Key Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is fielded from his Varuna seat, while Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Shivakumar will contest the polls from his Kanakapura assembly constituency.
The Congress released the first list of 124 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The assembly has a total of 224 seats and the names are yet to be finalised on 100 more seats.
Key Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is fielded from his Varuna seat, while Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Shivakumar will contest the polls from his Kanakapura assembly constituency.The party fielded former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara from the Koratagere (SC) constituency. Former ministers KH Muniappa and Priyank Kharge will contest from Devanahalli and Chitapur (SC), respectively. Priyank is the son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
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| No. | Constituency | Candidates |
| 1 | Chikkodi•Sactalga | Ganesh Hukkerl |
| 2 | Kagawact | Bharmgoud AJagowda Kage |
| 3 | Kudachi·SC | Mahendra K. Thammannavar |
| 4 | Hukkeri | AB Patil |
| 5 | Yemkanmardi .ST | Satish Laxmanrao Jarkiholi |
| 6 | Belgaum Rural | Smt LaxmiRavindta Hebbalkar |
| 7 | Khanapw | Or.Anjati Ntmbatkar |
| 8 | Bailhongal | Mahantesh Shivanand Kouja agi |
| 9 | Ramdurg | As.hok M.Pattan |
| 10 | Jamkhandi | Anand Siddu Nyamagouda |
| 11 | Hungund | Vijayanand S.Kashappanavar |
| 12 | Muddebihal | AppajiAlias CS Nadagowda |
| 13 | Basavana Bagevadj | Shivanada Patil |
| 14 | Babateswar | MBPatil |
| 15 | lndi | Yastwanth Rayagoud v Patil |
| 16 | Jevargi | Or.Ajay Oharam Singh |
| 17 | Shorapur • ST | Rajavenkatappa Naik |
| 18 | Shahpur | Sharanabasappa Gowda |
| 19 | Chitapur •SC | Priyank Kharge |
| 20 | Sedam | Or.Sharanaprakash Patil |
| 21 | Chincholi• SC | Subash V. Rathod |
| 22 | Gu barga Uttar | Smt Kaneez Fatima |
| 23 | Aland | B R Patil |
| 24 | Humnabad | Rajashekar 8 Patil |
| 25 | BidarSouth | As.hok Kheny |
| 26 | Bidar | Rahim Khan |
| 27 | Bhalki | Eshwar Khandre |
| 28 | Raichw Rural•ST | Basanagouda Oactdal |
| 29 | Maski - ST | Basanagouda Thurvihal |
| 30 | Kushtagi | Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur |
| 31 | Kanakagiri- SC | Shivaraj Sangappa Thangadagi |
| 32 | Yelbwga | Basavaraj Rayareddi |
| 33 | Koppa! | K.Raghavendra |
| 34 | Gadag | H.K.Patil |
| 35 | Ron | G.S Palil |
| 36 | Hubli- Oharwad-East - SC | Prasad Abbayya |
| 37 | Haliyal | R.V.Oeshapande |
| 38 | Ka.war | Satish Krishna Sail |
| 39 | Bhatkal | Manka!Subba Vidya |
| 40 | Hangal | Srinivas V.Mane |
| 41 | Have1i- SC | Rudrappa Lamani |
| 42 | Byadgi | Basavaraj N.Shivannanar |
| 43 | Hirekerw | U.B.Banakar |
| 44 | Ranibennur | Prakash K.Koliwad |
| 45 | Hadagalli- SC | P.T.Parameshwara Naik |
| 46 | Hagaribommanahalli - SC | L.8.P.Sheema Naik |
| 47 | Vijayanagara | H.R. Gaviyappa |
| 48 | Kampti- ST | J N. Ganesh |
| 49 | BeUary - ST | B.Nagendra |
| 50 | Sandur - ST | E.Thukaram |
| 51 | Chal akese - ST | T. Raghumurthy |
| 52 | Hiriyur | 0.Sudhakar |
| 53 | Hosadurga | Gov'indappa B.G. |
| 54 | Oavanagese North | S.S. Malllkarjun |
| 55 | Oavanagese South | Shamanw Shivashankrappa |
| 56 | Mayakonda-SC | K.S. Basavaraju |
| 57 | Bhadravati | Sangame:shwara8.K. |
| 58 | Sorab | S.Madhu Bangarappa |
| 59 | Sagar | Gopalakrishnna Sutw |
| 60 | Byndoor | KGopalPujari |
| 61 | Kundapwa | M.Oinesh Hegde |
| 62 | Kapu | Vinaya Kumar Sorake |
| 63 | Sringeri | T.D.Rajegowda |
| 64 | Chikanayakanhalli | Kiran Kumar |
| 65 | Tiptur | K Shadakshari |
| 66 | Turuvekere | Kanthraj B.M |
| 67 | Kunigal | Or.H.0.Ranganath |
| 68 | Koratagere - SC | Or. G. Parameshwara |
| 69 | Sira | T.B. Jaya Chandra |
| 70 | Pavagada - SC | H.V. Venkatesh |
| 71 | Madhugiri | K.N. Rajanna |
| 72 | Gauribidanur | Shivashankar Reddy N.H |
| 73 | Bagepali | S.N.Subba Reddy |
| 74 | Chintamani | Or. M.C. Sudhakar |
| 75 | Srinivaspur | K.R Ramesh Kumar |
| 76 | Kolar Gold Field - SC | Smt Roopaka la M |
| 77 | Bangarapet - SC | S.N. Narayanaswamy |
| 78 | Malur | K.Y.Nanje Gowda |
| 79 | Byatarayanapura | Krishna Byregowda |
| 80 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Smt Kusuma H |
| 81 | Malleshwaram | Anup Iyengar |
| 82 | Hebllal | Suresha B.S |
| 83 | Sarvagnanagar | K.J. George |
| 84 | Shivajinagar | Rizwan Arshad |
| 85 | Shanti Nagar | N.A. Haris |
| 86 | Gandhi Nagar | Dir.ash Gundu Rao |
| 87 | Rajaji Nagar | Puttanna |
| 88 | Govindraj Nagar | Priyakrishnna |
| 89 | Vijay Nagar | M. Krishnamppa |
| 90 | Chamrajpet | B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan |
| 91 | Basavanagudi | U.S. Venkatesh |
| 92 | BT M Layout | Ramalinga Reddy |
| 93 | Jayanagar | Smt. Sowmya R |
| 94 | Mahadevapura .SC | Nagesh T |
| 95 | Anekal- SC | B. Shivanna |
| 96 | Hosakote | Sharath Kumar Bachegowda |
| 97 | Devanahalli• SC | K.H.Muniyappa |
| 98 | Ooddaballapur | T. Venkataramaiah |
| 99 | Nelamangala - SC | Srinivasa ah N |
| 100 | Magadi | H.C.Balakrishna |
| 101 | Ramanagaram | IqbalHussain HA |
| 102 | Kanakapura | 0.K.Shivakumar |
| 103 | Malavalli- SC | P.M.Narendraswamy |
| 104 | Shrirangapattana | A.B.Ramesh Bandisiddegowda |
| 105 | Nagamangala | N.Cha uvarayaswamy |
| 106 | Holenarasipur | Shreyas M.Patel |
| 107 | Sakleshpur - SC | MuraliMohan |
| 108 | Belthangady | Rakshith Shivaram |
| 109 | Moodabidri | MithunM. Rai |
| 110 | Mangalore | U.T. AbdulKhader Ali Fareed |
| 111 | Bantval | Ramanatha Rai B |
| 112 | Sutlia. SC | Krishnappa G |
| 113 | Virajpet | A.S.Ponnanna |
| 114 | Piriyapatna | K.Ventakesh |
| 115 | Krishnarajanagara | 0.Ravishankar |
| 116 | Hunsur | H.P. rvtanjunath |
| 117 | Heggadadevankote - ST | AnilKumar C |
| 118 | Nanjanagud • SC | Oarshan Dhruvyanarayana |
| 119 | Narasimharaja | Tanveer Sait |
| 120 | Varuna | Siddaramaiah |
| 121 | T. Narasipur.SC | H.C.Mahadevappa |
| 122 | Hanur | R. Narendra |
| 123 | Chamarajanagar | C.Puttaranga Shetty |
| 124 | Gundlupet | H.M.Ganesh Parasad |
The Congress is the second party to release its candidates' list after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the elections in Karnataka. While the Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for assembly polls in the state, the voting is expected to be held in April-end or May.
