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

Ajay Gopal Parase IND Loser

Ambedkar Rajratna Ashok IND Loser

Gajanan Nivrutti Vairagade MNS Loser

Jagdish Laxman Manwatkar Bahujan Bharat Party Loser

Jyoti Ramesh Dabhade IND Loser

Madan Alias Rajabhaiya Ramet Pawar IND Loser

Manoj Motiram Khadse IND Loser

Megha Kiran Dongare Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Loser

Nagesh Kisanrao Ghope IND Loser

Pramod Uddhao Hanwate IND Loser

Ratnamala Sudam Ingole IND Loser

Sanjay Sakharam Dhale IND Loser

Sanju Adhar Wade IND Loser

Shashikant Yashwant Pendharkar IND Loser

Shyam Ramcharan Khode BJP Winner

Siddharth Akaramji Deole Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Loser

Subhash Khandu Pattebahadur IND Loser

Suresh Shankar More IND Loser

Uttam Onkar Ingole Peoples Party of India (Democratic) Loser

Vinod Panjabrav Nandagavali IND Loser

Vitthal Eknath Rajguru Hindrashtra Sangh Loser

Suwarna Sagar Kokas (Wankhade) BSP Loser

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Year

Winning Candidate

Party

2009

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik

2014

Lakhan Malik

2019

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik

CANDIDATE LIST 2024

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Ajay Gopal Parase Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 31 Graduate

Ambedkar Rajratna Ashok Rs 17,00,000 ~ 17 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 41 Post Graduate

Gajanan Nivrutti Vairagade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 38 10th Pass

Jagdish Laxman Manwatkar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 35 Graduate

Jyoti Ramesh Dabhade

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate Professional

Madan Alias Rajabhaiya Ramet Pawar Rs 6,50,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

2 49 10th Pass

Manoj Motiram Khadse Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 Graduate

Megha Kiran Dongare Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 Graduate

Nagesh Kisanrao Ghope Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 44 Graduate

Pramod Uddhao Hanwate

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate

Ratnamala Sudam Ingole Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 41 Post Graduate

Sanjay Sakharam Dhale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 60 12th Pass

Sanju Adhar Wade Rs 67,00,000 ~ 67 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 53 Graduate

Shashikant Yashwant Pendharkar Rs 1,77,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

1 56 12th Pass

Shyam Ramcharan Khode

Cases Age Education

1 58 10th Pass

Siddharth Akaramji Deole Rs 8,80,22,956 ~ 8 Crore+

Cases Age Education

1 49 Post Graduate

Subhash Khandu Pattebahadur Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 61 5th Pass

Suresh Shankar More Rs 5,94,364 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Post Graduate

Uttam Onkar Ingole

Cases Age Education

0 62 8th Pass

Vinod Panjabrav Nandagavali Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 36 10th Pass

Vitthal Eknath Rajguru Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 48 12th Pass

Suwarna Sagar Kokas (Wankhade) Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

2 38 Others

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 62 Literate

Bhagwat Sakharam Ranbawale Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 47 Graduate

Bhalerao Dipak Ramesh Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 29 Graduate

Dilip Pandurang Bhojraj Rs 27,12,766 ~ 27 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 55 12th Pass

Mahada Ashru Hiwale

Cases Age Education

0 33 Graduate Professional

Pendharkar Shashikant Yashwantrao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 51 10th Pass

Rahul Jaikumar Balkhande Rs 49,280 ~ 49 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 31 12th Pass

Rajani Mahadev Rathod Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 55 Doctorate

Sachin Wamanrao Pattebahadur Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate Professional

Santosh Bansi Kodisangat

Cases Age Education

1 38 8th Pass

Saurabh Ravindra Gaikwad Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 25 Graduate

Siddharth Akaramji Deole Rs 86,78,417 ~ 86 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 44 Post Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Lakhan Malik Rs 3,50,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 53 Literate

Devlal Chiman Borde Rs 7,95,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 49 Post Graduate

Dham Ramji Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 43 Literate

Dnyaneshwar Namdev Jhadhav Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

7 43 10th Pass

Dr. Alka Satyabhan Makasare Rs 5,10,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 39 Post Graduate

Dr. Dipak Yashvantrao Dhoke

Cases Age Education

0 37 Post Graduate

Mahadeorao Haribhau Tatke Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

1 48 Graduate

Narayan Jijeeba Padghan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 39 10th Pass

Nilesh Alias Shashikant Pendharkar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 45 10th Pass

Parmeshwar Mahadu Walve

Cases Age Education

0 31 8th Pass

Ramchandra Tukaram Wankhede Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 60 Post Graduate

Ramesh Pandurang Ambhore Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 49 12th Pass

Sanjay Janrao Mandavdhare Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 46 12th Pass

Shivaji Ramji Ingole Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 47 Not Given

Sontash Tanaji Khandare

Cases Age Education

0 43 Graduate

Subhash Lalchandji Devhans Rs 32,649 ~ 32 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 60 Graduate Professional

Suresh Bhivaji Ingle Rs 21,42,852 ~ 21 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 52 Graduate

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Candidate name Party/ Alliance Assets/ Liabilities

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 53 Literate

Adhagale Pralhad narayan Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 59 Post Graduate

Belkede Lata Babarao Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 32 10th Pass

Bhimrao Tukaram Dhuldhule Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate Professional

Digambar Bhagwan Dongare Rs 15,000 ~ 15 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 41 Post Graduate

Dr. Alka Satyabhan Makasare

Cases Age Education

0 34 Post Graduate

Gawai madhao Samarth Rs 23,37,691 ~ 23 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 61 12th Pass

Kamble Madhukar Anandrao Rs 15,00,000 ~ 15 Lacs+

Cases Age Education

0 58 12th Pass

Khandare ajanan Baliram Rs 11,000 ~ 11 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 56 10th Pass

Mahadeo haribhau Tatke

Cases Age Education

1 42 12th Pass

Mane Samadhan Tryambak Rs 1,24,68,321 ~ 1 Crore+

Cases Age Education

0 45 12th Pass

Pandurang Rukhmaji Uchitkar Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 40 Graduate Professional

Pendharkar Kishor Gangadhar Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Cases Age Education

0 53 8th Pass

Pundulikrao iraman Ingole (Guruji) Rs 0 ~

Cases Age Education

0 60 Post Graduate

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Ajay Gopal Parase Rs 0 ~

Ambedkar Rajratna Ashok Rs 17,00,000 ~ 17 Lacs+

Gajanan Nivrutti Vairagade Rs 0 ~

Jagdish Laxman Manwatkar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Jyoti Ramesh Dabhade

Madan Alias Rajabhaiya Ramet Pawar Rs 6,50,000 ~ 6 Lacs+

Manoj Motiram Khadse Rs 0 ~

Megha Kiran Dongare Rs 0 ~

Nagesh Kisanrao Ghope Rs 0 ~

Pramod Uddhao Hanwate

Ratnamala Sudam Ingole Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Sakharam Dhale Rs 0 ~

Sanju Adhar Wade Rs 67,00,000 ~ 67 Lacs+

Shashikant Yashwant Pendharkar Rs 1,77,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Shyam Ramcharan Khode

Siddharth Akaramji Deole Rs 8,80,22,956 ~ 8 Crore+

Subhash Khandu Pattebahadur Rs 0 ~

Suresh Shankar More Rs 5,94,364 ~ 5 Lacs+

Uttam Onkar Ingole

Vinod Panjabrav Nandagavali Rs 0 ~

Vitthal Eknath Rajguru Rs 0 ~

Suwarna Sagar Kokas (Wankhade) Rs 0 ~

CANDIDATE LIST 2019

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+

Bhagwat Sakharam Ranbawale Rs 0 ~

Bhalerao Dipak Ramesh Rs 0 ~

Dilip Pandurang Bhojraj Rs 27,12,766 ~ 27 Lacs+

Mahada Ashru Hiwale

Pendharkar Shashikant Yashwantrao Rs 0 ~

Rahul Jaikumar Balkhande Rs 49,280 ~ 49 Thou+

Rajani Mahadev Rathod Rs 5,00,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Sachin Wamanrao Pattebahadur Rs 1,00,000 ~ 1 Lacs+

Santosh Bansi Kodisangat

Saurabh Ravindra Gaikwad Rs 0 ~

Siddharth Akaramji Deole Rs 86,78,417 ~ 86 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2014

Lakhan Malik Rs 3,50,000 ~ 3 Lacs+

Devlal Chiman Borde Rs 7,95,000 ~ 7 Lacs+

Dham Ramji Wankhade Rs 0 ~

Dnyaneshwar Namdev Jhadhav Rs 0 ~

Dr. Alka Satyabhan Makasare Rs 5,10,000 ~ 5 Lacs+

Dr. Dipak Yashvantrao Dhoke

Mahadeorao Haribhau Tatke Rs 0 ~

Narayan Jijeeba Padghan Rs 0 ~

Nilesh Alias Shashikant Pendharkar Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+

Parmeshwar Mahadu Walve

Ramchandra Tukaram Wankhede Rs 0 ~

Ramesh Pandurang Ambhore Rs 0 ~

Sanjay Janrao Mandavdhare Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Shivaji Ramji Ingole Rs 30,000 ~ 30 Thou+

Sontash Tanaji Khandare

Subhash Lalchandji Devhans Rs 32,649 ~ 32 Thou+

Suresh Bhivaji Ingle Rs 21,42,852 ~ 21 Lacs+

CANDIDATE LIST 2009

Lakhan Sahadeo Malik Rs 0 ~

Adhagale Pralhad narayan Rs 0 ~

Belkede Lata Babarao Rs 0 ~

Bhimrao Tukaram Dhuldhule Rs 0 ~

Digambar Bhagwan Dongare Rs 15,000 ~ 15 Thou+

Dr. Alka Satyabhan Makasare

Gawai madhao Samarth Rs 23,37,691 ~ 23 Lacs+

Kamble Madhukar Anandrao Rs 15,00,000 ~ 15 Lacs+

Khandare ajanan Baliram Rs 11,000 ~ 11 Thou+

Mahadeo haribhau Tatke

Mane Samadhan Tryambak Rs 1,24,68,321 ~ 1 Crore+

Pandurang Rukhmaji Uchitkar Rs 0 ~

Pendharkar Kishor Gangadhar Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+

Pundulikrao iraman Ingole (Guruji) Rs 0 ~

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