Karnataka Election 2023: Over 3,600 candidates file nominations for Assembly polls, scrutiny of papers today

On April 13, the process of filing nomination papers began with the election notification being issued. Scrutiny of nominations will take place today (April 21), and the last day for the withdrawal of candidature is April 24.

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First Published Apr 21, 2023, 1:03 PM IST | Last Updated Apr 21, 2023, 1:03 PM IST

Election officials on Friday (April 21) revealed that over 3,600 candidates have filed a total of 5,102 nominations for the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka till April 20, the last day for filing of the papers, with the documents set to be scrutinised on Friday.

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Voting will be in a single phase across the state on May 10 and the counting of votes is scheduled for May 13. Of the total nominations, 4,710 were filed by 3,327 male candidates and 391 nominations were by 304 female candidates.

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka also said that one nomination has been filed by an "other gender" candidate. It said 707 nominations were filed by candidates who identified themselves with the BJP, 651 Congress, 455 JD(S) and the rest from other smaller parties and Independents.

According to the officials, one candidate may file up to four nominations. On Thursday, the sixth and last day for filing of the papers, 1,934 nominations were filed by 1,691 candidates, including several prominent leaders.

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In a surprise move just hours before the deadline for filing of nominations, Congress MP from Bangalore Rural DK Suresh entered the fray from the Kanakapura segment, from where his elder brother and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar is the party's candidate.

According to several Congress functionaries, Suresh has filed his papers as a "backup plan" in the event of the nomination of Shivakumar getting rejected. In Hassan, JD(S) candidate HP Swaroop filed his nomination with the backing of the entire family of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda.

BJP candidate from Shivamogga Channabasappa, whose ticket was announced on Wednesday night by the party, filed his papers in the presence of senior leader and sitting MLA K S Eshwarappa, who has announced retirement from electoral politics.

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Accompanied by Independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and Minister CN Ashwath Narayan, BJP candidate from Mandya Ashok Jayaram filed his nomination papers. According to reports, Congress working President Satish Jarkiholi filed his nomination from Yemakanmardi in Belagavi district.

Minister Shashikala Jolle filed her papers from her traditional seat of Nippani in the district, accompanied by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.

Among others who filed their nominations on Thursday were the BJP's MP Renukacharya (Honnali), Katta Jagadish (Hebbal) and Ramachandra Gowda (Sidlaghatta), and the Congress' Ramanatha Rai (Bantwal) and Yogesh HC (Shivamogga).

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