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Karnataka Election: Congress releases third list of candidates, Former deputy CM Laxman Savadi to contest Athani

Karnataka Election: Congress on Saturday released the third list of candidates for the elections to be held in Karnataka on May 10. Party have fielded 166 candidates out of 224 so far. it has already announced the first list of candidates for 124 constituencies in the list of candidates for 42 constituencies in the second […]

Edited By : Aditya Singh | Updated: Apr 17, 2023 15:52 IST
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Karnataka Election: Congress on Saturday released the third list of candidates for the elections to be held in Karnataka on May 10. Party have fielded 166 candidates out of 224 so far. it has already announced the first list of candidates for 124 constituencies in the list of candidates for 42 constituencies in the second list. The third list was released today by Congress’s high command

As per the list released by the party, Kothurji Manjunath will be its candidate from the Kolar assembly constituency. It is notable that former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed his desire to contest from this constituency along with Varuna in this assembly election. His name has been declared from the Varuna assembly constituency.

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Former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Congress on Friday, has been given a ticket from the Athani constituency. The second list of the Congress, released on April 6, included 41 of its candidates and one candidate from the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party. Sarvodaya Karnataka Party’s Darshan Puttannaiah was declared the candidate from the Melukote assembly seat.

On March 25, Congress released its first list of 124 candidates for the Karnataka assembly elections. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been fielded from Varuna’s seat. Congress has so far declared a total of 166 candidates. Now Congress has to declare candidates for 58 more seats. Polling for all 224 assembly seats in Karnataka will be held on May 10 and the counting of votes will be done on May 13.

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First published on: Apr 15, 2023 04:37 PM IST

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