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Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Constituency Watch in Karnataka

All you need to know about the 28 Parliamentary constituencies headed for polls in Karnataka this Lok Sabha elections 2024

April 11, 2024 12:25 pm | Updated April 28, 2024 04:32 pm IST

The Hindu Bureau

A Congress supporter uses a cloth to cool himself during a party public meeting ahead of the upcoming general elections at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on April 3, 2024.

A Congress supporter uses a cloth to cool himself during a party public meeting ahead of the upcoming general elections at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on April 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: IDREES MOHAMMED

Karnataka is set to vote in two phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024 — 14 constituencies each are going to polls in the second and third phases scheduled for April 26 and May 7, respectively. As electoral action gains momentum, reporters from the Karnataka Bureau bring you an overview of the 28 parliamentary constituencies and the intense battles to be expected this poll season.

The series also offers a detailed analysis of the past political climate as well as caste equations in the seats, the persistent problems faced by the electorate, their demands and historical voting patterns as well as the main candidates in the fray.

Collection - 16 stories

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge being garlanded by supporters during a public meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Elections

Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency | Mallikarjun Kharge on a mission to reclaim lost territory, this time for his son-in-law

Kumar Buradikatti

BJP leader Pralhad Joshi during an election campaign in Dharwad district.

Lok Sabha Elections

Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency | Pralhad Joshi hopes for a record fifth win, with seer out of fray and a murder adding to saffron narrative

Girish Pattanashetti

Lok Sabha Elections

Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency: It’s battle of perceptions in this BJP bastion

Lok Sabha Elections

Chickballapur Lok Sabha constituency: Congress fights to wrest its stronghold, BJP to retain gain it made last election

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

P.C. Mohan, BJP candidate for Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections

Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency: BJP banking on Modi factor and Hindu vote consolidation, Congress on anti-incumbency and minority votes

The candidature of Shobha Karandlaje, BJP MP of Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat, from Bengaluru North was initially met with resistance from local leaders with a “Go Back Shobha” campaign, similar to what she faced in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat this time.

Lok Sabha Elections

Bengaluru North Lok Sabha constituency: BJP banks on ‘Modi factor’ while Congress hopes to draw from ‘clean image and intellectual calibre’ of its candidate

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Congress candidate Gautham K V for Kolar Constituency

Lok Sabha Elections

Kolar Lok Sabha constituency: Unkept promises rankle in this land of gold mine

Sharath Srivatsa

V. Somanna, BJP candidate

Lok Sabha Elections

Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency: Unique caste mix eludes easy predictions in this seat

Sharath Srivatsa

B.N. Chandrappa, Congress candidate

Lok Sabha Elections

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency: Poll debates amp up the heat in this arid region of drying coconut palms and areca plantations

Sharath Srivatsa

Sunil Bose, Congress candidate for Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency: It’s a battle of prestige for Siddaramaiah in this backward region where his Assembly segment lies

Dr. C.N. Manjunath, former director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Bengaluru.

Lok Sabha Elections

Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency: Debutant doctor faces hattrick-record MP in Gabbar Singh’s lair

B.S. Sathish Kumar

Kota Srinivas Poojary, BJP candidate

Lok Sabha Elections

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency: This part-coastal, part-hilly constituency faces a diverse range of issues

Anil Kumar Sastry

Padmaraj R. Poojary, Congress candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections

Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency: BJP trying to retain its hold over coastal seat for ninth consecutive term, Congress keen to bring back old glory

Raviprasad Kamila

JD(S) national president H.D. Kumaraswamy receiving the blessings of his father H.D. Deve Gowda ahead of filing his nomination papers for Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections

Mandya Lok Sabha constituency: Clash of arch rivals is litmus test for HDK and his party in this Cauvery heartland

R. Krishna Kumar

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, BJP candidate

Lok Sabha Elections

Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency: It’s royalty versus loyal party worker in this city of palaces

Shreyas Patel, Congress candidate

Lok Sabha Elections

Hassan Lok Sabha constituency: Emotions run high as grandsons of old rivals take on each other in this prestigious seat

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