INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Congress on Sunday evening released its first list of 218 candidates in the high-stakes elections in Karnataka next month
Candidates for the remaining six out of the total of 224 seats have not been named so far
As expected, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has been contesting from the Varuna constituency since 2008, will contest from Chamundeshwari
constituency in Mysuru this elections
Speculation that he might contest from a second seat also has so far not proven to be correct
The chief minister was in Delhi this weekend to finalise the names
Almost all sitting legislators have been given tickets.Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yatheendra is set to contest from the Varuna constituency
Apart from the chief minister and his son, the children of at least four sitting legislators have been given tickets
The family combos in the list include home minister Ramalinga Reddy and his daughter Soumya, law minister TB Jayachandra and son, housing
minister M Krishnappa and son Priya Krishna and Shamanur Shivshankarappa and son SS Mallikarjun.DK Shivakumar, a controversial minister in
Siddaramaiah's cabinet, will contest from Kanakapura
State Congress chief Dr G Parameshwara has been given the Korategere ticket despite losing last time
Other leaders like RV Deshpande and UT Khader will contest from Haliyal and Mangalore seats, respectively.Film star Ambareesh has been given
So far the Congress candidate for the Shantinagar seat in Bengaluru has not been announced
joined Congress recently, will contest from Bidar South
Mr Kheny heads the Bengaluru-Mysuru Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE).The BJP, which announced its first list of
candidates for the elections last week, is yet name the rest of its candidates
The party's chief ministerial candidate for Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, will contest from Shikaripura assembly constituency.Veteran state
BJP leaders Jagadish Shettar and KS Eswarappa will contest from Hubli Dharwad Central and Shimoga Assembly seats, respectively
The BJP has also fielded its Lok Sabha lawmaker B Sriramulu in the polls.The elections to the 224-seat assembly in Karnataka are scheduled
Counting of votes will take place three days later
