The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of 189 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections – at a press briefing at the party headquarters in New Delhi. The party’s national general secretary Arun Singh announced that out of the total candidates, 52 have received a ticket for the first time. He added that 32 candidates belong to the OBC community, 20 from SC, and 16 from ST.
See the full list of BJP’s 1st list of candidates and their constituencies for the Karnataka elections:
- Basavaraj Bommai – Shiggaon constituency
- BY Vijayendra – Shikaripura constituency
- Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle – Nippani constituency
- Ramesh Katti – Chikkodi-Sadalga constituency
- B Sriramulu – Bellary Rural constituency
- Dr Sudhakar K – Chikkaballapur constituency
- Dr Ashwathnarayan CN – Malleshwaram constituency
- R Ashoka – Padmanabhanagar and Kanakapura constituency
- Mahesh Kumathalli – Athani constituency
- Shrimant Balasaheb Patil – Kagwad constituency
- P Rajeev – Kudachi (SC) constituency
- Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole – Raybag (SC) constituency
- Nikhil Katti – Hukkeri constituency
- Balachandra Jarakiholi – Arabhavi constituency
- Ramesh Jarakiholi – Gokak constituency
- Basavaraj Hundri – Yemkanmardi (ST) constituency
- Dr Ravi Patil – Belgaum Uttar constituency
- Abhay Patil – Belgaum Dakshin constituency
- Nagesh Mannolkar – Belgaum Rural constituency
- Vittal Halagekar – Khanapur constituency
- Mahantesh Doddagoudar – Kittur constituency
- Jagdish Channappa Metgud – Bailhongal constituency
- Ratna Vishwanath Mamani – Saundatti Yellamma constituency
- Chikka Revanna – Ramdurg constituency
- Govind Karjol – Mudhol (SC) constituency
- Siddu Savadi – Terdal constituency
- Jagadish Gudagunti – Jamkhandi constituency
- Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani – Bilgil constituency
- Shantha Gowda Patil – Badami constituency
- Veerabhadrayya Charantimath – Bagalkot constituency
- Doddanagouda G Patil – Hungund constituency
- AS Patil Nadahalli – Muddebihal constituency
- Vijugouda S Patil – Babaleshwar constituency
- BR Patil (Yatnal) – Bijapur constituency
- Ramesh Bhusanur – Sindgi constituency
- Malikaiah Guttedar – Afzalpur constituency
- Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi – Jewargi constituency
- Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) – Shorapur constituency
- Ameenreddy Yalagi – Shahapur constituency
- Venkatareddy Mudnal – Yadgir constituency
- Manikanta Rathod – Chittapur (SC)
- Avinash Jadhav – Chincholi (SC)
- Basavaraj Mattimod – Gulbarga Rural (SC)
- Dattatraya Patil Revoor – Gulbarga Dakshin
- Chandrakant Patil – Gulbarga Uttar
- Subhash Guttedar – Aland
- Sharanu Salagar – Basavakalyan
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43. | 48 | Humnabad Shri Siddu Patil
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44. | 49 | Bidar South Dr. Shailendra Beldale
45. | 52 | Aurad (SC) Shri Prabhu Chavan
46. | 53 | Raichur Rural (ST) Shri Tipparaju Havaldar
47. | 54 | Raichur Dr. Shivaraj Patil
48. | 56 | Devadurga (ST) Shri K Shivanagouda Nayak
49. | 57 Lingsugur (SC) Shri Manappa D Vajjal
50. | 58 | Sindhanur Shri K Kariyappa
51. | 59 | Maski (ST) Shri Pratapgouda Patil
52. | 60 | Kushtagi Shri Doddanagouda Patil
53. | 61 | Kanakagiri (SC) Shri Basavaraj Dadesaguru
54. | 63 | Yelburga Shri Halappa Basappa Achar
55. | 65 | Shirahatti (SC) Dr. Chandru Lamani
56. | 66 | Gadag Shri Anil Menasinakai
57. | 68 | Nargund Shri C.C. Patil
58. | 69 | Navalgund Shri Shankar Patil Munenakoppa
59. | 70 | Kundgol Shri M R Patil
60. | 71 | Dharwad Shri Amrut Ayyappa Desai
61. 72 | Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) | Dr. Kranti Kiran
62. | 74 | Hubli-Dharwad-West Shri Arvind Bellad
63. | 76 | Haliyal Shri Sunil Hegde
64. 77 | Karwar Smt. Rupali Santosh Nayak
65. 78 | Kumta Shri Dinakar Shetty
66. | 79 | Bhatkal Shri Sunil Baliya Nayak
67. | 80] Sirsi Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
68. | 81] Yellapur Shri Shivaram Hebbar ol
69. | 85 Byadgi Shri Virupakshappa Ballari
70. | 86 | Hirekerur Shri B.C. Patil
Tl 87 | Ranibennur Shri Arun Kumar Pujar BET
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72. | 88 |Hadagalli (SC) Shri Krishna Naik
73. | 90 | Vijayanagara Shri Siddharth Singh
74. | 91 | Kampli (ST) Shri T H Suresh Babu
75. | 92 | Siruguppa (ST) Shri M.S. Somalingappa
76. | 93 | Bellary (ST) Shri B. Sriramulu
77. | 94 | Bellary City Shri Gali Somashekhara Reddy
78. | 95 | Sandur (ST) Smt. Shilpa Raghavendra
79. | 96 | Kudligi (ST) Shri Lokesh V Nayaka
80. | 97 | Molakalmuru (ST) Shri S. Thippeswamy
81. | 98 | Challakere (ST) Shri Anilkumar
82. | 99 | Chitradurga Shri G H Thippareddy
83. | 100 Hiriyur Smt. K. Poornima Srinivas
84. | 101 | Hosadurga Shri S Lingamurthy
85. | 102 | Holalkere (SC) Shri M. Chandrappa
86. | 103 | Jagalur (ST) Shri S V Ramachandra
87. | 105 | Harihar Shri B.P. Harish
88. | 110 | Honnali Shri M P Renukacharya
89. | 111 | Shimoga Rural (SC) Shri Ashok Nayak
90. | 112 | Bhadravati Shri Mangoti Rudresh
91. | 114 | Tirthahalli Shri Araga Jnanendra
92. | 115 | Shikaripur Shri BY Vijayendra
93. | 116 | Sorab Shri Kumar Bangarappa
94. | 117 | Sagar Shri Haratalu H. Halappa
95. | 119 | Kundapura Shri Kiran Kumar Kodgi
96. | 120 | Udupi Shri Yashpal Suvarna
97. | 121 | Kapu Shri Gurme Suresh Shetty
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99. | 123 | Sringeri Shri D. N. Jeevaraj S/ 2)
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100.| 125 | Chikmagalur Shri C T Ravi
101.| 126 | Tarikere Shri D S Suresh
102. 127 | Kadur Shri K S Prakash
103.| 128 | Chikkanayakanahalli Shri J.C. Madhuswamy
104.| 129 | Tiptur Shri B.C. Nagesh
105.| 130 | Turuvekere Shri Masala Jayaram
106.| 131 | Kunigal Shri D Krishna Kumar
107.| 132 | Tumkur City Shri G.B. Jyothi Ganesh
108.| 133 | Tumkur Rural Shri B Suresh Gowda
109.| 134 | Koratagere (SC) Shri Anil Kumar, Retd. IAS
110.| 136 | Sira Dr. Rajesh Gowda
111.| 137 | Pavagada (SC) Shri Krishna Nayak
112.| 138 | Madhugiri Shri L C Nagaraj
113.| 139 | Gauribidanur Dr. Shashidhar
114.| 140 | Bagepalli Shri C Muniraju
115. 141 | Chikkaballapur Dr. K. Sudhakar
116.| 143 | Chintamani Shri Venu Gopal
117.| 144 | Srinivaspur Shri Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy
118.| 145 | Mulbagal (SC) Shri Shigehalli Sundar
119.| 147 | Bangarapet (SC) Shri M. Narayanswamy
120.| 148 | Kolar Shri Varthur Prakash
121.| 149 | Malur Shri KS Manjunath Gowda
122.| 150 | Yelahanka Shri S.R. Vishwanath
123.| 151 | K.R. Pura Shri B.A. Basavaraj
124.| 152 | Byatarayanapura Shri Thammesh Gowda
125.| 153 | Yeshvanthapura Shri S.T. Somashekar
126.| 154 | Rajarajeshwarinagar Shri Munirathna Naidu
127. 155 | Dasarahali Shri S Muniraju
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128.| 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout Shri K. Gopalaiah
129.| 157 | Malleshwaram Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayana
130.| 159 | Pulakeshinagar (SC) Shri Murali
131.| 160 | Sarvagnanagar Shri Padmanabha Reddy
132.| 161 | C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) | Shri S. Raghu
133.| 162 | Shivajinagar Shri N. Chandra
134.| 163 | Shanti Nagar Shri Shiva Kumar
135.| 164 | Gandhi Nagar Shri A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda
136.| 165 | Rajaji Nagar Shri S. Suresh Kumar
137.| 167 | Vijay Nagar Shri H Raveendra
138. 168 | Chamrajpet Shri Bhaskar Rao, IPS
139.| 169 | Chickpet Shri Uday Garudachar
140.| 170 | Basavanagudi Shri Ravisubramanya
141.| 171 | Padmanaba Nagar Shri R. Ashoka
142.1 172 | B.T.M. Layout Shri Sridhar Reddy
143.| 173 | Jayanagar Shri C K Ramamurthy
144.| 175 | Bommanahalli Shri Sathish Reddy
145.| 176 | Bangalore South Shri M Krishnappa
146.| 177 | Anekal (SC) Shri Hullalli Srinivas
147.| 178 | Hosakote Shri M.T.B. Nagraj
148.| 179 | Devanahalli (SC) Shri Pilla Munishamappa
149.| 180 | Doddaballapur Shri Dhiraj Muniraju
150] 181 | Nelamangala (SC) Shri Sapthagiri Naik
151.| 182 | Magadi Shri Prasad Gowda
152. 183 | Ramanagaram Shri Goutham Gowda
153.| 184 | Kanakapura Shri R. Ashok
154. 185 | Channapatna Shri CP Yogeshwar
155.| 186 | Malavalli (SC) Shri Muniraju
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156.| 187 | Maddur Shri S P Swamy
157.| 188 | Melukote Dr. Indresh Kumar
158.| 189 | Mandya Shri Ashok Jayaram
159.| 190 | Shrirangapattana Shri Indavalu Sachidananda
160.| 191 | Nagamangala Smt. Sudha Shivaram
161.| 192 | Krishnarajpet Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda
162.| 195 | Belur Shri Hullalli K Suresh
163.| 196 | Hassan Shri J Preetham Gowda
164. 197 | Holenarasipur Sri Devaraje Gowda
165. 198 | Arkalgud Shri Yoga Ramesh
166.| 199 | Sakleshpur (SC) Shri Cement Manju
167.| 200 | Belthangady Shri Harish Poonja
168.| 201 | Moodabidri Shri Umanath Kotian
169.| 202 | Mangalore City North Shri Y. Bharat Shetty
170.| 203 | Mangalore City South | Shri Vedavyas Kamath
171.| 204 | Mangalore Shri Sathish Kumpala
172.| 205 | Bantval Shri Rajesh Naik
173.| 206 | Puttur Smt. Asha Thimmappa
174.| 207 | Sullia (SC) Smt. Bhagirathi Murulya
175.| 208 | Madikeri Shri M P Appachu Ranjan
176.| 209 | Virajpet Shri K G Bopaiah
177.| 210 | Piriyapatna Shri C. H. Vijayashankar
178. 211 | Krishnarajanagara Shri Venkatesh Hosalli
179. 212 | Hunsur Shri Devarahalli Somashekhar
180.| 214 | Nanjangud (SC) Shri B. Harshavardhan
181.| 215 | Chamundeshwari Shri Kaveesh Gowda
182.| 217 | Chamaraja | ShriL. Nagendra
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183.| 218 | Narasimharaja Shri Sandesh Swami
184.| 219 | Varuna Shri V. Somanna
185.| 220 | T. Narasipur (SC) Dr. Revanna
186.| 221 | Hanur Dr. Preetham Nagappa
187.| 222 | Kollegal (SC) Shri N. Mahesh
188. 223 | Chamarajanagar Shri V. Somanna
189.| 224 | Gundlupet Shri C.S. Niranjan Kumar