Karnataka Election 2023, Chikmagalur Profile: BJP's CT Ravi to face tough fight from Congress's HD Thammaiah and Thimmashetty of JD(S)

Karnataka Election 2023: BJP's National General Secretary CT Ravi is a former minister and a four-time legislator from Chikmagalur Constituency who will be contesting against Janata Dal Secular's Thimmashetty and Congress's HD Thammaiah in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Polls 2023. As the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election is around the corner, here is all you need to know about BJP's CT Ravi and his bastion — Chikmagalur constituency: 

Chikmagalur Assembly Election 2018 background

In 2018, BJP's CT Ravi won the Chikmagalur Assembly Election 2018 by defeating Congress's Shankar BL with a margin of 26,314 votes. The constituency falls under the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency and has around 2,10,000 eligible electors. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shobha Karandlaje from BJP won the election in the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency with a margin of 3,49,599 votes by defeating JD(S)'s Pramod Madhwaraj.

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Karnataka Election 2023: Background and full

The three-pronged contest is set to take place on May 10, 2023, Wednesday. The Karnataka Legislative Assembly's term is set to expire on May 24, 2023. The counting of votes will be done on May 13, 2023, Saturday.

Karnataka Polls in 2018: Assembly composition

In the 2018 elections, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 104 seats, up from its 2013 tally of just 40 seats. The Congress dropped from 122 seats to 80, while JD (S) slid from 40 seats to 38 during the same period.

JD (S) became the kingmaker in the hung Assembly, and formed a coalition government with the Congress. HD Kumaraswamy became the chief minister for his second term. However, the government was short-lived, and in 2019, 15 MLAs from the JD(S) and Congress put down their papers, triggering bypolls.

In the bypoll, the BJP added another 12 MLAs to its tally and formed the government with BS Yediyurappa being sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state for his fourth term. The veteran, however, had to step down due to party differences, and his party’s Basavaraj Bommai took over as the new Chief Minister on July 28, 2021.  
At present, the BJP has 113 seats, the Congress (74), JD(S) 27, and 10 seats are vacant in the legislative Assembly.

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