BENGALURU: Over 3,600 candidates have filed a complete of 5,102 nominations for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka until Thursday, the final day for submitting of the papers, election officers mentioned right here. The strategy of submitting nominations papers started on April 13 with the election notification being issued. Of the whole nominations, 4,710 have been filed by 3,327 male candidates and 391 nominations have been by 304 feminine candidates. One nomination has been filed by an “other gender” candidate, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka mentioned in a Thursday evening assertion.
It mentioned 707 nominations have been filed by candidates who recognized themselves with the BJP, 651 Congress, 455 JD(S) and the remainder from different smaller events and Independents. According to the officers, one candidate could file as much as 4 nominations. On Thursday, the sixth and final day for submitting of the papers, 1,934 nominations have been filed by 1,691 candidates, together with a number of distinguished leaders.
In a shock transfer simply hours earlier than the deadline for submitting of nominations, Congress MP from Bangalore Rural D Ok Suresh entered the fray from the Kanakapura section, from the place his elder brother and state Congress chief D Ok Shivakumar is the occasion’s candidate. According to a number of Congress functionaries, Suresh has filed his papers as a “backup plan” within the occasion of the nomination of Shivakumar getting rejected.
In Hassan, JD(S) candidate H P Swaroop filed his nomination with the backing of your entire household of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda. BJP candidate from Shivamogga Channabasappa, whose ticket was introduced on Wednesday evening by the occasion, filed his papers within the presence of senior chief and sitting MLA Ok S Eshwarappa, who has introduced retirement from electoral politics.
Accompanied by Independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and minister C N Ashwath Narayan, BJP candidate from Mandya Ashok Jayaram filed his nomination papers. According to studies, Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi filed his nomination from Yemakanmardi in Belagavi district. Minister Shashikala Jolle filed her papers from her conventional seat of Nippani within the district, accompanied by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.Â
Among others who filed their nominations on Thursday have been the BJP’s M P Renukacharya (Honnali), Katta Jagadish (Hebbal) and Ramachandra Gowda (Sidlaghatta), and the Congress’ Ramanatha Rai (Bantwal) and Yogesh HC (Shivamogga). Scrutiny of nominations will happen on April 21, and the final day for the withdrawal of candidature is April 24.
