Vijaysinh Shankarrao Rs 61,91,245 ~ 61 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 66 Literate

Patil Somnath Alias Raju Manohar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 30 10th Pass

Patil Vijaysinh Sarjerao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 33 8th Pass

Thengil Suryakant Dnyanoba

Cases Age Education

0 45 5th Pass

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