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Karnataka polls: BJP Releases First List of 72 Candidates

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Karnataka polls: BJP Releases First List of 72 Candidates

New Delhi:

The BJP’s Central Election Committee on Sunday announced its first list of 72 candidates for the May 12 Assembly elections in Karnataka, where the saffron party hopes to return to power.

MP and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa will contest from the Shikaripura Assembly constituency, while B Sriramulu, party MP from Ballari district, will be the candidate from Molakalmuru in Chitradurga district. The meeting, chaired by BJP president Amit Shah, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar, BJP general secretary in-charge of the state P Muralidhar Rao and national joint organising secretary B L Santosh.

Yeddyurappa, Union Ministers in-charge of Karnataka Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyal and state BJP organising secretary Arun Kumar also attended the meeting, which lasted for more than three hours.

Central election committee secretary J P Nadda released the list at a press conference here. Modi’s campaigns in the state and the programmes of other Central leaders were discussed in the meeting. The issue of countering the Congress and JD(S) were also raised, sources said.

The names of Candidates in the First list are:

  1. Nippani – Shashikala Jolle

2. Athani- Laxman Savadi

3. Kagwad -Bharamagouda H Kage

4. Kudachi -P Rajeev

5. Raybag -Duryodhana Aihole

6. Hukkere -Umesh Katti

7. Arabhavi -Balachandra Jarakiholi

8. Belgaum Rural -Sanjay Patil

 9. Bailhongal -Dr Vishwanath Patil

10. Saudatthi Ananda -Vishwanath Mamani

11. Mudhol -Govind Karjol

12. Muddebihal -A S Patil Nadahalli

13. Babaleshwar -Vijugouda Patil

14. Bijapur City -Basavanagouda Patil Yatnal

15. Sindgi -Ramesh Bhusanur

16. Afzalpur- Mallkaiah Guttedar

17. Sringeri -D N Jeevaraj

18. Chikmagaluru -C T Ravi

19. Tumkur Rural -B Suresh Gowda

20. KGF -Y Sampangi

21. Yelahanka -S R Vishwanath

 22. Rajarajeshwari Nagar- P M Muniraju Gowda

23. Dasarahalli -S Muniraju

24. Malleshwaram -Dr C N Ashwathnarayan

25. Hebbal -Dr Y A Narayanaswamy

26. CV Raman Nagar -S Raghu

27 Rajaji Nagar – S Suresh Kumar

28. Govindraj Nagar – V Somanna

29. Chickpet – Uday Garudachar

30. Basavanagudi – Ravi Subramanya

31. Padmanabaha Nagar – R Ashok

32. Jayanagar – B N Vijaykumar

33. Mahadevapura – Aravinda Limbavali

34. Bommanahalli – Satish Reddy

35. Bangalore South – M Krishnappa

36. Anekal – A Narayanaswamy

37. Hosakote – Sharath Bachegowda

38. Channapatna – CP Yogishwar

39. Shrirangapattana- Nanjude Gowda

40. Sullia – S Angara

41. Madikere – Appachu Ranjan

42. Shorapur – Naraishma Naik

43. Shahapur – Guru Patil Shiraval

44. Gulbaraga Dakshina – Dattatreya Patil Revur

45. Aland – Subhash Guttedar

46. Basavakalyan – Mallikarjun Khuba

47. Aurad –  Prabhu Chouhan

48. Raichur Rural – Thipparaju Havaldar

49. Raichur – Dr Shivaraj Patil

50. Devadurga – Shivanagouda Naik

51. Lingsugur – Manappa Vajjal

52. Kushtagi – Doddanagouda Patil

53. Dharwad – Amruth Desai

54. Hubli-Dharwad-Central – Jagadeesh Shettar

55. Hubli – Dharwad -west – Aravinda Bellad

56. Karwar – Roopali Naik

57. Sirsi – Vishweswar Hegde Kageri

58. Hangal – C M udasi

59. Shiggaon – Basavaraj Bommai

60. Hirekerur – U B Banakar

61. Vijayangara – Gaviyappa

62. Kampli – T H Suresh Babu

63. Sandur – B Raghavendra

64. Molakalmuru – B Sriramul

65. Chitradurga – G H Tippareddy

66. Hiriyur – Poornima Srinivas

67. Hosadruga – Gulihatti D Shekar

68. Davanagere North – S A Ravindranath

69. Shimoga- K S Eswarappa

70. Shikaripur- B S Yeddyurappa

71. Kundapur – Haladi Srinivasa Shetty

72. Karkala- V Sunil Kumar


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