Karnataka Election 2023: Key Candidates Live Updates
The voting for the Karnataka assembly elections took place on May 10, 2023 with nearly 72% turnout. The counting of votes is underway and the Congress party has already crossed the halfway mark
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Here are the key candidates of the Karnataka assembly elections 2023
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Siddaramaiah (INC)
Siddaramaiah is an eight-time MLA. He served as the CM of Karnataka from 2013 to 2018. He is contesting from Varuna constituency against BJP's V Somanna and former legislator Bharathi Shankar of JD(S)
Won
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D.K. Shivakumar (INC)
Shivakumar was elected from the Kanakpura constituency in the 2008, 2013 and 2018 Karnataka assembly elections. He is contesting from the Kanakpura against BJP's Vokkaliga face R Ashoka
Won
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Basavaraj Bommai (BJP)
He is the incumbent CM of Karnataka. He is seeking re-election from the Shiggaon constituency that elected him thrice since the 2008 Karnataka assembly election
Won
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H.D. Kumaraswamy- JD(S)
Kumaraswamy is contesting from the Channapatna constituency against BJP leader CP Yogeshwara. He became the CM of Karnataka in 2018 and resigned after 14 months
Won
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Nikhil Kumaraswamy - JD(S)
Son of H.D. Kumaraswamy and grandson of former PM and JD(S) chief Deve Gowda, Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting the election from the Ramanagara constituency
Lost
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C.T. Ravi (BJP)
Ravi is contesting from the Chikmagalur assembly constituency. He is the national general secretary of BJP. He is a four-time MLA from the Chikmagalur constituency
Lost
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Jagdish Shettar (INC)
Veteran politician Shettar is a former CM of Karnataka. He left BJP and joined the Congress party recently. He is contesting from Hubli-Dharwad-Central against BJP state general secretary Mahesh Tenginkai
Lost
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G. Parameshwara (INC)
Parameshwara is a senior Congress leader and a former deputy CM of Karnataka. He is contesting from Koratagere in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka. He is regarded as the representative for Dalits in the state
Won
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V. Somanna (BJP)
In 2018 Karnataka assembly election, Somanna won from the Govindaraja Nagar segment, his pocketborough in Bengaluru city
Varuna: Lost
Chamarajanagar: Lost
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R. Ashoka (BJP)
Ashoka is the revenue minister of the state. He is contesting elections from Kanakapura and Padmanaba Nagar. He is a seven-time MLA from Kanakapura constituency