The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the names of all candidates for the single-phased elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, fielding Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from his constituency Shiggaon.
The saffron party has also fielded BJP strongman BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra from the Shikaripur seat.
Voting for the Karnataka election 2023 will take place on Wednesday, May 10, and results will be announced on Saturday, May 13.
Here's a full list of BJP candidates for the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023:
| Serial no. | Constituency | Candidate |
| 1 | Afzalpur | Malikaiah Guttedar |
| 2 | Aland | Subhash Guttedar |
| 3 | Anekal (SC) | Srinivas C Hullahalli |
| 4 | Arabhavi | Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkiholi |
| 5 | Arkalgud | H Yogaramesha |
| 6 | Arsikere | GVT Basavaraja |
| 7 | Athani | Mahesh Irangouda Kumathalli |
| 8 | Aurad (SC) | Prabhu B Chavan |
| 9 | B.T.M. Layout | KR Sridhara |
| 10 | Babaleshwar | Vijayakumar (Vijayagouda) Patil |
| 11 | Badami | Shanthagouda Thirthgouda Patil |
| 12 | Bagalkot | Veerabhadrayya (Veeranna) Charantimath |
| 13 | Bagepalli | C Muniraju |
| 14 | Bailhongal | Jagdish Channappa Metgud |
| 15 | Bangalore South | M Krishnappa |
| 16 | Bangarapet (SC) | M. Narayanswamy |
| 17 | Bantval | Rajesh Naik |
| 18 | Basavakalyan | Sharanu Salagar |
| 19 | Basavana Bagevadi | SK Bellubbi |
| 20 | Basavanagudi | Ravisubramanya |
| 21 | Belgaum Dakshin | Abhay Patil |
| 22 | Belgaum Rural | Nagesh Mannolkar |
| 23 | Belgaum Uttar | Dr. Ravi Patil |
| 24 | Bellary (ST) | B. Sriramulu |
| 25 | Bellary City | Gali Somashekhara Reddy |
| 26 | Belthangady | Harish Poonja |
| 27 | Belur | Hullalli K Suresh |
| 28 | Bhadravati | Mangoti Rudresh |
| 29 | Bhalki | Prakash Khandre |
| 30 | Bhatkal | Sunil Baliya Nayak |
| 31 | Bidar | Eshwar Singh Thakur |
| 32 | Bidar South | Dr. Shailendra Beldale |
| 33 | Bijapur City | B R Patil (Yatnal) |
| 34 | Bilgi | Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani |
| 35 | Bommanahalli | Sathish Reddy |
| 36 | Byadgi | Virupakshappa Ballari |
| 37 | Byatarayanapura | Thammesh Gowda |
| 38 | Byndoor | Gururaj Gantihole |
| 39 | C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) | S. Raghu |
| 40 | Challakere (ST) | Anilkumar |
| 41 | Chamaraja | L. Nagendra |
| 42 | Chamarajanagar | V. Somanna |
| 43 | Chamrajpet | Bhaskar Rao, IPS |
| 44 | Chamundeshwari | Kaveesh Gowda |
| 45 | Channagiri | Shiv Kumar |
| 46 | Channapatna | CP Yogeshwar |
| 47 | Chickpet | Uday Garudachar |
| 48 | Chikkaballapur | Dr. K. Sudhakar |
| 49 | Chikkanayakanahalli | J C Madhuswamy |
| 50 | Chikkodi | Sadalga Ramesh Katti |
| 51 | Chikmagalur | C T Ravi |
| 52 | Chincholi (SC) | Dr. Avinash Jadhav |
| 53 | Chintamani | Venu Gopal |
| 54 | Chitradurga | G H Thippareddy |
| 55 | Chittapur (SC) | Manikanta Rathod |
| 56 | Dasarahalli | S Muniraju |
| 57 | Davanagere North | Lokikere Nagaraj |
| 58 | Davanagere South | Ajay Kumar |
| 59 | Devanahalli (SC) | Pilla Munishamappa |
| 60 | Devar Hippargi | Somanagouda Patil (Sasanur) |
| 61 | Devedurga (ST) | K Shivanagouda Nayak |
| 62 | Dharwad | Amrut Ayyappa Desai |
| 63 | Doddaballapur | Dhiraj Muniraju |
| 64 | Gadag | Anil Menasinakai |
| 65 | Gandhi Nagar | A R Sapthagiri Gowda |
| 66 | Gangawati | Paranna Munavalli |
| 67 | Gauribidanur | Dr. Shashidhar |
| 68 | Gokak | Ramesh Jarakiholi |
| 69 | Govindraj Nagar | Umesh Shetty |
| 70 | Gubbi | SD Dileep Kumar |
| 71 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Dattatraya Patil Revoor |
| 72 | Gulbarga Rural (SC) | Basavaraj Mattimod |
| 73 | Gulbarga Uttar | Chandrakant Patil |
| 74 | Gundlupet | C.S. Niranjan Kumar |
| 75 | Gurmitkal | Lalitha Anapur |
| 76 | Hadagalli (SC) | Krishna Naik |
| 77 | Hagaribommanahalli (SC) | B Ramanna |
| 78 | Haliyal | Sunil Hegde |
| 79 | Hangal | Shivaraj Sajjanar |
| 80 | Hanur | Dr. Preetham Nagappa |
| 81 | Harapanahalli | Karunakara Reddy |
| 82 | Harihar | B.P. Harish |
| 83 | Hassan | J Preetham Gowda |
| 84 | Haveri (SC) | Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar |
| 85 | Hebbal | Katta Jagadish |
| 86 | Heggadadevankote | Krishna Naik |
| 87 | Hirekerur | B.C. Patil |
| 88 | Hiriyur | K. Poornima Srinivas |
| 89 | Holalkere (SC) | M. Chandrappa |
| 90 | Holenarasipura | Devaraje Gowda |
| 91 | Honnali | M P Renukacharya |
| 92 | Hosadurga | S Lingamurthy |
| 93 | Hosakote | M.T.B. Nagraj |
| 94 | Hubli-Dharwad-Central | Mahesh Tenginakai |
| 95 | Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) | Arvind Bellad |
| 96 | Hubli-Dharwad-West | Dr. Kranti Kiran |
| 97 | Hukkeri | Nikhil Katti |
| 98 | Humnabad | Siddu Patil |
| 99 | Hungund | Doddanagouda G Patil |
| 100 | Hunsur | Devarahalli Somashekhar |
| 101 | Indi | Kasagouda Biradar |
| 102 | Jagalur (ST) | S V Ramachandra |
| 103 | Jamkhandi | Jagadish Gudagunti |
| 104 | Jayanagar | C K Ramamurthy |
| 105 | Jewargi | Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi |
| 106 | K R Puram | BA Basavaraj |
| 107 | Kadur | K S Prakash |
| 108 | Kagwad | Shrimant Balasaheb Patil |
| 109 | Kalghatgi | Nagaraj Chabbi |
| 110 | Kampli (ST) | T H Suresh Babu |
| 111 | Kanakagiri (SC) | Basavaraj Dadesaguru |
| 112 | Kanakapura | R. Ashok |
| 113 | Kapu | Gurme Suresh Shetty |
| 114 | Karkal | V. Sunil Kumar |
| 115. | Karwar | Rupali Santosh Nayak |
| 116 | Khanapur | Vittal Halagekar |
| 117 | Kittur | Mahantesh Doddagoudar |
| 118 | Kolar | Varthur Prakash |
| 119 | Kolar Gold Field (SC) | Ashwini Sampangi |
| 120 | Kollegal (SC) | N. Mahesh |
| 121 | Koppal | Manjula Amaresh |
| 122 | Koratagere (SC) | BH Anil Kumar |
| 123 | Krishnaraja | Srivatsa |
| 124 | Krishnarajanagara | Venkatesh Hosalli |
| 125 | Krishnarajpet | Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda |
| 126 | Kudachi (SC) | P. Rajeev |
| 127 | Kudligi (ST) | Lokesh V Nayaka |
| 128 | Kumta | Dinakar Shetty |
| 129 | Kundapura | Kiran Kumar Kodgi |
| 130 | Kundgol | M R Patil |
| 131 | Kunigal | D Krishna Kumar |
| 132 | Kushtagi | Doddanagouda Patil |
| 133 | Lingsugur (SC) | Manappa D Vajjal |
| 134 | Maddur | S P Swamy |
| 135 | Madhugiri | LC Nagaraj |
| 136 | Madikeri | M P Appachu Ranjan |
| 137 | Magadi | Prasad Gowda |
| 138 | Mahadevapura (SC) | Manjula Aravind Limbavali |
| 139 | Mahalakshmi Layout | K Gopalaiah |
| 140 | Malavalli (SC) | Muniraju |
| 141 | Malleshwaram | C N Ashwathnarayana |
| 142 | Malur | KS Manjunath Gowda |
| 143 | Mandya | Ashok Jayaram |
| 144 | Mangalore | Sathish Kumpala |
| 145 | Mangalore City North | Y. Bharat Shetty |
| 146 | Mangalore City South | Vedavyas Kamath |
| 147 | Manvi | B V Nayak |
| 148 | Maski (ST) | Pratapgouda Patil |
| 149 | Mayakonda (SC) | Basavaraja Naik |
| 150 | Melukote | Dr. Indresh Kumar |
| 151 | Molakalmuru (ST) | S. Thippeswamy |
| 152 | Moodabidri | Umanath Kotian |
| 153 | Muddebihal | AS Patil Nadahalli |
| 154 | Mudhol (SC) | Govind Karjol |
| 155 | Mudigere (SC) | Deepak Doddaiah |
| 156 | Mulbagal (SC) | Shigehalli Sundar |
| 157 | Nagamangala | Sudha Shivaram |
| 158 | Nagthan (SC) | Sanjeev Aihole |
| 159 | Nanjangud (SC) | B. Harshavardhan |
| 160 | Narasimharaja | Sandesh Swami |
| 161 | Nargund | C.C. Patil |
| 162 | Navalgund | Shankar Patil Munenakoppa |
| 163 | Nelamangala (SC) | Sapthagiri Naik |
| 164 | Nippani | Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle |
| 165 | Padmanaba Nagar | R. Ashoka |
| 166 | Pavagada (SC) | Krishna Nayak |
| 167 | Piriyapatna | C. H. Vijayashankar |
| 168 | Pulakeshinagar (SC) | Murali |
| 169 | Puttur | Asha Thimmappa |
| 170 | Raichur | Dr. Shivaraj Patil |
| 171 | Raichur Rural (ST) | Tipparaju Havaldar |
| 172 | Rajaji Nagar | S. Suresh Kumar |
| 173 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Munirathna Naidu |
| 174 | Ramanagara | Goutham Gowda |
| 175 | Ramdurg | Chikka Revanna |
| 176 | Ranibennur | Arun Kumar Pujar |
| 177 | Raybag (SC) | Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole |
| 178 | Ron | Kalakappa Bandi |
| 179 | Sagar | Haratalu H. Halappa |
| 180 | Sakleshpur (SC) | Cement Manju |
| 181 | Sandur (ST) | Shilpa Raghavendra |
| 182 | Sarvagnanagar | Padmanabha Reddy |
| 183 | Saundatti Yellamma | Ratna Vishwanath Mamani |
| 184 | Sedam | Rajkumar Patil |
| 185 | Shahapur | Ameenreddy Yalagi |
| 186 | Shanti Nagar | Shiva Kumar |
| 187 | Shiggaon | Basavaraj Bommai |
| 188 | Shikaripur | BY Vijayendra |
| 189 | Shimoga Rural (SC) | Ashok Nayak |
| 190 | Shirahatti (SC) | Dr. Chandru Lamani |
| 191 | Shivajinagar | N. Chandra |
| 192 | Shivamogga | Channabasappa |
| 193 | Shorapur (ST) | Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) |
| 194 | Shravanabelagola | Chidananda |
| 195 | Shrirangapattana | Indavalu Sachidananda |
| 196 | Sidlaghatta | Ramachandra Gowda |
| 197 | Sindagi | Ramesh Bhusanur |
| 198 | Sindhanur | K Kariyappa |
| 199 | Sira | Dr. Rajesh Gowda |
| 200 | Sirsi | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri |
| 201 | Siruguppa (ST) | M.S. Somalingappa |
| 202 | Sorab | Kumar Bangarappa |
| 203 | Sringeri | D. N. Jeevaraj |
| 204 | Srinivaspur | Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy |
| 205 | Sullia (SC) | Bhagirathi Murulya |
| 206 | T. Narasipur (SC) | Dr. Revanna |
| 207 | Tarikere | D S Suresh |
| 208 | Terdal | Siddu Savadi |
| 209 | Tiptur | B.C. Nagesh |
| 210 | Tirthahalli | Araga Jnanendra |
| 211 | Tumkur City | G B Jyothi Ganesh |
| 212 | Tumkur Rural | B Suresh Gowda |
| 213 | Turuvekere | Masala Jayaram |
| 214 | Udupi | Yashpal Suvarna |
| 215 | Varuna | V. Somanna |
| 216 | Vijay Nagar | H Raveendra |
| 217 | Vijayanagara | Siddharth Singh |
| 218 | Virajpet | K G Bopaiah |
| 219 | Yadgir | Venkatareddy Mudnal |
| 220 | Yelahanka | S.R. Vishwanath |
| 221 | Yelburga | Halappa Basappa Achar |
| 222 | Yellapur | Shivaram Hebbar |
| 223 | Yemkanmardi (ST) | Basavaraj Hundri |
| 224 | Yeshvanthapura | S T Somashekar |
The ruling party released its first list consisting of 189 candidates on April 11. The second list of 23 candidates came out on April 12, the third with 10 candidates on April 17 and the fourth and final list of two candidates on April 19.
The first list saw 52 new faces including 32 OBC candidates, 30 SC and 16 ST candidates.
The election has been marred with several defections such as BJP leader HD Thammaiah joining the Congress and former CM Jagadish Shettar quitting BJP after being denied a ticket.
With agency inputs.
