His departure was the second big blow to the saffron party which had already lost another tall Lingayat leader, Laxman Savadi. Shettar, seen as the force behind BJP’s expansion in Uttara Kannada, exited from the party on 16 April after being denied a ticket and joined Congress. It was a battle between Jagadish Shettar, a former BJP leader who quit the party weeks before the Karnataka Assembly election, and the saffron party’s candidate Mahesh Tenginakai. Yogeshwara previously fought against Kumaraswamy in the 2018 Assembly elections from the same seat, however, he lost by 21,530 votes, noted Times of India (TOI).Īs per Financial Express, Channapatna, which was once a Congress stronghold, has become the bastion of the JD(S), with the people there sharing a “special bond” with the Deve Gowda – Kumaraswamy’s father – family. HD Kumaraswamy fought from Channapatna seat. In the Channapatna seat, JD(S) leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy was challenged by actor-turned-politician CP Yogeshwara from BJP and Congress’ Gangadhar S. In the 2018 polls, Shivakumar registered a win from the Kanakapura seat by defeating Narayana Gowda of the JD (S) with a margin of 79,909 votes.ĪLSO READ: Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Why the southern state is a must-win for Congress He has won the Kanakpura seat thrice since 2008. Shivakumar, one of the richest politicians in the state, has not lost a single election since 1989, according to The Quint. The seven-time MLA faced Karnataka minister of revenue R Ashoka and JD(S)’ Nagaraj in the 10 May elections.Īshok, the Vokkaliga face of the BJP, was fielded by the party from another seat – Padmanabhanagar – that he has won six times. The Congress’ second chief ministerial candidate and state unit chief DK Shivakumar was given a ticket from the Kanakapura Assembly constituency. Meanwhile, rejecting exit polls, Bommai has expressed confidence that his party will return to power in the state with an outright majority. This year, the Grand Old Party pitted Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan against the BJP chief minister. The BJP leader had won the seat in 2018 with a margin of 9,265 votes against Congress’ Sayed Azeempeer Khadri. Somanna was also fielded by the BJP from a second constituency – Chamarajanagar.īasavaraj Bommai, the incumbent Karnataka chief minister, is seeking reelection from the Shiggaon constituency in Haveri district for a fourth consecutive term. As per The Quint, the Congress has held the Varuna seat since 2008.
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