Poll Updates

Bengaluru, Apr 21: Ending suspense over contesting from a second constituency, chief minister Siddaramaiah would file his nomination from Badami in north Karnataka on April 24 for the May 12 assembly polls. Siddaramaiah has been maintaining that his desire was to contest from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru but he was under pressure from local party leaders to be in the fray from Badami, as it would

Udupi: Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Shiroor Mutt on Saturday, April 21, submitted his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Udupi Assembly constituency. He is the first among the seers of the Ashta mutts — the eight mutts of Udupi which propagate the Dwaita philosophy — to enter the electoral fray. The seer was visibly in pain while offering prayers at the Sri

Mysuru, Apr 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, said that he doesn’t even know whether incumbent Mandya MLA M H Ambareesh had accepted the ‘B’ form issued by the party or not. Replying to queries of media persons near his residence in TK Layout here, the CM said: “The KPCC president has issued ‘B’ form to Ambareesh and he has to contest. I am unaware whether he has received it or not”

Mangaluru, Apr 21: Expressing severe dissatisfaction over the ticket denial, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former minister Krishna J Palemar has said that the move would harm the party’s prospects in the region. Speaking to media persons in the city on Saturday, the realtor-cum-politician came down heavily on Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel for allegedly preventing the party high

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Congress on Saturday released the list of party's star campaigners for ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, which also includes names of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav, the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. However, the list released by Campaign Committee

Bengaluru, Apr 21: The Samajwadi Party on Friday released its first list of candidates for the Assembly elections. Speaking to presspersons here, Rajeev Rai, in-charge for Karnataka, said they are fielding 27 candidates in Mysuru, Davangere, Chickballapur, Chitradurga, Bidar, Tumakuru, Bengaluru, Yadgir, Kodagu and Kolar districts. He said one more list of candidates would be released in a day or

Bengaluru, Apr 21: This 34-year-old Congress candidate from Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru with assets worth over Rs 1,020 crore appears to be the richest candidate in the fray for May 12, 2018 Karnataka assembly polls. The incumbent MLA of Govindarajanagar, Priya Krishna, son of Housing Minister M Krishnappa aka Layout Krishnappa was the richest candidate in 2013 too with the declared assets of Rs

Bantwal, Apr 20: A day after Bantwal’s sitting MLA B Ramanath Rai filed nomination papers, BJP candidate Rajesh Naik Ulippadi and SDPI candidate Mohammed Riyaz Farangipete on Friday filed their papers for May 12 assembly polls. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, former MLC Monappa Bhandary, former MLA Padmanabha Kottari and Davadas Shetty were present when Naik

Bengaluru, Apr 20: After a long wait, Janata Dal (Secular) today announced its second list of candidates for the 58 more seats May 12 assembly election in Karnataka, fielding its state unit chief H D Kumaraswamy in a second constituency. Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister, will also be contesting from Channapatna constituency, apart from Ramanagara, which was announced in the first list. In the

The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Friday released its third list of 59 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The party had released its first list of 72 candidates on April 8, followed by the second list of 82 candidates on April 16. Karnataka will go to polls on May 12. The counting of votes will take place on May 15. The term of the current 224-member legislative Assembly