Legislative Assembly Elections are around the corner in the Indian state of Karnataka. Polls are scheduled to be held on May 12 and the result is going to be declared on May 15. This year the competition is going to be really tough amongst the three parties – Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (Secular) and the Indian National Congress Party.
The Indian National Congress party’s unit for the state of Karnataka is known as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) with Dr. G. Parameshwara as its president. Currently, Siddaramaiah, the Chief Minister of poll-bound Karnataka, is from the Congress party, which triumphed in the elections held in 2013. In the last elections, Congress won 122 seats out of 223 total seats. 101 Congress candidates lost the elections. Here is the list of the Congress candidates who were the runner-ups in the elections of 2013.
| S.No | A. C. No. | Assembly Constituency Name | Category | Runner-UP | Sex | Party | Votes | Winner Candidates Name | Sex | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nippani | GEN | Kakaso Pandurang Patil | M | INC | 63198 | Jolle Shashikala Annasaheb | F | BJP | 81860 |
| 2 | 3 | Athani | GEN | Mahesh Iranagouda Kumathalli | M | INC | 50528 | Laxman Sangappa Savadi | M | BJP | 74299 |
| 3 | 5 | Kudachi | (SC) | Ghatage Shama Bhima | M | INC | 24823 | P.Rajeev | M | BSRCP | 71057 |
| 4 | 7 | Hukkeri | GEN | Ravi Basavaraj Karale | M | INC | 24484 | Umesh Vishwanath Kalti | M | BJP | 81810 |
| 5 | 8 | Arabhavi | GEN | Utagi Ramappa Kareppa | M | INC | 24062 | Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkiholi | M | BJP | 99283 |
| 6 | 14 | Khanapur | GEN | Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri | M | INC | 20903 | Arvind Chandrakant Patil | M | IND | 37055 |
| 7 | 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | GEN | Ravindra Bhupalappa Yaligar | M | INC | 30392 | Anand Alias Vishwanath Chandrashekhar Mamani | M | BJP | 46434 |
| 8 | 19 | Mudhol | GEN | Timmapur.Ramappa. Balappa. | M | INC | 59549 | Govind.M.Karjol | M | BJP | 64727 |
| 9 | 37 | Shahapur | GEN | Sharanabasappagouda Darshanpur | M | INC | 49128 | Guru Patilshiraval | M | KJP | 54924 |
| 10 | 47 | Basavakalyan | GEN | B. Narayanrao | M | INC | 21601 | Mallikarjun Sidramappa Khuba | M | JD(S) | 37494 |
| 11 | 50 | Bidar | GEN | Raheem Khan | M | INC | 48147 | Gurupadappa Nagamarpalli | M | KJP | 50718 |
| 12 | 53 | Raichur Rural | (ST) | Raja Rayappa Naik | M | INC | 47227 | Thipparaju | M | BJP | 50497 |
| 13 | 54 | Raichur | GEN | Syed Yasin | M | INC | 37392 | Dr. Shivaraj Patil S. | M | JD(S) | 45263 |
| 14 | 57 | Lingsugur | (SC) | D.S.Hoolageri | M | INC | 30451 | Manappa D.Vajjal | M | JD(S) | 31737 |
| 15 | 60 | Kushtagi | GEN | Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur | M | INC | 40970 | Doddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil | M | BJP | 44007 |
| 16 | 73 | Hubli-Dharwad-Central | GEN | Dr. Mahesh Nalwad | M | INC | 40447 | Jagadish She1Tar | M | BJP | 58201 |
| 17 | 74 | Hubli-Dharwad-West | GEN | S. R. Morey | M | INC | 30821 | Arvind Chandrakant Bellad | M | BJP | 42003 |
| 18 | 80 | Sirsi | GEN | Ayyappanagar Deepak Honnavar | M | INC | 39795 | Anant Kager! Vishweshwar Begde | M | BJP | 42854 |
| 19 | 83 | Shiggaon | GEN | Khadri Sayed Azimpeer Sayed Kaderbasha | M | INC | 63504 | Basavaraj Bommai | M | BJP | 73007 |
| 20 | 86 | Hirekerur | GEN | B.C.Patil | M | INC | 50017 | U.B.Banakar | M | KJP | 52623 |
| 21 | 90 | Vijayanagara | GEN | H.Abdul Wahab | M | INC | 39358 | Anand Singh | M | BJP | 69995 |
| 22 | 93 | Bellary | (ST) | Asundi Vannurappa | M | INC | 41560 | B.Sreeramulu | M | BSRCP | 74854 |
| 23 | 96 | Kudligi | (ST) | S. Venkatesha | M | INC | 46674 | B.Nagendra | M | IND | 71477 |
| 24 | 97 | Molakalmuru | (ST) | N. Y. Gopalakrishna | M | INC | 69658 | S. Thippeswamy | M | BSRCP | 76827 |
| 25 | 105 | Harihar | GEN | S.Ramappa | M | INC | 40613 | H.S. Shivashankar | M | JD(S) | 59666 |
| 26 | 115 | Shikaripura | GEN | H.S.Shanthaveerappagow Da(Shantanna) | M | INC | 44701 | B.S.Yadiyurappa | M | KJP | 69126 |
| 27 | 119 | Kundapura | GEN | Mallyadi Shivarama Shetty | M | INC | 39952 | Halady Sriniv Asa Shetiy | M | IND | 80563 |
| 28 | 122 | Karkal | GEN | H.Gopal Bhandary | M | INC | 60785 | V.Sunill Kumar | M | BJP | 65039 |
| 29 | 123 | Sringeri | GEN | T.D. Raje Gowda | M | INC | 54950 | D.N. Jeevaraj | M | BJP | 58402 |
| 30 | 124 | Mudigere | (SC) | B.N. Chandrappa | M | INC | 31782 | B.B. Ningaiah | M | JD(S) | 32417 |
| 31 | 125 | Chikmagalur | GEN | K S Shanthe Gowda | M | INC | 47695 | C T Ravi | M | BJP | 58683 |
| 32 | 134 | Koratagere | (SC) | Dr. G.Parameshwara | M | INC | 54074 | Sudhakara Lal .P.R | M | JD(S) | 72229 |
| 33 | 137 | Pavagada | (SC) | H.V.Venkatesh | M | INC | 63823 | K.M. Thimmarayappa | M | JD(S) | 68686 |
| 34 | 142 | Sidlaghatta | GEN | V. Muniyappa | M | INC | 62452 | M. Rajanna | M | JD(S) | 77931 |
| 35 | 155 | Dasarahalli | GEN | B L Shankar | M | INC | 46734 | S Muniraju | M | BJP | 57562 |
| 36 | 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout | GEN | N.L. Narendrababu | M | INC | 50757 | Gopalaiah .K | M | JD(S) | 66127 |
| 37 | 157 | Malleshwaram | GEN | B. K. Shivaram | M | INC | 36543 | Dr. Aswath Narayan C.N. | M | BJP | 57609 |
| 38 | 158 | Hebbal | GEN | C.K. Abdul Rahman Sharief | M | INC | 33026 | R. Jagadeesi-I Kumar | M | BJP | 38162 |
| 39 | 159 | Pulakeshinagar | (SC) | B.Prasanna Kumar | M | INC | 38796 | Akl-Ianda Srinivas Murthy.R | M | JD(S) | 48995 |
| 40 | 161 | C.V Raman Nagar | (SC) | P. Ramesh | M | INC | 44945 | S. Ragi-Iu | M | BJP | 53364 |
| 41 | 165 | Rajaji Nagar | GEN | R.Manjula Naidu | F | INC | 24482 | S.Suresh Kumar | M | BJP | 39291 |
| 42 | 168 | Chamrajpet | GEN | G.A.Bava | M | INC | 26177 | B.Z.Zameer Ahmed Khan | M | JD(S) | 56339 |
| 43 | 171 | Padmanaba Nagar | GEN | L.S.Chethan Gowda | M | INC | 33557 | Rashoka | M | BJP | 53680 |
| 44 | 173 | Jayanagar | GEN | M.C.Venugopal | M | INC | 31678 | B.N.Vijaya Kumar | M | BJP | 43990 |
| 45 | 174 | Mahadevapura | (SC) | A.C.Srinivas | M | INC | 104095 | Aravind Umbavali | M | BJP | 110244 |
| 46 | 175 | Bommanahalli | GEN | Nagabhushana.C | M | INC | 60700 | Sathish Reddy.M | M | BJP | 86552 |
| 47 | 179 | Devanahalli | (SC) | Venkataswamy | M | INC | 68381 | Pilla Munishamappa | M | JD(S) | 70323 |
| 48 | 181 | Nelamangala | (SC) | Anjanamurthy | M | INC | 45389 | Dr K Srinivasamurrhy | M | JD(S) | 60492 |
| 49 | 182 | Magadi | GEN | A.Manjunath | M | INC | 60462 | H.C.Balakrishna | M | JD(S) | 74821 |
| 50 | 183 | Ramanagaram | GEN | Maridevaru | M | INC | 58049 | H D Kumara Swamy | M | JD(S) | 83447 |
| 51 | 187 | Maddur | GEN | Madhu G.Madegowda | M | INC | 48968 | D.C.Thammanna | M | JD(S) | 80926 |
| 52 | 191 | Nagamangala | GEN | Suresh Gowdaa | M | INC | 68840 | N.Chaluvarayaswamy (Swamy Gowda) | M | JD(S) | 89203 |
| 53 | 192 | Krishnarajpet | GEN | K B Chandrashekar | M | INC | 47541 | Narayanagowda | M | JD(S) | 56784 |
| 54 | 193 | Shravanabelagola | GEN | C.S.Puttegowda | M | INC | 63043 | C.N .Balakrishna | M | JD(S) | 87185 |
| 55 | 194 | Arsikere | GEN | B.Shivaramu | M | INC | 46948 | K.M.Shivalinge Gowda | M | JD(S) | 76579 |
| 56 | 196 | Hassan | GEN | H.K.Mahesh | M | INC | 57110 | H.S.Prakash | M | JD(S) | 61306 |
| 57 | 197 | Holenarasipur | GEN | S.G. Anupama | M | INC | 62655 | H.D Revanna | M | JD(S) | 92713 |
| 58 | 199 | Sakleshpur | (SC) | D. Mallesh | M | INC | 30533 | H. K. Kumaraswamy | M | JD(S) | 63602 |
| 59 | 207 | Sullia | (SC) | Dr. B. Raghu | M | INC | 64540 | Angara. S | M | BJP | 65913 |
| 60 | 209 | Virajpet | GEN | Biddatanda.T.Pradeep | M | INC | 63836 | Kg.Bopaiah | M | BJP | 67250 |
| 61 | 211 | Krishnarajanagara | GEN | Doddaswamegowda | M | INC | 66405 | Sa.Ra.Mahesh | M | JD(S) | 81457 |
| 62 | 213 | Heggadadevankote | (ST) | Chikkanna | M | INC | 36108 | Chikkamadu S | M | JD(S) | 48606 |
| 63 | 215 | Chamundeshwari | GEN | M. Sathyanarayana | M | INC | 68761 | G.T. Deve Gowda | M | JD(S) | 75864 |
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