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Karnataka Polls 2018: Here’s the BJP’s first list of 72 candidates

coastaldigest.com web desk
April 8, 2018

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, April 8, announced the first list of 72 candidates who will contest the high stakes Karnataka assembly polls. The southern state goes to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives and results will be out on May 15.

The list of names was made public following a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee at the party headquarters in Delhi.

The meeting was chaired by party president Amit Shah, and the attendees included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, among others.

BJP, which is striving to return to power in Karnataka after a gap of five years, has announced Yeddyurappa as its chief ministerial candidate, with a target of winning 150 out of 224 assembly seats. 

Janata Dal Secular has already announced candidates for 126 constituencies. The party is in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for Karnataka polls.

The ruling Congress would announce its candidates for all the 224 assembly seats in the state in a "single phase" by April 15.

Here is the BJP’s first list of 72 candidates

1. 1 Nippani Smt. Shashikala Jolle

2. 3 Athani Sri Laxman Savadi

3. 4 Kagwad Sri Bharamagouda H. Kage

4. 5 Kudachi (SC) Sri P. Rajeev

5. 6 Raybag (SC) Sri Duryodhana Aihole

6. 7 Hukkeri Sri Umesh Katti

7. 8 Arabhavi Sri Balachandra Jarakiholi

8. 13 Belgaum Rural Sri Sanjay Patil

9. 16 Bailhongal Dr. Vishwanatha Patil

10. 17 Saudatti Yellamma Sri Anand Vishwanath Mamani

11. 19 Mudhol (SC) Sri Govind Karjol

12. 26 Muddebihal Sri A.S. Patil Nadahalli

13. 29 Babaleshwar Sri Vijugouda Patil

14. 30 Bijapur City Sri Basavanagouda Patil Yetnal

15. 33 Sindgi Sri Ramesh Bhusanur

16. 34 Afzalpur Sri Malikaiah Guttedar

17. 36 Shorapur (ST) Sri Naraishma Naik

18. 37 Shahapur Sri Guru Patil Shiraval

19. 44 Gulbarga Dakshin Sri Dattatreya Patil Revur

20. 46 Aland Sri Subhash Guttedar

21. 47 Basavakalyan Sri Mallikarjun Khuba

22. 52 Aurad (SC) Sri Prabhu Chouhan

23. 53 Raichur Rural (ST) Sri Thipparaju Havaldar

24. 54 Raichur Dr. Shivaraj Patil

25. 56 Devadurga (ST) Sri Shivanagouda Naik

26. 57 Lingsugur (SC) Sri Manappa Vajjal

27. 60 Kushtagi Sri Doddanagouda Patil

28. 71 Dharwad Sri Amruth Desai

29. 73 Hubli-Dharwad-Central Sri Jagadeesh Shettar

30. 74 Hubli-Dharwad-West Sri Aravinda Bellad

31. 77 Karwar Smt. Roopali Naik

32. 80 Sirsi Sri Kageri Vishweswara Hegde

33. 82 Hangal Sri C.M. Udasi

34. 83 Shiggaon Sri Basavaraj Bommai

35. 86 Hirekerur Sri U.B. Banakar

36. 90 Vijayanagara Sri Gaviyappa

37. 91 Kampli (ST) Sri T.H. Suresh Babu

38. 95 Sandur (ST) Sri B. Raghavendra

39. 97 Molakalmuru (ST) Sri B. Sriramulu

40. 99 Chitradurga Sri G.H. Thippareddy

41. 100 Hiriyur Smt. Poornima Srinivas

42. 101 Hosadurga Sri Gulihatti D. Shekhar

43. 106 Davanagere North Sri S.A. Ravindranath

44. 113 Shimoga Sri K.S. Eswarappa

45. 115 Shikaripura Sri B.S. Yeddyurappa

46. 119 Kundapura Sri Haladi Srinivasa Setty

47. 122 Karkal Sri V. Sunil Kumar

48. 123 Sringeri Sri D.N. Jeevaraj

49. 125 Chikmagaluru Sri C.T. Ravi

50. 133 Tumkur Rural Sri B. Suresh Gowda

51. 146 Kolar Gold Field (SC) Sri Y. Sampangi

52. 150 Yelahanka Sri S.R. Vishwanath

53. 154 Rajarajeshwari Nagar Sri P.M. Muniraju Gowda

54. 155 Dasarahalli  Sri S. Muniraju

55. 157 Malleshwaram Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan

56. 158 Hebbal Dr. Y.A. Narayanaswamy

57. 161 C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) Sri S. Raghu

58. 165 Rajaji Nagar Sri S. Sureshkumar

59. 166 Govindraj Nagar Sri V. Somanna

60. 169 Chickpet Sri Uday Garudachar

61. 170 Basavanagudi Sri Ravi Subramanya

62. 171 Padmanaba Nagar Sri R. Ashok

63. 173 Jayanagar Sri B.N. Vijaykumar

64. 174 Mahadevapura (SC) Sri Aravinda Limbavali

65. 175 Bommanahalli Sri Satish Reddy

66. 176 Bangalore South Sri M. Krishnappa

67. 177 Anekal (SC) Sri A. Narayanaswamy

68. 178 Hosakote Sri Sharath Bachegowda

69. 185 Channapatna Sri C.P. Yogishwar

70. 190 Shrirangapattana Sri Nanjunde Gowda

71. 207 Sullia (SC) Sri S. Angara

72. 208 Madikeri Sri Appachu Ranjan

Also Read: Karnataka Polls 2018: Here’s the BJP’s second list of 82 candidates

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