Syed Yasin (right), the son-in-law of veteran Congress leader and former Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief (left), is seeking re-election from Raichur.
Sons of former Chief Minister late S. Bangarappa (Centre) - Madhu (JDS) (left) and Kumar (Congress), are crossing swords again in Soraba, Shimoga district.
The father-son duo of M. Krishnappa (left) and Priya Krishna (right), the sitting MLAs, have entered the fray from Vijayanagar and Govindrajnagar respectively.
Union Labour and Employment Minister M. Mallikarjuna Kharge (right) has succeeded in getting ticket for his son, Priyank Kharge (left), to seek election from Chittapur.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh's son Ajay Singh (left) will be contesting from Jewargi on behalf of Congress.
The Congress has also given the party ticket to Jarkiholi brothers — Satish (right) and Ramesh (not in picture) — to contest from Yemkanmardi and Gokak, respectively. Another sibling Balachandra Jarkiholi (left), who is Minister for Municipal Administration, has sought re-election on BJP ticket from Arabhavi.
JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda's (second from left) sons — H. D. Revanna (third from left) and H. D. Kumaraswamy (extreme left) are contesting from Holenarasipura and Ramanagara, while Mr. Kumaraswamy’s wife Anita (extreme right) has thrown her hat in the ring in Channapatna.
In Sagara, Congress candidate Kagodu Thimmappa (left) is pitted against his close relative Beluru Gopalakrishna (right), who recently crossed over to the JD(S) from BJP.
The Congress has given “B form” to B. K. Shivaram, a former police official and brother of senior party leader B. K. Hariprasad, to contest from Malleshwaram in Bangalore.
In KGF segment of Kolar district, the BJP has fielded Y Ramakka (not in picture), mother of the party’s tainted MLA Y. Sampangi (in picture), while denying him the ticket.
In Hebbal constituency, the BJP denied ticket to tainted MLA Katta Subramanya Naidu but accommodated his associate Jagadish Kumar (not in picture).