Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest from the Chamundeshwari seat.
The Congress on Sunday announced a list of 218 candidates for the Assembly elections due in Karnataka next month. The party will announce candidates for five seats later and will support an ally in one seat, News18 reported.
The state has 224 Assembly constituencies.
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Announcement of candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Karnataka. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/q5M2ss7Z48— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) April 15, 2018
Announcement of candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Karnataka. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/yoTv2MN0TT— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) April 15, 2018
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest the election from the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency in Mysuru. His son, Yatheendra, is the candidate from the Varuna seat, which Siddaramaiah now represents.
Karnataka Home Affairs Minister Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Soumya R is the Congress’ candidate from the Jayanagar constituency in Bengaluru.
The Assembly elections in Karnataka will be held on May 12, and the votes will be counted on May 15. These elections are key because Karnataka is the only major state left under the Congress’ rule, and its results are expected to set the tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In Dakshina Kannada, sitting MLAs J R Lobo from Mangaluru South, U T Khader from Mangalore (Ullal), Mohiuddin Bava from Mangaluru North, Shakuntala Shetty from Puttur, Ramanath Rai from Bantwal and Vasant Bangera from Beltangady have been given the tickets. The Moodbidri ticket, for which Congress had three aspirants, has gone to sitting MLA Abhaychandra Jain.
In Udupi district, Pramod Madhwaraj (Udupi), Vinay Kumar Sorake (Kaup), Rakesh Malli (Kundapur), Gopal Bhandary (Karkala) and Gopal Poojary (Byndoor) have been given the tickets.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has yet to announce its candidates for the state polls.
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