Lok Sabha Candidates  

Speaking to reporters in Madikeri, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat said that the RSS leaders and BJP Lok Sabha candidates should not look to showcase Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but should talk about their own achievements

Belagavi with 57 has the maximum number of candidates, while Raichur with five have the lowest in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka
 

Three Jadhavs - Shankar Jadhav, Vijay Jadhav and Sarva Janata Party have filed their nominations in Kalaburagi. The move to field these namesakes is as an attempt to confuse people and split votes

A total of 362 candidates have filed their nominations in Karnataka in the first phase, out of which 337 are men and 25 are women candidates. Bengaluru North has highest number of candidates in Karnataka - 40 and Hassan has the least - 13 candidates.

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.

Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy said that Deve Gowda has Bengaluru North or Tumakuru to choose from. But he is also interested in Hassan, but for the promise he made to his grandson Prajwal Revanna, Kumaraswamy added.

Kameela Nasser has been named as the MNM candidate for the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. The Kamal Haasan-led party released its candidates’ list for Lok Sabha on March 20

The United Democratic Front leaders failed to finalise their candidates for two seats in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha election amid infighting

Supporter Yishtalinga heartily invited Prime Minister Modi to contest from Bagalkot, whereas Congress, in what can be described as a sarcastic expression, invited the Prime Minister to contest from Karnataka
 

If sources are to be believed, then Congress is all set to field a Hindu-Muslim candidate to take on BJP's sitting MP PC Mohan. Dinesh Gundu Rao's Muslim wife Tabu Gundu Rao may be pitted by the Congress against the BJP in Bengaluru Central.