Mandya MP, former VC, defectors in JD(S) first list

The JD(S) on Saturday became the first party in the state to release its maiden list of candidates for the forthcoming Assembly polls.

Many of the sitting MLAs figure in the list of 128 candidates, including N H Konareddi (Navalgund), Madhu Bangarappa( Soraba), YSV Datta (Kadur), have been given the ticket.

JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy (Ramanagar) and his brother H D Revanna (Holenarasipura) and MLC C R Manohar also figure in the first list.

Prominent among those who switched over to the JD(S) from other parties recently and have managed to get the ticket include former ministers Anand Asnotikar (Karwar) and H Vishwanath (Hunsur) and Ravindra Srikantaiah (Srirangapatna), a close aide of former chief minister S M Krishna.

Former vice-chancellor of University of Mysore K S Rangappa, who joined the JD(S) recently, has been given the ticket for Chamaraja seat. Sitting Mandya MP C S Puttaraju has been will contest from Melkote. Only four women figure in the first list. No candidates have been announced for Channapatna and R R Nagar constituencies where the H D Deve Gowda family members Anitha Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna were vying for the tickets.

All 128 candidates were administered oath by senior MLC Basavaraj Horatti.

Girish Buthale (Athani)
Shivanagouda Patil (Belagavi Rural)
Shankar Malagi (Bailahongal)
Jadav (Ramadurga)
Basvaraju Kannur (Terdal)
Toufil (Jhamakandi)
Hanumantha Mavinamarad (Badami)
A S Patil Nadahalli (Muddebihal)
Appugouda Patil (Basavana Bagevadi)
Devanand Chouhan (Nagathana)
B D Patil (Indi)
Magoli (Sindhagi)
Kedaralingaiah (Jevargi)
Raju Krishna Naik (Surpur)
Amin Reddy (Shahapur)
A C Kadalur (Yadgir)
Naganagouda (Gurmitkal)
Sushil Bai B (Chincholli)
Basavaraj Diggavi (Gulbarga South)
Nasir Usthad (Gulbarga North)
Suryakanth Kurali (Aland)
Nasir Hussain (Humanabad)
Bandappa Kashampur (Bidar South)
Raja Venkatappa Naik (Manvi)
Venkatesh Poojary (Devadurga)
Siddu Bandi (Lingasagur)
Raja Somanath Naik (Maski)
Manjula D M Ravi (Kanakagiri)
Veerannagouda Police Patil (Yalaburgi)
Neeravari (Kushtagi)
Nadagouda (Sindhanur)
H N Konareddy (Navalgund)
Mallikarjuna Akki (Kundagol)
Rajanna Koravi (Hubballi Dharwad Central)
Anand Asnotikar (Karwar)
Pradeep Naik (Kumta)
Nayathulla (Bhakal)
Shashibhushan Hegde (Sirsi)
Ravindra Naik (Yellapura)
Sanjay Dange (Haveri)
Siddappa (Hirekeru)
Sripad Sahukar (Ranebennur)
Vasanth Kumar (Sandur)
N T Bommanna (Kudligi)
Yethinhatti Goudaru (Molakalmuru)
Raveesh (Challakere)
K C Veerendra (Chitradurga)
Yeshodar (Hiriyuru)
Srinivas Gadige (Holalkere)
H S Shivashankar (Harihara)
Hudigere Ramesh (Channagiri)
Shila Naik (Mayakonda)
Sharada Purya Naik (Shimoga Rural)
Appaji Gowda (Bhadravathi)
Niranjan (Shivamogga)
Manjunatha Gowda (Thirthahalli)
Baligar (Shikaripura)
Madhu Bangarappa (Soraba)
Ravi Shetty (Byaindur)
Bidthi Gangadhar Bhandari (Udupi)
Venkatesh Govinde Gowda (Sringeri)
B B Ningaiah (Mudigere)
Harish (Chikkamagalur)
YSV Datta (Kadur)
Suresh Babu (Chikkanayakanahalli)
Lokeshwar (Tiptur)
M T Krishnappa (Turuvekere)
D Nagarajaiah (Kunigal)
Govindaraju (Tumkur - City)
D C Gowrishankar (Tumkur - Rural)
Sudhakar Lal (Koratagere)
Srinivas (Gubbi)
Sathyanarayan (Sira)
Thimarayyappa (Pavagada)
Veerabhadraiah (Madhugiri)
Bacche Gowda (Chikkaballapura)
Rajanna (Siddlaghatta)
J K Krishna Reddy (Chintamani)
C R Manohar (Bagepalli)
Venkatashiva Reddy (Srinivasapura)
Baktavatsalam (KGF)
Mallesh (Bangarpet)
Manjunath Gowda (Malur)
Gopal (K R Pura)
Chandranna (Bytarayanapura)
Javarai Gowda (Yeshwanthpur)
Manjunath (Dasarahalli)
Gopaliah (Mahalakshmi Layout)
Hanumanthegowda (Hebbal)
Anwar Sharief (Sarvajnanagar)
Narayanaswamy (Gandhinagar)
Bage Gowda (Basavangudi)
Gopal (Padmanabhanagar)
Devadas (BTM Layout)
Pillamunishamappa (Devanahalli)
Mune Gowda (Doddaballapura)
Srinivasa Murthy (Nelamangala)
H D Kumaraswamy (Ramanagar)
Manju (Magadi)
Annadani (Malavalli)
D C Thammanna (Maddur)
C S Puttaraju (Malkote)
Ravindra Srikantaiah (Srirangapatna)
Narayana Gowda (K R Pet)
Suresh Gowda (Nagamangala)
C N Balakrishna (Sharavanbelagola)
Shivalinge Gowda (Arasikere)
H S Prakash (Hassan)
H D Revanna (Holenarasipura)
A T Ramaswamy (Arkalgud)
H K Kumaraswamy (Sakaleshpura)
Lingesh (Beluru)
Jeevijaya (Madikeri)
Sanketh Puvaiah (Virajpet)
Mahadeva (Periyapatna)
Sa Ra Mahesh (K R Nagar)
H Vishwanth (Hunsur)
G T Deve Gowda (Chamundeshwari)
K S Rangappa (Chamaraja)
Abdula (Narasimhaja)
Mallesh (Krishnaraja)
Abhishek (Varuna)
Chikkana (H D Kote)
Samruddhi Manjunath (Mulbagal)
Ashwin Kumar (T Narasipura)
K R Ramesh (Haliyal)