The BJP changed its candidate in Gubbi assembly segments by replacing Nataraj with C V Mahadevaiah. The BJP top brass also made changes in its candidature from Kolar, Chickballapur and Dasarahalli assembly segments.
In Chickballapur Anjaneya Reddy has been replaced by P S Prakash.
Meanwhile, disgruntled Congress leader Mude Made Gowda has been given a ticket to contest from Maddur.
Another former legislator Kempe Gowda has been accommodated into the BJP and will contest from Melkote.
Here is the fifth list of the BJP: Chikkanayakanahalli: Kiran Kumar; Kunigal: Krishnakumar; Gubbi: V Mahadevaiah; Chikkaballapur: P S Prakash; Kolar: Some Gowda; Dasarahalli: Muniraju; Sarvagnanagar: Shankar; Kanakapura: Kempaiah; Channapatna: Abbas Ali Bohra; Malavalli: Mahadevaiah; Maddur: Mudu Made Gowda; Melukote: Kempe Gowda; Mandya: Vidyanagendra; Nagamangala: Jayarame Gowda; KR Pet: Prakash; Shravanabelagola: Anand Shivappa; Holenarasipura: K M Srinivas; Periyapatna: H D Ganesh; Arakagud: Nanjunde Gowda
