Karnataka election 2023: Full list of JD(S) candidates

mangaloretoday.com

Bengaluru, April 11, 2023: The Janata Dal (Secular) released its first list of candidates comprising 93 names for the upcoming May 10 Karnataka elections on 19 December. The list had nominees from almost all the districts of Karnataka right from Khanapur in Belagavi in north Karnataka to Hanur in Chamarajanagar district of the southern part of the state. Voting for the 224-member Karnataka Assembly will take place on May 10, and results will be declared on May 13.

The list was released by the party’s state chief CM Ibrahim on December 19, 2022, in the presence of former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who will contest from the Channapattana seat. Kumaraswamy’s son and grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, will contest from Rama Nagar, while GT Deve Gowda will contest from the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency.

Karnataka elections 2023: Full list of JD(S) candidates and constituencies announced so far:

    1. Naseer Bapulsab Bhagavan – Khanapura
    2. Shankar Madalagi – Bailhongala
    3. Hanumanthappa B. Mavinamarad – Badami
    4. Dr. Channabasappa Sangappa Sollapura – Muddebihal
    5. Rajugowda Patil – Deverhipparagi
    6. Paramanand Basappa Thanikedar – Basavanabagewadi
    7. Basavaraj Honawada – Babaleshwar
    8. Devananda P Chavan – Nagatana (SC)
    9. BD Patil – India
   10. Shivanand Patil – Sindhagi
   11. Shivakumar Natekar – Afzalpura Shivakumar Natekar
   12. Balaraj Guttedar- Sedam
   13. Sanjeev Yakapur – Chincholi (SC)
   14. Maheshwari Wale – Alanda
   15. Naganagowda Kandakur – Gurumitakal
   16. CM Fayaz – Humnabad
   17. Bandeppa Khasempur – Bidar South
   18. Ramesh Patel – Bidar
   19. SY Quadri – Basavakalyan
   20. Narasimha Nayak – Raichur Rural (ST)
   21. Raja Venkatappa Nayak – Manvi (ST)
   22. Karemma G. Nayak – Devadurga (ST)
   23. Siddu Bandi – Lingasugur (SC)
   24. Venkatarao Nadagowda – Sindhanuru
   25. Thukaram Survi – Kushtagi
   26. Ashok Ummalatti – Kanakagiri (SC)
   27. Thukaram Malagi – Haveri (SC)
   28. Jayanand Javannavar – Hirekerur
   29. Manjunatha Goudar – Ranebennur
   30. Putresh – Hoovinahadagali (SC)
   31. Somappa – Sandoor (ST)
   32. Raveesh – Challakere (ST)
   33. M. Thippeswamy – Hossadurga
   34. HS Shivashankar – Harihara
   35. Amanulla Khan – Davangere South
   36. Yogesh – Channagiri
   37. Shivamurthy Gouda – Honnali
   38. Sharada Purya Naik – Shivamogga Rural (SC)
   39. Sharada Appajigowda – Bhadravati
   40. Raja Ram – Thirthalli
   41. Sudhakar Shetty – Shringeri
   42. BB Ningaiah – Mudigere (SC)
   43. Thimmashetty – Chikkamagaluru
   44. CB Suresh Babu – Chikkanayakanahalli
   45. MT Krishnappa – Turuvekere
   46. D. Nagarajaiah – Kunigal
   47. Govindaraju – Tumakuru City
   48. DC Gowrishankar – Tumakuru Rural
   49. Sudhakar Lal – Koratagere (SC)
   50. Nagaraja – Gubbi
   51. Thimmarayappa – Pavagadh (SC)
   52. Veerabhadraiah – Madhugiri
   53. Narasimhamurthy – Gowribidanuru
   54. Nagaraj Reddy – Bagepalli
   55. KP Bachegowda – Chikkaballapura
   56. Ravikumar – Shidlaghatta
   57. JK Krishna Reddy – Chintamani
   58. GK Venkatashiva Reddy – Srinivasapura
   59. Samruddi Manjunath – Mulabagilu (SC)
   60. Ramesh Babu – KGF (SC)
   61 M. Mallesh Babu – Bangarapete (SC)
   62. CMR Srinath – Kolara
   63. JE Ramegowda – Maluru
   64. Venugopal – Byatarayanapura
   65. R. Manjunatha – Dasarahalli
   66. Mohd Altaf – Hebbal
   67. V.Narayanaswamy – Gandhi Nagar
   68. Gangadharamurthy – Rajaji Nagar
   69. R. Prakash – Govindaraj Nagar
   70. Aramane Shankar – Basavanagudi
   71. Prabhakar Reddy – Bengaluru South
   72. KP Raju – Anekal (SC)
   73. Nisarga Narayanaswamy – Devanahalli (SC)
   74. Munegowda – Doddaballapura
   75. D. Srinivasamurthy – Nelamangala (SC)
   76. A. Manjunath – Magadi
   77. Nikhil Kumaraswamy – Rama Nagar
   78. HD Kumaraswamy – Channapattana
   79. Dr. K. Annadani – Malavalli (SC)
   80. DC Thammanna – Madduru
   81. CS Puttaraju – Melukote
   82. M. Srinivas – Mandya
   83. Dr. Ravindra Srikantaiah – Srirangapatna
   84. Suresh Gowda – Nagamangala
   85. HT Manjunatha – KR Pete
   86. K.Mahadev – Piriyapattana
   87. Sa.Ra. Mahesh – KR Nagar
   88. Harish Gowda – Hunsuru
   89. GT Deve Gowda – Chamundeshwari
   90. Ashwinkumar – T. Narasipura (SC)
   91. Abhishek – Varuna
   92. Mallesh – Krishnarajaz
   93. Manjunatha – Hanuru

The JDS was first off the block among the three leading contenders, including the ruling BJP and the principal Opposition Congress, with the release of 93 names, including for 26 of the 37 seats that the party won in the 2018 polls.

Kumaraswamy has maintained that the JD(S) aim is to win 123 of the 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly. In the 2018 elections, a hung verdict had put the party in a kingmaker’s position. While the JD(S) had won 38 seats, Congress 78 seats and BJP 104 seats.