Here is the complete list of candidates whose names have been announced by the respective parties. Karnataka has 28 constituencies and polls will be held in two phases on April 18 and April 23.
Bengaluru: Karnataka is set for Lok Sabha elections in two phases on April 18 and April 23. The parties have finalised candidates for the April 18 election as March 26 is the last date to file the nominations. However, respective parties are yet to announce candidates for some constituencies that would go to polls on April 23.
BJP is contesting in all 28 constituencies, whereas, Congress and the JD(S) are contesting in alliance. Actors like Sumalatha (supported by BJP) and Prakash Raj are contesting independently in Mandya and Bengaluru Central constituencies respectively.
Constituencies that would go to polls on April 18:
Udupi - Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysur, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Chikkaballapur and Kolar.
Constituencies that would go to polls on April 23:
Chikkodi, Bagalkot, Belagavi, Vijayapur, kalaburagi, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Ballari, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Shivamogga.
Here is the list of candidates's names announced by the BJP, Congress-JD(S) alliance and independents:
No | Constituency | BJP | Congress | JD(S) | Independent |
1 | Chikkodi | Anna Saheb Jolle | Prakash Hukkeri | ||
2 | Belagavi | Suresh Chanabasappa Angadi | Virupakshi S Sadhunnavar | ||
3 | Bagalkot | Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar | Veena Kashappanavar | ||
4 | Vijayapur | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Dr Sunitha Chowhan | ||
5 | Kalaburagi | Umesh Jadhav | Mallikarjuna Kharge | ||
6 | Raichur | Raja Amresh Nayak | BV Nayak | ||
7 | Bidar | Bhagwanth Khuba | Eshwar Khandre | ||
8 | Bellary | Devendrappa | VS Ugrappa | ||
9 | Koppal | Sanganna Karadi | Rajashekhar Hitnal | ||
10 | Haveri | Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi | DR Patil | ||
11 | Dharwad | Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi | Vinay Kulkarni | ||
12 | Uttara Kannada | Anant Kumar Hegde | Anand Asnotikar | ||
13 | Davanagere | Gowdar M Siddeshwara | Shamanur Shivashankarappa | ||
14 | Shivamogga | B Y Raghavendra | Madhu Bangarappa | ||
15 | Udupi-Chikkamagalur | Shobha Karandlaje | Pramod Madhwaraj | ||
16 | Hassan | A Manju | Prajwal Revanna | ||
17 | Dakshina Kannada | Nalin Kumar Kateel | Mithun Rai | ||
18 | Chitradurga | A Narayana Swamy | BN Chandrappa | ||
19 | Tumakuru | G S Basavaraju | Deve Gowda | ||
20 | Mandya | Nikhil Gowda | Sumalatha Ambareesh (BJP supported) | ||
21 | Mysuru-Kodagu | Prathap Simha | CH Vijayshankar | ||
22 | Chamarajanagar | Srinivasa Prasad | R Dhruva Narayana | ||
23 | Bengaluru Rural | Ashwat Narain | DK Suresh | ||
24 | Bengaluru North | DV Sadananda Gowda | Krishna Byre Gowda | ||
25 | Bengaluru Central | P C Mohan | Rizwan Arshad | Prakash Raj | |
26 | Bengaluru South | Tejaswi Surya | BK Hariprasad | ||
27 | Chkkaballapur | B N Bachchegowda | M Veerappa Moily | ||
28 | Kolar | H Muniswamy | KH Muniyappa |
