Reportedly an official said on Thursday a total of 25 candidates, including four women, are in the fray for the two assembly bye-elections in Karnataka on May 19. The official said "After the last day of withdrawals today (Thursday), 17 candidates are in the fray for the Chincholi (SC) seat in Kalaburagi district and 8 for the Kundagol seat in Dharwad”.
Furthermore prominent among the candidates for Chincholi are Avinash Umesh Jadhav of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Subhash V Rathod of the Congress and Gautam Bomnalli of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Apparently a three time legislator, Chikkanagoudar lost to Shivalli by a margin of 633 votes in the May 2018 Assembly elections and he is also related to BJP's state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa, who will campaign for him.
Moreover Congress Legislative Party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state unit President Dinesh Gundu Rao will campaign for Kusumavati. Reportedly vote count is on May 23 along with that of 28 Lok Sabha seats for which polling was held in two phases on April 18 and April 23.
