In front of the April 18 polling date in Karnataka, the BJP, Congress, and JD(S) have announced their candidates list for 14 constituencies in the state. The greatest battles to look out for in the state are:
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1. Mandya, where the BJP is supporting Sumalatha Ambareesh, who is going up against JD(S)' Nikhil Kumaraswamy
2. Bangalore North, where the BJP is fielding D V Sadananda Gowda against the Congress' Krishna Byre Gowda
3. Bangalore South, where the BJP is fielding Tejaswi Surya against the Congress' B K Hariprasad
4. Bangalore Central, which will see a three-way fight between the BJP's P C Mohan, Congress' Rizwan Arshad and Prakash Raj, who is contesting as an independent.
Karnataka has a total of 28 constituencies, of which seven are reserved exclusively for SC/ST candidates. Those constituencies are Bellary (ST), Bijapur (SC), Chamarajanagar (SC), Chitradurga (SC), Kalburgi (SC), Raichur (ST) and Kolar (SC).
Here is the candidate list from Bengaluru constituencies for Lok Sabha election:
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No |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Constituencies |
Bengaluru Rural |
Bengaluru North |
Bengaluru Central |
Bengaluru South |
|
BJP |
Ashwat Narain |
DV Sadananda Gowda |
PC Mohan |
Tejaswi Surya |
|
Congress |
DK Suresh |
Krishna Byre Gowda |
|
Rizwan Arshad |
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JD(S) |
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BK Hariprasad |
|
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Others |
Rama TC (SUCI) |
Mir Layak Hussain (IND) |
Prakash Raj (IND) |
Ravikumar T (Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) |
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Raghu Janagere (IND) |
Syed Khwajawali Haidri (BSP) |
Nawaz Dilbar (Karnataka Karmikara Paksha) |
Sanjay G (Uttama Prajakeeya Party) |
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Ishwara (IND) |
C Ravikumar (IND) |
Mohammed Hanif (IND) |
CK Ravichandra (IND) |
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N Krishnappa (Pyramid Party of India) |
Abdul Kareem Desai (IND) |
T Dayalkumar (IND) |
R Shekhar (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi) |
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Tulasappa Dasar (IND) |
Jannifer R Russel (IND) |
A Raju (BSP) |
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MK Pasha (IND) |
Thyagaraj (Republic Sena) |
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Raparatti Anil Kumar (IND) |
Mahadesh (IND) |
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Francis Binny Jose (IND) |
Yogesh Nagaraj (IND) |
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B Krishna Prasad (Protist Bloc India) |
Jagadish N Agnihotri (IND) |
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A Kristuraj (IND) |
Brahmanand N (IND) |
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Manohar SN Iyer (IND) |
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B Chikkaganesh (IND) |
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Prashantha C (IND) |
* The details are as per 2 PM on March 26
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