The 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka will go to polls in phases two and three of the general elections. Fourteen constituencies would go to polls on April 18, while the remaining 14 will vote on April 23.
The following constituencies would go to polls on April 18: Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikballapur and Kolar.
These 14 constituencies would vote on April 23: Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Shimoga.
The BJP had initially announced it would contest on all 28 seats in Karnataka, but later declared it would support the candidature of Sumalatha Ambareesh, who is contesting as an independent in Mandya. Here is the list of candidates announced by the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections as of March 28. Candidates to Raichur, Chikkodi and Koppal have not been announced as of date.
*TBA: To be announced
Sl. No. |
Constituency |
Candidate |
1 |
Chikkodi |
*TBA |
2 |
Belagavi |
Suresh Chanabasappa Angadi |
3 |
Bagalkot |
Parvatagouda C. Gaddigoudar |
4 |
Bijapur (SC) |
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi |
5 |
Gulbarga (SC) |
Dr. Umesh Jadhav |
6 |
Raichur (ST) |
*TBA |
7 |
Bidar |
Bhagwanth Khuba |
8 |
Koppal |
*TBA |
9 |
Bellary (ST) |
Devendrappa |
10 |
Haveri |
Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi |
11 |
Dharwad |
Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi |
12 |
Uttara Kannada |
Anantkumar Hegde |
13 |
Davanagere |
Gowdar M Siddeshwara |
14 |
Shimoga |
B.Y. Raghavendra |
15 |
Udupi Chikmagalur |
Shobha Karandlaje |
16 |
Hassan |
A. Manju |
17 |
Dakshina Kannada |
Nalin Kumar Kateel |
18 |
Chitradurga |
Narayana Swamy |
19 |
Tumkur |
G.S. Basavaraju |
20 |
Mandya |
Support for Sumalatha Ambareesh |
21 |
Mysore |
Prathap Simha |
22 |
Chamarajanagar |
Srinivas Prasad |
23 |
Bangalore Rural |
Ashwat Narain |
24 |
Bangalore North |
D.V. Sadananda Gowda |
25 |
Bangalore Central |
P.C. Mohan |
26 |
Bangalore South |
Tejaswi Surya LS |
27 |
Chikballapur |
B.N. Bachchegowda |
28 |
Kolar |
S. Muniswamy |