Govind Karjol, BJP nominee and senior Minister in the outgoing Basavaraj Bommai cabinet, trails behind former MLA R.B. Thimmapur in Mudhol-SC constituency by 12,000 votes. Mr. Karjol has served as the Deputy CM in the B.S. Yediyurappa cabinet. A Janata Dal unit leader and a confidante of Ramakrishna Hegde, he joined the BJP in 2004.
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Another senior Minister and CM aspirant Murugesh Nirani trails behind Congress nominee J.T. Patil. Mr. Patil has got a lead over BJP nominee and Minister Murugesh Nirani in Bilgi by around 4,000 votes.
Congress nominee Bhimsen B. Chimmanakatti leads by around 4,000 over BJP’s S.R. Patil in Badami. This is the seat vacated by Siddharamaiah who contested from Varuna.
Congress nominee Hullappa Meti leads over BJP’s Veeranna Charantimath. Mr. Charantimath is among the JDU leaders who joined the BJP in 2004.
Congress nominee Vijayanand Kashappanavar leads by over 18,000 votes over BJPs Doddanagouda Patil in Hungund. Mr. Kashappanavar has been in the forefront of the Panchamasali reservation agitation in Karnataka. He resigned, however, after Mr. Bommai announced that the Panchamasalis would be grouped along with other Lingayats in 2D category with a 7 per cent reservation quota.
C.C. Patil, PWD minister, and BJP nominee leads by 700 votes in Hungund over Congress nominee and former MLA B.R. Yavgal.
Siddu Savadi, MLA, leads by 8,000 over Congress nominee S.R. Konnur in Terdal.
Anand Nyamagouda trails behind BJP’s Jagadeesh Gudagunti in Jamkhani. Anand Nyamagouda had won the seat in a by-election after his father Siddu Nyamagouda died in a road accident in 2018.
