Lok Sabha polls: Here's the list of BJP candidates announced for Karnataka

BJP celebration Chikmagalur (File) BJP supporters in Chikmagalur | PTI

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

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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