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

Abdul Kayyum Abdul Gani IND Loser

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur INC Loser

Dr. Mukund Yashvant Dhone BSP Loser

Er. Avinash Dhanwate Peoples Party of India (Democratic) Loser

Harshwardhan Baliram Khobragade Bahujan Maha Party Loser

Kamalsih Vijaysih Chitodiya IND Loser

Milind Shriramji Tayade Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Pradeep Gangadharrao Mahajan Desh Janhit Party Loser

Rajesh Baliram Wankhade IND Loser

Rajesh Pralhad Mankar IND Loser

Rajesh Shriramji Wankhade BJP Winner

Sandesh Suryabhanji Meshram Republican Paksha (Khoripa) Loser

Shilpa N. Kathane Jan Janwadi Party Loser

Shreedhar Vithoba Gadling Jai Hind Jai Bharat Rashtriya Party Loser

Suraj Niranjan Landage Ambedkarist Republican Party Loser

Vandev Manikrao Mohod IND Loser

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Polling

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Result

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Nominations end

29 Oct 2024

Last day to withdraw

04 Nov 2024

RESULTS IN PAST ELECTIONS

Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2009

Adv. Yashmati Thakur

2014

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur

2019

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Abdul Kayyum Abdul Gani Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 45 Post Graduate

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

5 50 Graduate Professional

Dr. Mukund Yashvant Dhone Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 65 Others

Er. Avinash Dhanwate Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 67 Graduate Professional

Harshwardhan Baliram Khobragade

Cases Age Education

0 42 Graduate

Kamalsih Vijaysih Chitodiya Rs 23,35,547 ~ 23 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 12th Pass

Milind Shriramji Tayade Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 60 10th Pass

Pradeep Gangadharrao Mahajan Rs 3,20,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 42 10th Pass

Rajesh Baliram Wankhade Rs 42,21,000 ~ 42 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 8th Pass

Rajesh Pralhad Mankar

Cases Age Education

0 49 12th Pass

Rajesh Shriramji Wankhade Rs 74,14,878 ~ 74 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 54 Graduate

Sandesh Suryabhanji Meshram Rs 2,50,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 45 Graduate

Shilpa N. Kathane Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 45 12th Pass

Shreedhar Vithoba Gadling Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 55 12th Pass

Suraj Niranjan Landage

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate

Vandev Manikrao Mohod Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 8,50,560 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

10 45 Graduate Professional

Abdul Naim Abdul Jalil Rs 5,50,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 51 8th Pass

Bodakhe Sanjay Gopalrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 10th Pass

Dilip Bajirao Dhanade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 52 Literate

Dipak Devrao Sardar

Cases Age Education

0 41 Graduate Professional

Mo. Rajik Sk. Hasan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 44 12th Pass

Pawan Vijay Wasu Rs 3,84,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

7 46 10th Pass

Pradip Gangadhar Mahajan Rs 1,95,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 38 10th Pass

Rajesh Shriram Wankhade Rs 1,09,45,439 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 49 12th Pass

Sanjay Shivling Kolhe

Cases Age Education

1 58 12th Pass

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

3 40 Graduate Professional

Prof. Sahebrao Ramchandra Tatte Rs 26,50,000 ~ 26 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 67 Post Graduate

Ramesh Vitthalrao Matkar Rs 85,39,572 ~ 85 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 60 Graduate

Akash Anil Warhade Rs 1,37,66,069 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Post Graduate

Dinesh Vaikunthrao Wankhade

Cases Age Education

0 53 12th Pass

Dr. Sanyogita Satyajit Naik Nimbalkar Rs 1,91,00,253 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate Professional

Eng. Gohatre Subhash Sheshrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 61 Graduate Professional

Indrajit Bhimrao Nitanwar Rs 7,26,900 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 39 Graduate Professional

M. Ayyaj M. Hanif Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 54 8th Pass

Malangshaha Rajjabshaha Sayyed

Cases Age Education

0 37 Graduate

Raju Bakshi Jamnekar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 Post Graduate

Sanjay Gunwantrao Lawhale Rs 8,37,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 43 12th Pass

Sharad Natthuji Alias Bhai Mangale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 10th Pass

Sheikh Anis Sheikh Aamad Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 29 10th Pass

Shelke Madan Parashramji

Cases Age Education

0 45 10th Pass

Smt.nivedita Chaudhari Rs 9,80,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

3 53 Graduate

Subhashbhau Devidasji Shrikhande Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 58 Graduate

Taywade Bhushan Harinarayan Rs 1,50,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Adv. Yashmati Thakur Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 35 Graduate Professional

Balasaheb Ashadevi Pandurang Korate Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

Cases Age Education

1 53 Post Graduate

Band Sanjay Raosaheb Rs 7,74,623 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 47 10th Pass

Bonde Jagdish Jaywantrao Rs 90,000 ~ 90 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 57 10th Pass

Dharmraj Dayaramsi Shirbhate

Cases Age Education

0 32 12th Pass

Dr. Chandrasekhar Ramdaspanth Kuralkar Rs 1,35,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 48 Graduate Professional

Dr. Gnesh Kharkar Rs 26,00,000 ~ 26 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 54 Graduate

Ingale Vijay Marotrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 10th Pass

Rajendra Sahebrao Parise Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 35 10th Pass

Sabirhusen Ahmadhusain

Cases Age Education

1 45 Literate

Sandesh Suryabhanji Meshram Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 12th Pass

Sanjay Prabhakarao Deshmukh Rs 22,000 ~ 22 Thou+

Cases Age Education

4 37 Post Graduate

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CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Abdul Kayyum Abdul Gani Rs 0 ~

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+

Dr. Mukund Yashvant Dhone Rs 0 ~

Er. Avinash Dhanwate Rs 0 ~

Harshwardhan Baliram Khobragade

Kamalsih Vijaysih Chitodiya Rs 23,35,547 ~ 23 Lacs+

Milind Shriramji Tayade Rs 8,00,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Pradeep Gangadharrao Mahajan Rs 3,20,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Rajesh Baliram Wankhade Rs 42,21,000 ~ 42 Lacs+

Rajesh Pralhad Mankar

Rajesh Shriramji Wankhade Rs 74,14,878 ~ 74 Lacs+

Sandesh Suryabhanji Meshram Rs 2,50,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Shilpa N. Kathane Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Shreedhar Vithoba Gadling Rs 0 ~

Suraj Niranjan Landage

Vandev Manikrao Mohod Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 8,50,560 ~ 8 Lacs+

Abdul Naim Abdul Jalil Rs 5,50,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Bodakhe Sanjay Gopalrao Rs 0 ~

Dilip Bajirao Dhanade Rs 0 ~

Dipak Devrao Sardar

Mo. Rajik Sk. Hasan Rs 0 ~

Pawan Vijay Wasu Rs 3,84,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Pradip Gangadhar Mahajan Rs 1,95,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Rajesh Shriram Wankhade Rs 1,09,45,439 ~ 1 Crore+

Sanjay Shivling Kolhe

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur Rs 0 ~

Prof. Sahebrao Ramchandra Tatte Rs 26,50,000 ~ 26 Lacs+

Ramesh Vitthalrao Matkar Rs 85,39,572 ~ 85 Lacs+

Akash Anil Warhade Rs 1,37,66,069 ~ 1 Crore+

Dinesh Vaikunthrao Wankhade

Dr. Sanyogita Satyajit Naik Nimbalkar Rs 1,91,00,253 ~ 1 Crore+

Eng. Gohatre Subhash Sheshrao Rs 0 ~

Indrajit Bhimrao Nitanwar Rs 7,26,900 ~ 7 Lacs+

M. Ayyaj M. Hanif Rs 40,000 ~ 40 Thou+

Malangshaha Rajjabshaha Sayyed

Raju Bakshi Jamnekar Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Gunwantrao Lawhale Rs 8,37,000 ~ 8 Lacs+

Sharad Natthuji Alias Bhai Mangale Rs 0 ~

Sheikh Anis Sheikh Aamad Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Shelke Madan Parashramji

Smt.nivedita Chaudhari Rs 9,80,000 ~ 9 Lacs+

Subhashbhau Devidasji Shrikhande Rs 0 ~

Taywade Bhushan Harinarayan Rs 1,50,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Adv. Yashmati Thakur Rs 0 ~

Balasaheb Ashadevi Pandurang Korate Rs 35,000 ~ 35 Thou+

Band Sanjay Raosaheb Rs 7,74,623 ~ 7 Lacs+

Bonde Jagdish Jaywantrao Rs 90,000 ~ 90 Thou+

Dharmraj Dayaramsi Shirbhate

Dr. Chandrasekhar Ramdaspanth Kuralkar Rs 1,35,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Dr. Gnesh Kharkar Rs 26,00,000 ~ 26 Lacs+

Ingale Vijay Marotrao Rs 0 ~

Rajendra Sahebrao Parise Rs 0 ~

Sabirhusen Ahmadhusain

Sandesh Suryabhanji Meshram Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Prabhakarao Deshmukh Rs 22,000 ~ 22 Thou+

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