With its 28 Lok Sabha seats, Karnataka holds significant importance in the upcoming elections. The state’s Lok Sabha elections are divided into two phases, with polling scheduled for April 26 and May 7, as announced by the Election Commission on March 16.
On April 26, voting will take place in constituencies including Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajnagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, and Kolar. Meanwhile, on May 7, constituencies such as Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, and Shimoga will go to polls.
Out of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, five are reserved for SC candidates, and two for ST candidates. In the previous 17th Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP-led NDA secured 26 seats, with BJP alone winning 25, while the INC and JD(S) alliance managed to secure just two seats.
BJP has announced its candidates for 20 seats in Karnataka, featuring notable names such as Jagadish Shettar, Basavraj Bommai, Pralhad Joshi, and Tejasvi Surya, contesting from Belgaum, Haveri, Dharwad, and Bengaluru South respectively. Meanwhile, Congress has nominated candidates including Priyanka Jarakiholi, Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar, Samyukta S Patil, H R Algur, Radhakrishna, G Kumar Naik, Sagar Khandre, K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal, Anandaswamy Gaddadevara, Math, Anjali Nimbalkar, among others.
