Karnataka election: BJP CM candidate Yeddyurappa to fight from Shikaripura
The BJP on Sunday released its first list of 72 candidates to contest in the Karnataka assembly elections 2018, to be held May 12 for the 224 seats across the southern state. "The central election committee of the party has decided the first 72 names for the ensuing Karnataka legislative Assembly elections," said the BJP in a statement released by its state unit. The committee met under the party's national president Amit Shah. Top 10 developments on Karnataka Elections 2018 and BJP campaigns 1. BS Yeddyurappa to contest from Shikaripura: State BJP President and the party's CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa will contest from Shikaripura. B Sriramulu, the party MP from Ballari district will contest the Assembly polls and will be the party's candidate from Molakalmuru in Chitradurga district. 2. Only three women figure among the 72 contestants: Sashikala Jolle from Nippani Assembly segment in the state's north-west region, Roopali Naik from Karwar in the coastal area and Poornima Srinivas from Hiriyur in the central part are the only female candidates among the 72 whose names have bee announced.
3. 'Rahul, Sonia will lose their LS seats in 2019': "Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will lose their respective constituencies due to people's growing 'disappointment' with them," BJP said on Sunday. 4. Six-time Karnataka MLA joins BJP: The BJP's campaign in Karnataka Assembly polls on Sunday received a boost with six-time MLA Malikayya Guttedar, an OBC leader, joining the party. 5. Nationalist vs state agenda in Karnataka: ‘Nationalist agenda’, as the Congress dubs, has become a problem for the BJP as it cannot alter it to suit the state’s narrative and has been forced to stay neutral on boiling issues — the state flag and Lingayats’ status, as they go against its core ideology of Hindutva and state autonomy. 6. Karnataka election details: Polls will be held on May 12 and the votes will be counted on May 15. Karnataka has seen bitter campaigning ahead of Karnataka elections, by both the parties. 7. Chitradurga Mutt's head seer urges Amit Shah to support minority status for Lingayats: Seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Chitradurga Mutt wrote a letter to Amit Shah, requesting him to support the Karnataka government's decision of granting minority status to Lingayats community. 8. Siddaramaiah govt has announced a minority status for the Lingayat community: The Karnataka government recently accorded a minority status to the Lingayat community. 9. Important dates for Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: 17 April: Issue of notification 24 April: Last date of nomination 25 April: Date of scrutiny 27 April: Last date of withdrawal of candidates 12 May: Date of Polling 15 May: Counting of votes/ Result day * Date of notification is April 17 and nominations should be filed by April 24. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is April 27. Counting of votes will take place on May 15. 10. Different regions and historical voting trends: In Karnataka, the 2008 assembly elections was won by BJP comfortably with 110 seats, whereas the 2013 assembly elections was swept by the Congress by winning 122 seats. The alternating results and trends may suggest that
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