The Bharatiya Janata Party late on Tuesday announced its first list of 189 candidates for the Karnataka assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 10. BJP, which is in power in the state, is expected to announce a second list soon. The assembly has a total of 224 seats and the names are yet to be finalised on 35 more seats.
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Of the 189, 52 candidates are first-time contestants. There are 32 OBC candidates, 30 candidates from Scheduled Castes 30, and 16 from Scheduled Tribes 16. In the first list, there are eight women candidates. Further, there are five advocates, nine doctors, three academicians, one retired IAS officer and former Bengaluru City Police Commmissioner Bhaskar Rao on the list.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will contest from his seat of Shiggaon.
The BJP is the last party to release its candidates' list — Congress became the second when it released its list of 166 candidates on April 6, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had released its list earlier.
Check full list of BJP candidates here:
| Sl. | No. and Name of Legislative Assembly | Name of Candidate | |
| 1 | 83 | Shiggaon | Shri Basavaraj Bommai |
| 2 | 1 | Nippani | Smt. Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle |
| 3 | 2 | Chikkodi – Sadalga | Shri Ramesh Katti |
| 4 | 3 | Athani | Shri Mahesh Kumathalli |
| 5 | 4 | Kagwad | Shri Shrimant Balasaheb Patil |
| 6 | 5 | Kudachi (SC) | Shri P. Rajeev |
| 7 | 6 | Raybag (SC) | Shri Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole |
| 8 | 7 | Hukkeri | Shri Nikhil Katti |
| 9 | 8 | Arabhavi | Shri Balachandra Jarakiholi |
| 10 | 9 | Gokak | Shri Ramesh Jarakiholi |
| 11 | 10 | Yemkanmardi (ST) | Shri Basavaraj Hundri |
| 12 | 11 | Belgaum Uttar | Dr. Ravi Patil |
| 13 | 12 | Belgaum Dakshin | Shri Abhay Patil |
| 14 | 13 | Belgaum Rural | Shri Nagesh Mannolkar |
| 15 | 14 | Khanapur | Shri Vittal Halagekar |
| 16 | 15 | Kittur | Shri Mahantesh Doddagoudar |
| 17 | 16 | Bailhongal | Shri Jagdish Channappa Metgud |
| 18 | 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | Smt. Ratna Vishwanath Mamani |
| 19 | 18 | Ramdurg | Shri Chikka Revanna |
| 20 | 19 | Mudhol (SC) | Shri Govind Karjol |
| 21 | 20 | Terdal | Shri Siddu Savadi |
| 22 | 21 | Jamkhandi | Shri Jagadish Gudagunti |
| 23 | 22 | Bilgi | Shri Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani |
| 24 | 23 | Badami | Shri Shantha Gowda Patil |
| 25 | 24 | Bagalkot | Shri Veerabhadrayya Charantimath |
| 26 | 25 | Hungund | Shri Doddanagouda G Patil |
| 27 | 26 | Muddebihal | Shri AS Patil Nadahalli |
| 28 | 29 | Babaleshwar | Shri Vijugouda S Patil |
| 29 | 30 | Bijapur City | Shri B R Patil (Yatnal) |
| 30 | 33 | Sindgi | Shri Ramesh Bhusanur |
| 31 | 34 | Afzalpur | Shri Malikaiah Guttedar |
| 32 | 35 | Jewargi | Shri Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi |
| 33 | 36 | Shorapur (ST) | Shri Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) |
| 34 | 37 | Shahapur | Shri Ameenreddy Yalagi |
| 35 | 38 | Yadgir | Shri Venkatareddy Mudnal |
| 36 | 40 | Chittapur (SC) | Shri Manikanta Rathod |
| 37 | 42 | Chincholi (SC) | Dr. Avinash Jadhav |
| 38 | 43 | Gulbarga Rural (SC) | Shri Basavaraj Mattimod |
| 39 | 44 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Shri Dattatraya Patil Revoor |
| 40 | 45 | Gulbarga Uttar | Shri Chandrakant Patil |
| 41 | 46 | Aland | Shri Subhash Guttedar |
| 42 | 47 | Basavakalyan | Shri Sharanu Salagar |
| 43 | 48 | Humnabad | Shri Siddu Patil |
| 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 |
| 69 | 85 | Byadgi | Shri Virupakshappa Ballari |
| 70 | 86 | Hirekerur | Shri B.C. Patil |
| 71 | 87 | Ranibennur | Shri Arun Kumar Pujar |
| 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 |
| 98 | 122 | Karkal | Shri V. Sunil Kumar |
| 99 | 123 | Sringeri | Shri D. N. Jeevaraj |
| 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 | Dasarahalli | Shri S Muniraju |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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) | Kum. 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 | Shri L. Nagendra |
| 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 |
First Published:Apr 11, 2023 9:16 PM IST
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