Karnataka elections: Here’s BJP’s list of candidates

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka elections.

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa had sent a list of 140 names to the party’s Central Election Committee. But 72 candidates were chosen from them.

The list has prominent nominees like BJP’s chief ministerial face B S Yeddyurappa, K S Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar, Basavaraj Bommai, C.M. Udasi, K.V. Hegde and B. Sriramulu.

Yeddyurappa will contest from Shikaripura, while his arch rival KS Eswarappa will fight from Shimoga.

The BJP became the second party after Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)] to release its candidature list for the May 12 polls for the 224 seats in the southern state.

The ruling Congress is expected to come up with its candidate list on April 15.

Here is the first list of BJP candidates for upcoming Karnataka assembly elections as announced by the party’s Central Election Committee:

1. Shashikala Jolle from Nippani constituency

2. Laxman Savadi from Athani

3. Bharamagouda H Kage from Kagwad

4. P Rajeev from Kudachi (SC)

5. Duryodhana Aihole from Raybag (SC)

6. Umesh Katti from Hukkeri

7. Balachandra Jarakiholi from Arabhavi

8. Sanjay Patil from Belgaum Rural

9. Vishwanatha Patil from Baihongal

10. Anand Vishwanath Mamani from Saudatti Yellamma

11. Govind Karjol from Mudhol (SC)

12. AS Patil Nadahalli from Muddebihal

13. Vijugouda Patil from Babaleshwar

14. Basavanagouda Patil Yetnal from Bijapur City

15. Ramesh Bhusanur from Sindgi

16. Malikaiah Guttedar from Afzalpur

17. Naraishma Naik from Shorapur (ST)

18. Guru Patil Shiraval from Shahpur

19. Dattatrya Patil Revur from Gulbarga Dakshin

20. Subhash Guttedar from Aland

21. Mallikarjun Khuba from Basavakalyan

22. Prabhu Chouhan from Aurad (SC)

23. Thipparaju Havaldar from Raichur Rural (ST)

24. Shivaraj Patil from Raichur

25. Shivanagouda Naik from Devadurga (ST)

26. Manappa Vajjal from Lingsugur (SC)

27. Doddanagouda Patil from Kushtagi

28. Amruth Desai from Dharwad

29. Jagdadeesh Shettar from Hubli-Dharwad-Central

30. Aravinda Bellad from Hubli-Dharwad-West

31. Roopali Naik from Karwar

32. Kageri Vishweswara Hegde from Sirsi

33. CM Udasi from Hangal

34. Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon

35. UB Banakar from Hirekerur

36. Gaviyappa from Vijayanagara

37. TH Suresh Babu from Kampli (ST)

38. B Raghavendra from Sandur (ST)

39. B Sriramulu from Molokalmuru (ST)

40. GH Thippareddy from Chitradurga

41. Poornima Srinivas from Hiriyur

42. Gulihatti D Shekhar from Hosadurga

43. SA Ravindranath from Dacanagere North

44. KS Eswarappa from Shimoga

45. BS Yeddyurappa (Chief ministerial candidate) from Shikaripura

46. Haladi Srinivasa Setty from Kundapura

47. V Sunil Kumar from Karkal

48. DN Jeevaraj from Sringeri

49. CT Ravi from Chikmagaluru

50. B Suresh Gowda from Tumkur Rural

51. Y Sampangi from Kolar Gold Field (SC)

52. SR Vishwanath from Yelahanka

53. PM Muniraju Gowda from Rajarajeshwari Nagar

54. S Muniraju from Dasarahalli

55. CN Ashwathnarayan from Malleshwaram

56. YA Narayanaswamy from Hebbal

57. S Raghu from CV Raman Nagar (SC)

58. S Sureshkumar from Rajaji Nagar

59. V Somanna from Govindraj Nagar

60. Uday Garudachar from Chickpet

61. Ravi Subramanya from Basavanagudi

62. R Ashok from Padmanaba Nagar

63. BN Vijayakumar from Jayanagar

64. Aravinda Limbaveli from Mahadevapura (SC)

65. Satish Reddy from Bommanahalli

66. M Krishnappa from Bangalore South

67. A Narayanaswamy from Anekal (SC)

68. Sharath Bachegowda from Hosakote

69. CP Yogishwar from Channapatna

70. Nanjunde Gowda from Shrirangapattana

71. S Angara from Sullia (SC)

72. Appachu Ranjan from Sullia (SC)

Full schedule of the Karnataka Assembly election 2018:

Date of issue of notification: April 17

Last date of nomination: April 24

Date of scrutiny: April 25

Date of withdrawal of candidature: April 27

Date of polling: May 12

Date of counting: May 15

Pic credit: Karnataka BJP Facebook post