Karnataka Assembly Elections: HD Kumaraswamy vs CP Yogeshwara — who will win Channapattana?

Karnataka Assembly Elections: Channapattana is one of the 224 constituencies of Karnataka. It is part of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency, which includes eight assembly seats. Many prominent Karnataka politicians have been elected to the Assembly from the Channapatna constituency. M V Venkatappa, the first education minister of Mysore State, was chosen from this seat. 

Channapattana constituency: JD(S) vs BJP vs Congress 

In the 2018 Karnataka Assembly Election, JD(S) won the seat defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate by a margin of 21,530 votes. The seat is currently held by JD(S) chief and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Indian National Congress’ H. M. Revanna was the second runner-up with 30,208 votes.

JD(S) has won from Channapattana several times. The constituency has a significant population of Vokkaliga community voters, who have traditionally supported the JD(S).

Channapattana constituency: Key Candidates

In this year’s election, Channapattana will witness an epic battle between JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy and former tourism minister CP Yogeshwara who will represent BJP. HD Kumaraswamy has been unbeatable in the Channapattana constituency since 2004 and this election is likely to be a prestige battle for him. 

The competition is going to be tough as Yogeshwara enjoys widespread popularity as an actor and director recognised for successes like as 'Uttara Dhruvadim Dakshina Druvaku', 'Sainika', and 'Badhri' and is a strong Vokkaliga leader which may have a negative impact on the traditional Vokkaliga voter bank of Kumaraswamy.

Another key candidate in the race is Gangadhar S. who will represent Congress. 

Channapattana constituency: Other parties and individual candidate

According to the Election Commission website, the following is the list of candidates who will contest from Channapattana constituency 

-C.P.Sharath Chandra from Aam Aadmi Party

- Shyamala From Karnataka Rashtra Samithi

- Prajaakeeya Abhishek.S From Uttama Prajaakeeya Party

-Krishna.A- Independent 

- C.M.Shabaz Khan From Young Star Empowerment Party

- Syed Javeed From Indian Movement Party

-Kumara Swamy A. C- Independent 

-Pradeep. T. V - Independent 

- Andanaiah - Independent 

- Shivaramas- Independent 

Karnataka Election 2023: Background and full schedule 

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly's term is set to expire on May 24, 2023. The previous assembly elections took place in May of 2018. Following the election, the state government was first formed by the single-largest-party BJP under BS Yediyurappa - which couldn't stand the floor test in Assembly and lasted only a week. Followed by the coalition of the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Indian National Congress, with H. D. Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister, which lasted 14 months before Yediyurappa and BJP returned to power in state.

The Election Commission has scheduled the date of polling as May 10, 2023 (Wednesday). The vote counting will be done on May 13, 2023 (Saturday).

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