| Election Name: | 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 10 May 2023 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 113 |
| Turnout: | 73.84% (1.34%)[1] |
| Registered: | 53,131,579 |
| Next Election: | Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leader1: | Siddaramaiah |
| Leaders Seat1: | Varuna |
| Leader Since1: | 2013 |
| Last Election1: | 38.14%, 80 seats |
| Seats1: | 135 |
| Seat Change1: | 55 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,789,272 |
| Percentage1: | 42.88% |
| Swing1: | 4.74% |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Leader2: | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Leaders Seat2: | Shiggaon |
| Last Election2: | 36.35%, 104 seats |
| Leader Since2: | 2021 |
| Seats2: | 66 |
| Swing2: | 0.35% |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,096,529 |
| Percentage2: | 36.00% |
| Party3: | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| Leader3: | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| Leaders Seat3: | Channapatna |
| Leader Since3: | 2006 |
| Last Election3: | 18.3%, 37 seats |
| Seats3: | 19 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,205,489 |
| Percentage3: | 13.29% |
| Swing3: | 5.01% |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Before Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Seat Change2: | 38 |
| Seat Change3: | 18 |
| After Election: | Siddaramaiah |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Map2 Image: | File:India Karnataka Legislative Assembly Results 2023.svg |
| Map2 Caption: | Structure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after the election |
| Map2 Size: | 300px |
| Opinion Polls: |
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| Outgoing Members: | 15th Karnataka Assembly |
| Elected Members: | 16th Karnataka Assembly |
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Karnataka on 10 May 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 13 May 2023.
The election saw a final voter turnout of 73.84%, the highest ever recorded in the history of Legislative Assembly elections in Karnataka.[1] [2]
The Indian National Congress won the election in a landslide by getting 135 seats, making it their biggest win by seats and vote share in Karnataka since the 1989 elections.[3] [4] [5] The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) conceded defeat, finishing second and third, respectively.[6] [7]
The tenure of Karnataka Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 24 May 2023.[8] The previous assembly elections were held in May 2018. After the election, coalition of Janata Dal (Secular) and Indian National Congress formed the state government, with H. D. Kumaraswamy becoming Chief Minister.[9]
See also: 2019 Karnataka political crisis. In July 2019, the coalition government collapsed due to resignations by several members of Congress and JD(S) in the assembly.[10] Subsequently, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with B. S. Yediyurappa becoming Chief Minister.[11]
On 26 July 2021, Yediyurappa resigned from Chief Minister's post[12] and Basavaraj Bommai was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on 28 July 2021.[13]
On 19 February 2023, BJP leader H.D. Thammaiah joined Congress along with his supporters.[14] On 9 March 2023, BJP MLC Puttanna joined the Congress.[15] Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar quit BJP on 16 April 2023[16] [17] and joined Congress the next day.[18] Other leaders that left BJP before the polls include Laxman Savadi, M P Kumaraswamy and R. Shankar.[19] [20]
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 March 2023.[21] [22] The Election Commission declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the announcement of schedule.[23]
| Event | Date | Day | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Notification | 13 April 2023 | Thursday | |
| Last date for filing nominations | 20 April 2023 | Thursday | |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 21 April 2023 | Friday | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 24 April 2023 | Monday | |
| Date of poll | 10 May 2023 | Wednesday | |
| Date of counting | 13 May 2023 | Saturday |
The total electorate in the state were 52,173,579 of which there were 26,200,000 men, 25,900,000 women and 4,699 transgender voters. 16,976 centenarians, 12.15 lakh voters over the age of 80 and 917,000 first-time voters were also included in the total. Moreover, 555,000 voters were disabled.[24] [25]
The Election Commission announced 58,282 polling stations for the election, out of which 24,063 were in urban areas and 34,219 in rural areas. The commission announced that to ensure enhanced voter participation, 1,320 polling stations were to be managed by women, 224 each by youth and disabled personnel.[26] 130,000 vials of indelible ink were supplied by Mysore Paints and Varnish for the polls.[27]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aam Aadmi Party | Prithvi Reddy[30] | 209 | |||
| Karnataka Rashtra Samithi | Ravi Krishna Reddy[31] [32] | 195 | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | M. Krishnamurthy[33] | 133 | |||
| Uttama Prajaakeeya Party | Upendra[34] | 110 | |||
| Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha | G. Janardhana Reddy | 46 | |||
| Social Democratic Party of India | M. K. Faizy | 16 | |||
| Samajwadi Party | Shankar Bidari | 14 | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | Hari R[35] | 9[36] | |||
| Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha | Darshan Puttannaiah | 8 | |||
| Communist Party of India | Sati Sundaresh[37] | 7[38] | |||
| Janata Dal (United) | Mahima patel | 7 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | U. Basavaraj[39] | 4 | |||
| All India Forward Bloc | 3 | ||||
| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | 3 | ||||
| National People's Party | 2 | ||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 2 | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 2 | ||||
JD(S) released the first list of 93 candidates on 19 December 2022 and[40] the second list of 49 candidates on 14 April 2023.[41] [42] Another list of 6 candidates on 15 April.[43] and candidate for Chamaraja was announced on 16 April.[44] A list of 59 candidates was released on 19 April.[45] On the same day, another list was released wherein candidates from 12 constituencies were replaced[46] and support was given to other parties in 7 other constituencies. Final list of 13 candidates was released on 20 April.[47]
Congress released the first list of 124 candidates on 25 March 2023,[48] the second list of 41 candidates on 6 April, leaving one seat for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party,[49] [50] the third list of 43 candidates on 15 April,[51] the fourth list of 7 candidates on 18 April,[52] the fifth list of 4 candidates (including replacement for Shiggaon constituency) on 19 April[53] [54] and the sixth and final list of 5 candidates on 20 April.[55]
BJP released the first list of 189 candidates on 11 April 2023,[56] the second list of 23 candidates on 12 April,[57] the third list of 10 candidates on 17 April[58] the fourth and final list of 2 candidates on 19 April.[59]
| District[60] | Constituency | BJP | INC | JD(S) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Candidate[61] [62] [63] | Party | Candidate[64] [65] | Party | Candidate[66] | ||||
| Belagavi | 1 | Nippani | Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle | Kakasaheb Pandurang Patil | Raju Maruti Pawar | |||||
| 2 | Chikkodi-Sadalga | Ramesh Katti | Ganesh Prakash Hukkeri | Suhas Sadashiv Valke | ||||||
| 3 | Athani | Mahesh Kumathalli | Laxman Savadi | Shashikanth Padasaligi Swamiji | ||||||
| 4 | Kagwad | Shrimant Patil | Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage | Mallappa M Chunga | ||||||
| 5 | Kudachi (SC) | P. Rajeev | Mahendra K. Thammannavar | Anand Gulagi | ||||||
| 6 | Raibag (SC) | Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole | Mahaveer Mohith | Pradeep Malagi | ||||||
| 7 | Hukkeri | Nikhil Umesh Katti | Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil | Basavaraja Gowda Patil | ||||||
| 8 | Arabhavi | Balachandra Jarkiholi | Arvind Dalwai | Prakash Kash Shetty | ||||||
| 9 | Gokak | Ramesh Jarkiholi | Mahantesh Kadadi | Channabasappa Balappa Giddannavar | ||||||
| 10 | Yemkanmardi (ST) | Basavaraj Hundri | Sathish Jarkiholi | Maruti Mallappa Astagi | ||||||
| 11 | Belgaum Uttar | Ravi Patil | Asif Sait | Sivananda Mugalihal | ||||||
| 12 | Belgaum Dakshin | Abhay Patil | Prabhavathi Mastmardi | Srinivasa Gholkar | ||||||
| 13 | Belgaum Rural | Nagesh Manolkar | Lakshmi Hebbalkar | Shankar Gowda Rudragowda Patil | ||||||
| 14 | Khanapur | Vithal Somanna Halagekar | Anjali Nimbalkar | Naseer Bapulsab Bhagavan | ||||||
| 15 | Kittur | Mahantesh Doddagoudar | Babasaheb D. Patil | Ashwini Singaiah Poojera | ||||||
| 16 | Bailhongal | Jagadish Metgud | Koujalagi Mahantesh Shivanand | Shankar Madalagi | ||||||
| 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | Ratna Mamani | Vishwas Vasant Vaidya | Sourabh Anand Chopra | ||||||
| 18 | Ramdurg | Chikka Revanna | Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan | Prakash Mudhol | ||||||
| Bagalkot | 19 | Mudhol (SC) | Govind Karjol | R. B. Timmapur | Dharmaraj Vithal Doddamani | |||||
| 20 | Terdal | Siddu Savadi | Siddappa Ramappa Konnur | Suresh Arjuna Madiwala | ||||||
| 21 | Jamkhandi | Jagadish Gudagunti | Anand Siddu Nyamagouda | Yakoob Kapdewal | ||||||
| 22 | Bilgi | Murugesh Nirani | Jagadish Timmanagouda Patil | Rukmuddin Saudagar | ||||||
| 23 | Badami | Shantha Gowda Patil | B, B. Chimmanakatti | Hanumanthappa B. Mavinamarad | ||||||
| 24 | Bagalkot | Veerabhadrayya Charantimath | Hullappa Yamanappa Meti | Devaraj Patil | ||||||
| 25 | Hungund | Doddanagouda G Patil | Vijayanand Kashappanavar | Shivappa Bol | ||||||
| Vijayapura | 26 | Muddebihal | A. S. Patil | C. S. Nadagouda | Channabasappa S. Sollapura | |||||
| 27 | Devar Hippargi | Somanagouda Patil | Sharanappa T. Sunagar | Bhimanagouda Patil | ||||||
| 28 | Basavana Bagevadi | S. K. Bellubbi | Shivanand Patil | Somanagowda Patil | ||||||
| 29 | Babaleshwar | Vijugouda Patil | M. B. Patil | Basavaraj Honawada | ||||||
| 30 | Bijapur City | Basangouda Patil Yatnal | Abdul Hameed Mushrif | Bande Nawaz Mabari | ||||||
| 31 | Nagathan (SC) | Sanjeev Aihole | Vittal Katakadhond | Devananda P Chawhan | ||||||
| 32 | Indi | Kasagouda Biradar | Yashavanta Rayagoud V Patil | B.D. Patil | ||||||
| 33 | Sindagi | Ramesh Bhusanur | Ashok M. Managuli | Vishalakshi Shivanand | ||||||
| Kalaburagi | 34 | Afzalpur | Malikayya Guttedar | M. Y. Patil | Shivakumar Natekar | |||||
| 35 | Jevargi | Shivanna Gowda Patil Raddevadagi | Ajay Singh | Doddappagouda Shivalingappa Gouda | ||||||
| Yadgir | 36 | Shorapur (ST) | Narasimha Nayak | Raja Venkatappa Naik | Shravan Kumar Nayak | |||||
| 37 | Shahapur | Ameenreddy Patil | Sharanabassappa Darshanapur | Gurulingappa Gouda | ||||||
| 38 | Yadgir | Venkatreddy Mudnal | Channareddy Patil Tunnur | A. B. Malaka Reddy | ||||||
| 39 | Gurmitkal | Lalitha Anapur | Baburao Chinchansur | Sharanagouda Kandakur | ||||||
| Kalaburagi | 40 | Chittapur (SC) | Manikanta Rathod | Priyank Kharge | Subhachandra Rathod | |||||
| 41 | Sedam | Rajkumar Patil | Sharan Prakash Patil | Balaraj Guttedar | ||||||
| 42 | Chincholi (SC) | Avinash Jadhav | Subash V. Rathod | Sanjeev Yakapu | ||||||
| 43 | Gulbarga Rural (SC) | Basawaraj Mattimud | Revu Naik Belamagi | |||||||
| 44 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor | Allamprabhu Patil | Krishna Reddy | ||||||
| 45 | Gulbarga Uttar | Chandrakanth Patil | Kaneez Fathima | Nasir Hussain Ustad | ||||||
| 46 | Aland | Subhash Guttedar | B. R. Patil | Sanjay Wadekar | ||||||
| Bidar | 47 | Basavakalyan | Sharanu Salagar | Vijay Singh | S.Y. Quadri | |||||
| 48 | Humnabad | Siddu Patil | Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil | C.M. Fayaz | ||||||
| 49 | Bidar South | Shailendra Beldale | Ashok Kheny | Bandeppa Kashempur | ||||||
| 50 | Bidar | Eshwar Singh Thakur | Rahim Khan | Suryakanta Nagamarapalli | ||||||
| 51 | Bhalki | Prakash Khandre | Eshwara Khandre | Rauf Patel | ||||||
| 52 | Aurad (SC) | Prabhu Chauhan | Shinde Bhimsen Rao | Jaisingh Rathod | ||||||
| Raichur | 53 | Raichur Rural (ST) | Thipparaja Hawaldar | Basanagouda Daddal | Narasimha Nayak | |||||
| 54 | Raichur | Shivaraj Patil | Mohammed Shalam | Vinay Kumar E | ||||||
| 55 | Manvi (ST) | B. V. Nayak | G. Hampayya Nayak | Raja Venkatappa Nayak | ||||||
| 56 | Devadurga (ST) | K. Shivanagouda Naik | Shreedevi R. Nayak | Karemma G. Nayak | ||||||
| 57 | Lingsugur (SC) | Manappa D.Vajjal | D. S. Hoolageri | Siddu Bandi | ||||||
| 58 | Sindhanur | K Kariyappa | Hampan Gowda Badarli | Venkatarao Nadagowda | ||||||
| 59 | Maski (ST) | Pratapagouda Patil | Basanagouda Turvihal | Sharanappa Kumbara | ||||||
| Koppal | 60 | Kushtagi | Doddanagouda Patil | Amaregouda Bayyapur | Thukaram Survi | |||||
| 61 | Kanakagiri (SC) | Basavaraj Dadesaguru | Shivaraj Sangappa Thangadagi | Ashok Ummalatti | ||||||
| 62 | Gangawati | Paranna Munavalli | Iqbal Ansari | H. R. Chennakeshava | ||||||
| 63 | Yelburga | Halappa Achar | Basavaraj Rayareddy | Konan Gowda | ||||||
| 64 | Koppal | Manjula Amaresh | K. Raghavendra Hitnal | Chandrasekhar | ||||||
| Gadag | 65 | Shirahatti (SC) | Chandru Lamani | Sujatha N. Doddamani | Hanumanthappa Nayak | |||||
| 66 | Gadag | Anil Menasinakai | H. K. Patil | Venkangouda Govind Goudar | ||||||
| 67 | Ron | Kalakappa Bandi | G.S Patil | Mugadam Saab | ||||||
| 68 | Nargund | C. C. Patil | B. R. Yavagal | Rudra Gowda Patil | ||||||
| Dharwad | 69 | Navalgund | Shankar Patil Munenakoppa | N.H. Konaraddi | Kallappa Gaddi | |||||
| 70 | Kundgol | M. R. Patil | Kusuma Shivalli | Ali Allasaab | ||||||
| 71 | Dharwad | Amrut Ayyappa Desai | Vinay Kulkarni | Manjunath Hagedaar | ||||||
| 72 | Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) | Kranti Kiran | Abbayya Prasad | Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi | ||||||
| 73 | Hubli-Dharwad Central | Mahesh Teginakai | Jagadish Shettar | Siddalingeshgowda Odeyar | ||||||
| 74 | Hubli-Dharwad West | Arvind Bellad | Deepak Chinchore | Gururaj Hunasimarad | ||||||
| 75 | Kalghatgi | Nagaraj Chabbi | Santosh Lad | Veerappa Sheegehatti | ||||||
| Uttara Kannada | 76 | Haliyal | Sunil Hegde | R. V. Deshpande | S.L. Kotnekar | |||||
| 77 | Karwar | Rupali Santosh Nayak | Satish Krishna Sail | Chaitra Kotkar | ||||||
| 78 | Kumta | Dinakar Shetty | Nivedit Alva | Suraj Soni Nayak | ||||||
| 79 | Bhatkal | Sunil Baliya Nayak | M. S. Vaidya | Nagendra Naik | ||||||
| 80 | Sirsi | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri | Bhimanna Naik | Upendra Pai | ||||||
| 81 | Yellapur | Shivaram Hebbar | V. S. Patil | Nagesh Naik | ||||||
| Haveri | 82 | Hangal | Shivaraj Sajjanar | Srinivas Mane | Manohar Tahsildar | |||||
| 83 | Shiggaon | Basavaraj Bommai | Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan | Shashidar Channabasappa Yeligaar | ||||||
| 84 | Haveri (SC) | Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar | Rudrappa Lamani | Thukaram Malagi | ||||||
| 85 | Byadgi | Virupakshappa Ballari | Basavaraj N. Shivannanar | |||||||
| 86 | Hirekerur | B. C. Patil | U. B. Banakar | Jayanand Javannanavar | ||||||
| 87 | Ranebennur | Arunkumar Guththur | Prakash K. Koliwad | Manjunath Goudar | ||||||
| Vijaynagara | 88 | Hoovina Hadagali (SC) | Krishna Naik | P. T. Parameshwar Naik | Putresh | |||||
| 89 | Hagaribommanahalli (SC) | B. Ramanna | L. B. P. Bheema Naik | Nemiraja Naik | ||||||
| 90 | Vijayanagara | Siddharth Singh | H. R. Gaviyappa | |||||||
| Ballari | 91 | Kampli (ST) | T H Suresh Babu | J. N. Ganesh | Raju Naik | |||||
| 92 | Siruguppa (ST) | M.S. Somalingappa | B.M. Nagraj | Parameshwar Naik | ||||||
| 93 | Bellary Rural (ST) | B. Sriramulu | B. Nagendra | |||||||
| 94 | Bellary City | G. Somashekara Reddy | Nara Bharath Reddy | Anil Lad | ||||||
| 95 | Sandur (ST) | Shilpa Raghavendra | E. Tukaram | Somappa | ||||||
| Vijaynagara | 96 | Kudligi (ST) | Lokesh V Nayaka | N. T. Srinivas | Kodihalli Bhimappa | |||||
| Chitradurga | 97 | Molakalmuru (ST) | S. Thippeswamy | N. Y. Gopalakrishna | Mahadevappa | |||||
| 98 | Challakere (ST) | Anilkumar | T. Raghumurthy | Raveesh | ||||||
| 99 | Chitradurga | G. H. Thippareddy | K C Veerendra | G. Raghu Achar | ||||||
| 100 | Hiriyur | K. Poornima Srinivas | D. Sudhakar | Ravindrappa | ||||||
| 101 | Hosadurga | S. Lingamurthy | B. G. Govindappa | M. Thippeswamy | ||||||
| 102 | Holalkere (SC) | M. Chandrappa | H. Anjaneya | |||||||
| Devangere | 103 | Jagalur (ST) | S V Ramachandra | B. Devendrappa | Deveraj | |||||
| Vijayanagara | 104 | Harapanahalli | G. Karunakara Reddy | N. Kotresh | N. M. Noor Ahmed | |||||
| Devangere | 105 | Harihar | B.P. Harish | Nandagavi Srinivas | H.S. Shivashankar | |||||
| 106 | Davanagere North | Lokikere Nagaraj | S. S. Mallikarjun | |||||||
| 107 | Davanagere South | Ajay Kumar | Shamanur Shivashankarappa | Amanulla Khan | ||||||
| 108 | Mayakonda (SC) | Basavaraja Naik | K.S. Basavaraju | Anandappa | ||||||
| 109 | Channagiri | Shiv Kumar | Basavaraju V Shivaganga | Tejaswi Patel | ||||||
| 110 | Honnali | M. P. Renukacharya | D.G. Shanthana Gowda | Shivamurthy Gowda | ||||||
| Shimoga | 111 | Shimoga Rural (SC) | Ashok Nayak | Sreenivas Kariyanna | Sharada Purya Naik | |||||
| 112 | Bhadravati | Mangoti Rudresh | B. K. Sangameshwara | Sharada Appajigowda | ||||||
| 113 | Shimoga | SN Channabasappa | H.C. Yogesh | Ayanur Manjunath | ||||||
| 114 | Tirthahalli | Araga Jnanendra | Kimmane Rathnakar | Raja Ram | ||||||
| 115 | Shikaripura | B. Y. Vijayendra | G.B. Malatesh | |||||||
| 116 | Sorab | Kumar Bangarappa | Madhu Bangarappa | Baasur Chandregowda | ||||||
| 117 | Sagar | Hartalu Halappa | Belur Gopalkrishna | Zakir | ||||||
| Udupi | 118 | Byndoor | Gururaj Gantihole | K Gopala Poojary | Mansoor Ibrahim | |||||
| 119 | Kundapura | Kiran Kumar Kodgi | M. Dinesh Hegde | Ramesh Kundapura | ||||||
| 120 | Udupi | Yashpal Suvarna | Prasad Raj Kanchan | Dakshat R Shetty | ||||||
| 121 | Kapu | Gurme Suresh Shetty | Vinay Kumar Sorake | Sabina Samad | ||||||
| 122 | Karkala | V. Sunil Kumar | Uday Shetty | Srikanth Kochur | ||||||
| Chikmagalur | 123 | Sringeri | D. N. Jeevaraj | T.D. Rajegowda | Sudhakar Shetty | |||||
| 124 | Mudigere (SC) | Deepak Doddaiah | Nayana Jyothi Jhawar | M.P. Kumaraswamy | ||||||
| 125 | Chikmagalur | C. T. Ravi | H. D. Thammaiah | Thimmashetty | ||||||
| 126 | Tarikere | D. S. Suresh | GH Srinivasa | |||||||
| 127 | Kadur | K. S. Prakash | K S Anand | YSV Datta | ||||||
| Tumakuru | 128 | Chiknayakanhalli | J. C. Madhuswamy | Kiran Kumar | C.B. Surersh Babu | |||||
| 129 | Tiptur | B. C. Nagesh | K. Shadakshari | Kantha Kumar | ||||||
| 130 | Turuvekere | Masala Jayaram | Kanthraj B.M. | M.T. Krishnappa | ||||||
| 131 | Kunigal | D. Krishna Kumar | H.D. Ranganath | D. Nagarajaiah | ||||||
| 132 | Tumkur City | G. B. Jyothi Ganesh | Iqbal Ahmed | Govindaraju | ||||||
| 133 | Tumkur Rural | B. Suresh Gowda | GH Shanumukkappa Yadav | D. C. Gourishankar | ||||||
| 134 | Koratagere (SC) | B. H. Anil Kumar | G. Parameshwara | Sudhakar Lal | ||||||
| 135 | Gubbi | S. D. Dilip Kumar | S. R. Srinivas | Nagaraja | ||||||
| 136 | Sira | C. M. Rajesh Gowda | T. B. Jayachandra | R. Ugresh | ||||||
| 137 | Pavagada (SC) | Krishna Nayak | H.V. Venkatesh | Thimmarayappa | ||||||
| 138 | Madhugiri | L. C. Nagaraj | Kyatasandra N. Rajanna | Veerabhadraiah | ||||||
| Chikkaballapura | 139 | Gauribidanur | Shashidhar | N. H. Shivashankara Reddy | Narasimhamurthy | |||||
| 140 | Bagepalli | C Muniraju | S.N. Subba Reddy | |||||||
| 141 | Chikkaballapur | K. Sudhakar | Pradeep Eshwar Ayyar | K.P. Bachegowda | ||||||
| 142 | Sidlaghatta | Ramachandra Gowda | B V Rajeev Gowda | B. N. Ravikumar | ||||||
| 143 | Chintamani | Venu Gopal | M.C. Sudhakar | J. K. Krishna Reddy | ||||||
| Kolar | 144 | Srinivaspur | Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy | K. R. Ramesh Kumar | G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy | |||||
| 145 | Mulbagal (SC) | Shigehalli Sundar | Dr BC Muddugangadhar | Samruddi Manjunath | ||||||
| 146 | Kolar Gold Field (SC) | Ashwini Sampangi | Roopakala Shashidar | Ramesh Babu | ||||||
| 147 | Bangarapet (SC) | M. Narayanswamy | S. N. Narayanaswamy | M. Mallesh Babu | ||||||
| 148 | Kolar | Varthur Prakash | Kothur G. Manjunath | C. M. R. Srinath | ||||||
| 149 | Malur | K S Manjunath Gowda | K. Y. Nanjegowda | J. E. Ramegowda | ||||||
| Bangalore Urban | 150 | Yelahanka | S. R. Vishwanath | Keshava Rajan B | M. Munegowda | |||||
| 151 | K. R. Puram | Byrati Basavaraj | DK Moahan | |||||||
| 152 | Byatarayanapura | Thammesh Gowda | Krishna Byre Gowda | Venugopal | ||||||
| 153 | Yeshwantpur | S. T. Somashekhar | S Balraj Gowda | Javarai Gowda | ||||||
| 154 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Munirathna Naidu | Kusuma H. | Dr. Narayan Swami | ||||||
| 155 | Dasarahalli | S. Muniraju | Dhananjaya Gangadharaiah | I R. Manjunath | ||||||
| 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout | K. Gopalaiah | Keshava Murthy | Rajanna | ||||||
| 157 | Malleshwaram | C. N. Ashwath Narayan | Anoop Iyengar | Utkarsh | ||||||
| 158 | Hebbal | Jagadish Katta | Byrathi Suresh | Mohid Altaf | ||||||
| 159 | Pulakeshinagar (SC) | Murali | A. C. Srinivasa | Anuradha | ||||||
| 160 | Sarvagnanagar | Padmanabha Reddy | K. J. George | Mohammed Mushtaq | ||||||
| 161 | C. V. Raman Nagar (SC) | S. Raghu | S Anand Kumar | |||||||
| 162 | Shivajinagar | N. Chandra | Rizwan Arshad | |||||||
| 163 | Shanti Nagar | Shiva Kumar | Nalapad Ahmed Haris | Manjunath Gowda | ||||||
| 164 | Gandhi Nagar | A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda | Dinesh Gundu Rao | V Narayanaswamy | ||||||
| 165 | Rajaji Nagar | S. Suresh Kumar | Puttanna | Anjanappa | ||||||
| 166 | Govindraj Nagar | Umesh Shetty | Priya Krishna | R Prakash | ||||||
| 167 | Vijay Nagar | H. Raveendra | M. Krishnappa | |||||||
| 168 | Chamrajpet | Bhaskar Rao | B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan | Govindaraja | ||||||
| 169 | Chickpet | Uday Garudachar | R.V. Devaraju | Imran Pasha | ||||||
| 170 | Basavanagudi | L. A. Ravi Subramanya | U.B. Venkatesh | Aramane Shankar | ||||||
| 171 | Padmanaba Nagar | R. Ashoka | V Raghunath Naidu | B Manjunath | ||||||
| 172 | B.T.M. Layout | Sridhar Reddy | Ramalinga Reddy | Venkatesh | ||||||
| 173 | Jayanagar | C. K. Ramamurthy | Sowmya Reddy | Kale Gowda | ||||||
| 174 | Mahadevapura (SC) | Manjula Aravind Limbavali | Nagesh T | |||||||
| 175 | Bommanahalli | Sathish Reddy | Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda | Narayanaraju | ||||||
| 176 | Bangalore South | M Krishnappa | R K Ramesh | Rajagopal Reddy | ||||||
| 177 | Anekal (SC) | Hullalli Srinivas | B. Shivanna | KP Raju | ||||||
| Bangalore Rural | 178 | Hoskote | M. T. B. Nagaraj | Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda | ||||||
| 179 | Devanahalli (SC) | Pilla Munishamappa | K.H. Muniyappa | Nisarga Narayanaswamy | ||||||
| 180 | Doddaballapur | Dhiraj Muniraju | T. Venkataramanaiah | Munegowda | ||||||
| 181 | Nelamangala (SC) | Sapthagiri Naik | N. Srinivasaiah | Srinivasamurthy | ||||||
| Ramanagara | 182 | Magadi | Prasad Gowda | H. C. Balakrishna | A Manjunath | |||||
| 183 | Ramanagara | Goutham Gowda | Iqbal Hussain H A | Nikhil Kumaraswamy | ||||||
| 184 | Kanakapura | R. Ashoka | D. K. Shivakumar | Nagaraju | ||||||
| 185 | Channapatna | C. P. Yogeshwar | Gangadhar S. | H. D. Kumaraswamy | ||||||
| Mandya | 186 | Malavalli (SC) | G. Muniraju | P.M. Narendra Swamy | K Annadani | |||||
| 187 | Maddur | S. P. Swamy | K.M. Uday | DC Thammanna | ||||||
| 188 | Melukote | Indresh Kumar | CS Puttaraju | |||||||
| 189 | Mandya | Ashok Jayaram | Ravikumar Gowda | B.R. Ramachandra | ||||||
| 190 | Shrirangapattana | Indavalu Sachidananda | A.B. Ramesh Bandisiddegowda | Ravindra Srikantaiah | ||||||
| 191 | Nagamangala | Sudha Shivaram | N. Chaluvaraya Swamy | Suresh Gowda | ||||||
| 192 | Krishnarajapet | K.C. Narayanagowda | B. L. Devaraj | HT Manjunath | ||||||
| Hassan | 193 | Shravanabelagola | Chidananda | M. A. Gopalaswamy | C N Balakrishna | |||||
| 194 | Arsikere | G. V. Basavaraja | K. M. Shivalinge Gowda | N R Santhosh | ||||||
| 195 | Belur | H. K. Suresh | B Shivaram | K S Lingesh | ||||||
| 196 | Hassan | J Preetham Gowda | Banavasi Rangaswamy | HP Swaroop | ||||||
| 197 | Holenarasipur | Devaraje Gowda | Shreyas M. Patel | H. D. Revanna | ||||||
| 198 | Arkalgud | Yoga Ramesh | HP Shridhar Gowda | A Manju | ||||||
| 199 | Sakleshpur (SC) | Cement Manju | Murali Mohan | H. K. Kumaraswamy | ||||||
| Dakshina Kannada | 200 | Belthangady | Harish Poonja | Rakshith Shivaram | Ashroff Ali | |||||
| 201 | Moodabidri | Umanath Kotian | Mithun Rai | Amarashree | ||||||
| 202 | Mangalore City North | Bharath Shetty Y | Inayath Ali | Mohiuddin Bawa | ||||||
| 203 | Mangalore City South | Vedavyas Kamath | John Richard Lobo | Sumati Hegde | ||||||
| 204 | Mangalore | Sathish Kumpala | U. T. Khader | |||||||
| 205 | Bantval | U Rajesh Naik | Ramanath Rai | Prakash Rafael Gomes | ||||||
| 206 | Puttur | Asha Thimmappa | Ashok Kumar Rai | Divya Prabha | ||||||
| 207 | Sullia (SC) | Bhagirathi Murulya | Krishnappa G | Professor Venkatesh HN | ||||||
| Kodagu | 208 | Madikeri | M P Appachu Ranjan | Mantar Gowda | M N Muthappa | |||||
| 209 | Virajpet | K G Bopaiah | A.S. Ponnanna | Mansoor Ali | ||||||
| Mysore | 210 | Periyapatna | C. H. Vijayashankar | K. Venkatesh | K Mahadev | |||||
| 211 | Krishnarajanagara | Venkatesh Hosalli | D. Ravishankar | S. R. Mahesh | ||||||
| 212 | Hunsur | Devarahalli Somashekhar | H.P. Manjunath | Harish Gowda | ||||||
| 213 | Heggadadevankote (ST) | Krishna Naik | Anil Chikkamadhu | P. Jayaprakash | ||||||
| 214 | Nanjangud (SC) | B. Harshavardhan | Darshan Dhurvanarayana | |||||||
| 215 | Chamundeshwari | Kaveesh Gowda | Mavinahalli S Siddegowda | G. T. Devegowda | ||||||
| 216 | Krishnaraja | T. S. Srivatsa | M.K. Somashekar | KV Mallesh | ||||||
| 217 | Chamaraja | L. Nagendra | K. Harish Gowda | H.K. Ramesh | ||||||
| 218 | Narasimharaja | Sandesh Swami | Tanveer Sait | Abdul Kader Shahid | ||||||
| 219 | Varuna | V. Somanna | Siddaramaiah | Bharti Shankar | ||||||
| 220 | T. Narasipur (SC) | M. Revanna | H. C. Mahadevappa | Ashwinkumar | ||||||
| Chamarajanagar | 221 | Hanur | Preetham Nagappa | R. Narendra | M. R. Manjunath | |||||
| 222 | Kollegal (SC) | N. Mahesh | A. R. Krishna Murthy | Puttaswamy | ||||||
| 223 | Chamarajanagar | V. Somanna | C. Puttaranga Shetty | Mallikarjun Swamy | ||||||
| 224 | Gundlupet | C.S. Niranjan Kumar | H.M. Ganesh Parasad | Kadabur Manjunath | ||||||
Tensions concerning the Belagavi border dispute intensified in early December 2022 as a delegation of Maharashtra politicians proposed to travel to Belagavi district to demand the merger of some villages in Karnataka with Maharashtra, with politicians from Maharashtra making provocative statements.[67] [68] [69] The border row escalated into violence after vehicles from both states were attacked and damaged in Belgaon and Pune in mid-December.[70]
The issue has resurfaced ahead of assembly elections.[71] Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has demanded the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for failing in his duties to protect the state.[72]
In July 2021, D. Kempanna, president of the Karnataka State Contractors' Association wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging large-scale corruption in the award and implementation of civil contracts in Karnataka. In the letter, he alleged that contractors were being forced to pay a 40% commission to officials at the BJP government, cutting across departments, for projects.[73] Congress started a campaign PayCM to widely publicize these allegations.[74]
Contractor Santhosh Patil (aged 40) who accused then-state cabinet minister K. S. Eshwarappa of harassing him for commissions committed suicide at Shambhavi Hotel in Udupi on 12 April 2022. He alleged that the BJP leader had been harassing him for commissions to clear the bills for contracts he had implemented for the government over a year ago.[75] Eshwarappa had to resign as cabinet minister following the incident,[76] and has retired from electoral politics.[77]
In August 2022, two associations representing 13,000 schools in Karnataka wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government of corruption. "Unscientific, irrational, discriminatory and noncompliance norms are applied to only unaided private schools and huge corruption is in place," the letter read. The school associations urged PM Modi to look into the allegations and launch an inquiry into the affairs of the Karnataka education ministry.[78]
In order to "expose" the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the opposition Congress party has determined to make the Bitcoin scam an election issue in the 2023 elections.[79] [80]
When the merchandise was exported via Goa, depriving Karnataka of its tax revenue, the state exchequer lost roughly Rs 60 crore while the excise scam cost about Rs 200 crore, according to Priyank Kharge.[81]
Congress party also released a 'corruption rate card' in English and Kannada languages, alleging the ruling BJP of looting ₹1,50,000 crore during last four years.[82] [83] The Election Commission issued a notice to Congress over these ads asked to provide evidence to support the claims.[84]
According to political analysts Phani Rajanna and Sandeep Shastri, with Karnataka polls nearing, the BJP is raking up more and more communal issues to divide people and polarise the votes. This has been shown by communal tensions started by right-wing Hindutva groups on hijab, halal, azan, boycott of Muslim-run shops, and moral policing of Muslims and Christians, which have been linked to the Bommai government.[85]
The BJP has focused its campaign around communal issues,[86] drawing stark criticism from the opposition Congress, which accused it of neglecting governance issues.[87]
Caste politics have once again risen to the forefront following the just completed elections in five states. The tone for the assembly elections the next year is being set by the regrouping of various caste lobbies in their fight for reservation.[88] [89] [90] The Karnataka government has courted controversy with its orders to take away 4% OBC quota from Muslims and redistributing them to Lingayats and Vokkaligas. In addition the government has expressed support for internal reservation for Scheduled Castes into SC right, SC left and SC 'touchable' and SC other. Communities such as the Banjara have protested this move as depriving them of a share.[91]
See main article: 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. While various caste groups are working to make the controversial farm rules that the government passed two years ago the main topic for the forthcoming assembly elections, farmer organisations are getting ready to resurrect the issue.[92] [93] [94]
In Karnataka, a war brewing between two major milk cooperatives in the country has spilled over into a political slugfest ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. The Amul vs Nandini row has created a stir in the state, with opposition mainly Congress leaders and pro-Kannada groups attacking the government for allowing Amul to sell fresh milk and curd in Bengaluru. The critics believe that entry of Amul in the fresh milk market could spell trouble for Karnataka's local brand, Nandini.[95] [96] [97]
On 3 January 2023, BJP Karnataka state president Nalin Kumar Kateel in a party meet at Mangalore said that people should prioritise the issue of "Love jihad" over "road, gutter, drain and other small issues".[98] [99] [100] His comments were criticised by Congress leaders and several state BJP leaders also expressed unhappiness over the remarks.[101] [102] [103]
On 26 April 2023, BJP top leader Amit Shah said, "If the Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high and Karnataka will be afflicted with riots".[104] In response, Indian National Congress filed a police complaint against Amit Shah for provocative statements and promoting enmity.[105] [106]
On 9 May 2023, the Supreme Court termed Amit Shah's public speeches on scrapping of the 4 per cent quota for Muslims during the campaign in Karnataka when the matter was pending in the court, as "inappropriate" and alleged that the speeches amounted to "contempt of court proceedings".[107] [108]
The Indian National Congress made allegations that Chilume Trust, an NGO in Bengaluru, had amassed voter personal data, including caste, age, gender, work and education information, Aadhaar cards, phone numbers and more.[109] [110] The Congress alleged that BJP assigned party workers through the NGO to collect such information, and names of legitimate voters of the opposition party were deleted and that names of 'fake voters' were added to ensure more votes for the BJP.[111] [112] The Congress also demanded resignation of Chief Minister over the matter.[113]
In December 2022, the NGO was blacklisted by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru's civic body, and a police complaint was filed against them for breach of trust.[114] [115] Subsequently, a probe was launched against the activities of the trust.[116] [117]
In April 2023, another company was found to be selling voter data of at least 6.5 lakh voters through an online portal. The Election Commission of India is investigating whether the data has been used for calling the voters and bribing them. An FIR has been lodged by Bengaluru Police against the online portal following a complaint made by an independent candidate who was approached by the seller.[118] [119] [120] [121]
BJP MLA C. N. Ashwath Narayan sent voters messages containing information (their names, voter ID card number, relatives' names and the booth address) from their voter ID cards on WhatsApp. This led to outrage among the voters questioning the legality of the practice and violation of their privacy.[122] [123]
During an election campaign in Kalaburagi, Congress president and Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge made a remark against PM Narendra Modi, calling him a 'poisonous snake'.[124] [125] Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai criticized the Congress leader and said that the comment will instead benefit BJP.[126] [127] BJP called it Congress's 'hate politics' and also demanded FIR against Congress leader.[128] [129] [130]
The Indian National Congress released its state manifesto, saying that it will put a ban on the right-wing Hindu nationalist militant organisation Bajrang Dal for spreading hatred and communalism if elected to power. In response, Bajrang Dal and BJP workers protested by chanting Hanuman Chalisa and burning Congress flags, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad issued a defamation notice to the Congress president Kharge.[131] [132] [133] [134]
Congress has claimed that BJP has been planning to assassinate Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family. Congress released an alleged audio clip on 6 May 2023 in which Manikanta Rathod, BJP candidate from Chittapur, could be heard abusing Kharge and talking about eliminating him and his family.[135] [136] [137]
The Election Commission ignored the complaints by the Congress party on various statements by BJP leaders which lead to allegations of the EC being biased and favouring the BJP.
The Election commission asked Congress to provide evidence behind their newspaper advertisements claiming specific allegations of corruption by the BJP's Karnataka government and also issued a notice for Sonia Gandhi's alleged mention of the word "sovereignty" in a public speech. However no action was taken by the Election Commission on complaints raised by Congress against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly invoking Hindu gods in his rallies and alleging Congress of a terror conspiracy.[138] [139] [140]
Referring to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's speech, Prime Minister Modi had alleged Congress of "openly advocating" Karnataka's secession from the Indian Union, called for an FIR against her and sought derecognition of the Congress party by the Election Commission. However, Sonia did not use the word "sovereignty" or its Hindi translation "samprabhuta" in her speech, but the word was instead mentioned in a tweet by the Congress.[141]
In response, the Congress submitted a breach of privilege notice in Lok Sabha against PM Modi for the alleged "misrepresentation" of Sonia's speech.[142]
Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and former chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa started the "Jana Sankalpa Yatra" for the Bharatiya Janata Party on 11 October 2022, coinciding with the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress's Rahul Gandhi in the state. The yatra would cover 52 assembly constituencies.[143]
BJP's campaign was centred around the prime minister Narendra Modi, who addressed 19 public rallies and 6 roadshows in the state,[144] the schemes of the Central government and how the government in the state would make collaboration easy with the center. BJP did not announce a Chief Minister candidate and did not project a local leader as a face of the campaign.[145] The party banked on Hindutva to divide voters along the communal lines before the polls when it was in the power in the state. It created controversies like 2022 Karnataka hijab row, scrapping of 4% Muslim reservation quota, twisting historical facts around Tipu Sultan, banning cattle slaughter etc. In most of the election campaigning, the party put Hindutva to the back possibly due to their realization that the religious polarisation was not working.[146] [147] [148]
In the last days of campaigning period, Prime Minister Modi conducted road rallies, ignoring major issues in the country such as large scale unrest in Manipur, terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and wrestlers' protests against MP of his party.[149] Modi also referenced the controversial film The Kerala Story as "a new face of terrorism" even after the Kerala High court acknowledged the movie is not based on real events.[150] His rallies were marked with slogans of 'Jai Bajrang Bali' after Congress pledged to ban organisations that spread hatred and named Bajrang Dal in their manifesto. The campaign attempted to equate Bajrang Dal with Bajrang Bali (Lord Hanuman) while Congress maintained the two are different.[151] Many commuters found themselves stranded in traffic caused by blocking of roads due to the roadshows.[152]
BJP announced their manifesto on 1 May 2023.[153] [154] [155]
The manifesto was divided into six sections- Anna (food security), Abhaya (social welfare), Akshara (education), Aarogya (health), Abhivrudhhi (development) and Aadaaya (income).
Some highlights of BJP manifesto are:
The Indian National Congress campaign was marked by allegations of corruption by the BJP government in the state, putting the BJP on the defensive. The five guarantees and the groundwork ensured outreach of the party among the voters, finding resonance especially among women who outnumber male voters in about 50% of the seats. The party deployed local-level leaders Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, Parameshwar, MB Patil, UT Khader, KJ George and the AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress also took risk by mentioning ban of Bajrang Dal in its manifesto hoping to consolidate minority votes which could potentially go to JDS, a move which gave BJP some fuel in last few days of campaigning.
The Indian National Congress kickstarted its campaign with the entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra[156] in Karnataka on 30 September 2022. The yatra had huge crowds throughout the state,[157] [158] galvanising the party cadre and increasing morale of party workers, according to political experts.[159] Police started cracking down on Congress's PayCM campaign against the alleged corruption in the Bommai ministry upon the entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.[160] In the yatra, Rahul Gandhi stressed issues such as the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the state BJP government[161] and the importance of regional languages, especially Kannada.[162]
In September 2022, the Congress set up QR codes of "PayCM" in many parts of Bengaluru. These posters had Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai's dotted face with the caption "40% Accepted Here...Scan this QR code to make CM PAY for Corruption" as a knockoff of the QR code of Paytm. These posters referred to the allegations that Bommai's BJP government took bribes in awarding public contracts and recruitments.[163] These QR codes took scanners to a website people could report corruption and make complains at a designated website.[164]
A 10-point platform for the Coastal region was released by the Congress Party for the Assembly elections. It focuses on generating employment, luring capital, growing tourism, and fostering social peace.[165]
On 2 May 2023, Congress released its manifesto and named it Sarva Janangada Shanthiya Thota (Peaceful garden of all communities).[166] [167] [168] [169]
Some of the main promises made in the Congress manifesto are:
The Janata Dal (Secular) kickstarted the Pancharatna Yatra in Mulabagilu on 1 November 2022.[171] A road campaign across the Old Mysore region, it has been witnessing a huge turnout in the southern region of the state.[172]
Former chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy led the campaign "Pancharatna Yatra" outlined the party's five guarantees. The party pushed its regional appeal with the slogan "a vote to JD(S) is a vote to Kannadiga". Former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda was also a very powerful factor in catching votes for the JD(S). Compared to big national parties BJP and Congress, JD(S) had limited resources and focused only on 45 seats.[173]
JD(S) released its manifesto on 27 April 2023.[174] [175]
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Exit pollsExit polls were published on 10 May 2023.
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AftermathIndian National Congress won with a thumping majority, and Siddaramaiah, the MLA from Varuna Constituency in Mysuru district, staked a claim to form government, becoming Chief Minister-designate, and met Governor Thawarchand Gehlot.[183] D. K. Shivakumar, MLA from Kanakapura Constituency in Ramanagara district was designated as Deputy Chief Minister, while another 8 MLAs took their oath on 20 May 2023.[184] Election expenditureFollowing the election, it was revealed in expenditure reports to the Election Commission of India that the BJP spent ₹196.70 crore ($23.7 million) in poll-related expenses during the election, 43% higher than the Congress's expenditure of ₹136.90 crore ($16.5 million). The report includes money spent on advertisements, travel expenditures of star campaigners, surveys, and candidates.[185] It was also revealed that in 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign the BJP had spent ₹122.68 crore, while the Congress had spent ₹38.48 crore.https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-spent-rs-196-7-crore-on-karnataka-polls-43-more-than-congress-report-9068842/ See also
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