A total of 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly will go to the polls on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Counting of votes will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Of the 224 seats, 36 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 15 for Scheduled Tribes (ST). A total of 4,96,82,357 voters will decide the fate of 2,655 candidates in 56,696 polling stations.
The Indian National Congress (INC) is contesting in a total of 222 seats. Below is a complete list of Congress candidates contesting in Karnataka Assembly elections 2018:
| AC No. | Constituency Name | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nippani | Kakaso Pandurang Patil |
| 2 | Chikkodi-Sadalga | Ganesh Prakash Hukkeri |
| 3 | Athani | Mahesh Iranagouda Kumathalli |
| 4 | Kagwad | Shrimant Balasaheb Patil |
| 5 | Kudachi | Amit Shama Ghatage |
| 6 | Raybag | Pradeepkumar Ramu Malage |
| 7 | Hukkeri | Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil |
| 8 | Arabhavi | Arvind Mahadevrao Dalwai |
| 9 | Gokak | Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao |
| 10 | Yemkanmardi | Satish L Jarkiholi |
| 11 | Belgaum Uttar | Fairoz Nuruddin Saith |
| 12 | Belgaum Dakshin | M D Lakshminarayan (Annayya) |
| 13 | Belgaum Rural | Laxmi R Hebbalkar |
| 14 | Khanapur | Dr Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar |
| 15 | Kittur | Inamdar Danappagouda Basanagouda |
| 16 | Bailhongal | Koujalagi Mahantesh Shivanand |
| 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | Shri Vishwas Vasant Vaidya |
| 18 | Ramdurg | Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan |
| 19 | Mudhol | Bandiwaddar Satish Chinnappa |
| 20 | Terdal | Umashree |
| 21 | Jamkhandi | Siddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud |
| 22 | Bilgi | Jagadish Timmanagouda Patil |
| 23 | Badami | Siddaramaiah |
| 24 | Bagalkot | Meti Hullappa Yamanappa |
| 25 | Hungund | Kashappanavar Vijayanand Shivashankrappa |
| 26 | Muddebihal | Appaji Urf Channabasavaraj Shankararao Nadagouda |
| 27 | Devar Hippargi | B S Patil (Yalagi) |
| 28 | Basavana Bagevadi | Shivanand Patil |
| 29 | Babaleshwar | Mallanagoud Basanagoud Patil |
| 30 | Bijapur City | Abdul Hameed Mushrif |
| 31 | Nagthan | Katakadond Vittal Dondiba |
| 32 | Indi | Yashvantharaygouda Vittalagouda Patil |
| 33 | Sindgi | Sali Mallanna Ningappa |
| 34 | Afzalpur | M Y Patil |
| 35 | Jevargi | Ajay Dharam Singh |
| 36 | Shorapur | Raja Venkatappa Naik |
| 37 | Shahapur | Sharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur |
| 38 | Yadgir | Dr A B Maalakaraddy |
| 39 | Gurmitkal | Baburao Chinchansur |
| 40 | Chittapur | Priyank Kharge |
| 41 | Sedam | Dr Sharan Prakash Rudrappa Patil |
| 42 | Chincholi | Dr Umesh G Jadhav |
| 43 | Gulbarga Rural | Vijaykumar G Ramakrishna |
| 44 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Allamprabhu Patil |
| 45 | Gulbarga Uttar | Kaneez Fatima |
| 46 | Aland | B R Patil |
| 47 | Basavakalyan | B Narayanrao |
| 48 | Humnabad | Rajshekhar |
| 49 | Bidar South | Ashok Kheny |
| 50 | Bidar | Rahim Khan |
| 51 | Bhalki | Eshwar Khandre |
| 52 | Aurad | Vijaykumar |
| 53 | Raichur Rural | Basanagouda Daddal |
| 54 | Raichur | Syed Yaseen |
| 55 | Manvi | G Hampayya Nayak |
| 56 | Devadurga | A Rajashekar Nayak |
| 57 | Lingsugur | D S Hoolageri |
| 58 | Sindhanur | Badarli Hampangouda |
| 59 | Maski | Pratapgouda Patil |
| 60 | Kushtagi | Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur |
| 61 | Kanakagiri | Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi |
| 62 | Gangawati | Iqbal Ansari |
| 63 | Yelburga | Basavaraj Rayareddi |
| 64 | Koppal | K Raghavendra Basavaraj Hitnal |
| 65 | Shirahatti | Ramakrishna Shidlingappa Doddamani |
| 66 | Gadag | Hanamantagouda Krishnagouda Patil |
| 67 | Ron | Gurupadagouda Patil |
| 68 | Nargund | Basavaraddi Rangaraddi Yavagal |
| 69 | Navalgund | Vinod Kashinath Asuti |
| 70 | Kundgol | Channabasappa Sathyappa Shivalli |
| 71 | Dharwad | Vinay Kulkarni |
| 72 | Hubli-Dharwad-East | Prasad Abbayya |
| 73 | Hubli-Dharwad Central | Mahesh Nalwad |
| 74 | Hubli-Dharwad- West | Mohammad Ismail Tamatgar |
| 75 | Kalghatgi | Santosh Shivaji Lad |
| 76 | Haliyal | Deshpande R V |
| 77 | Karwar | Satish Krishna Sail |
| 78 | Kumta | Sharada Mohan Shetty |
| 79 | Bhatkal | Mankal Vaidya |
| 80 | Sirsi | Bhimanna Naik |
| 81 | Yellapur | Arabail Hebbar Shivaram |
| 82 | Hangal | Mane Srinivas |
| 83 | Shiggaon | Sayed Azeempeer Khadri |
| 84 | Haveri | Rudrappa Lamani |
| 85 | Byadgi | S R Patil |
| 86 | Hirekerur | Basavanagouda Patil |
| 87 | Ranibennur | Krishnappa Koliwad S/O Bheemappa Koliwad |
| 88 | Hadagalli | P T Parameshwara Naik |
| 89 | Hagaribommanahalli | Bheema Naik L B P |
| 90 | Vijayanagara | Anand Singh |
| 91 | Kampli | J N Ganesh |
| 92 | Siruguppa | B Murali Krishna |
| 93 | Bellary | B Nagendra |
| 94 | Bellary City | Anil H Lad |
| 95 | Sandur | E Tukaram |
| 96 | Kudligi | Raghu Gujjal |
| 97 | Molakalmuru | Dr|| B Yogesh Babu |
| 98 | Challakere | T Raghumurthy |
| 99 | Chitradurga | H A Shanmukhappa (Hanumali) |
| 100 | Hiriyur | D Sudhakar |
| 101 | Hosadurga | B G Govindappa |
| 102 | Holalkere | H Anjaneya |
| 103 | Jagalur | H P Rajesh |
| 104 | Harapanahalli | M P Ravindra |
| 105 | Harihar | S Ramappa |
| 106 | Davanagere North | S S Mallikarjun |
| 107 | Davanagere South | Shamanur Shivashankarappa |
| 108 | Mayakonda | K S Basavaraj |
| 109 | Channagiri | Vadnal Rajanna |
| 110 | Honnali | Shanthanagowda D G |
| 111 | Shimoga Rural | Dr|| Sreenivas Kariyanna |
| 112 | Bhadravati | B K Sangameshwara |
| 113 | Shimoga | K B Prasanna Kumar |
| 114 | Tirthahalli | Kimmane Rathnakara |
| 115 | Shikaripura | Goni Malatesha |
| 116 | Sorab | Raju M Talluru |
| 117 | Sagar | Kagodu Thimmappa |
| 118 | Byndoor | K Gopala Poojary |
| 119 | Kundapura | Rakesh Malli |
| 120 | Udupi | Pramod Madhwaraj |
| 121 | Kapu | Vinay Kumar Sorake |
| 122 | Karkal | Gopala Bhandary |
| 123 | Sringeri | T D Rajegowda |
| 124 | Mudigere | Motamma |
| 125 | Chikmagalur | Shankar B L |
| 126 | Tarikere | S M Nagaraju |
| 127 | Kadur | K S Anand |
| 128 | Chiknayakanhalli | Santhosh Jayachandra |
| 129 | Tiptur | K Shadakshari |
| 130 | Turuvekere | Rangappa T Chowdri |
| 131 | Kunigal | Dr|| H D Ranganath |
| 132 | Tumkur City | Dr Rafeeq Ahmed S |
| 133 | Tumkur Rural | Rayasandra Ravikumar |
| 134 | Koratagere | Dr G Parameshwara |
| 135 | Gubbi | K Kumar (Balaji Kumar) |
| 136 | Sira | T B Jayachandra |
| 137 | Pavagada | Venkataramanappa |
| 138 | Madhugiri | K N Rajanna |
| 139 | Gauribidanur | N H Shivashankara Reddy |
| 140 | Bagepalli | S N Subbareddy(Chinnakayalapalli) |
| 141 | Chikkaballapur | Dr K Sudhakar |
| 142 | Sidlaghatta | V Muniyappa |
| 143 | Chintamani | Vani Krishnareddy |
| 144 | Srinivaspur | K R Ramesh Kumar |
| 146 | Kolar Gold Field | Roopakala M |
| 147 | Bangarapet | S N Narayana Swamy K M |
| 148 | Kolar | Syed Zameer Pasha |
| 149 | Malur | K Y Nanjegowda |
| 150 | Yelahanka | M N Gopalakrishna |
| 151 | K R Puram | B A Basavaraja |
| 152 | Byatarayanapura | Krishna Byregowda |
| 153 | Yeshvanthapura | S T Somashekhar |
| 154 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Munirathna |
| 155 | Dasarahalli | P N Krishnamurthy |
| 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout | Manjunatha H S |
| 157 | Malleshwaram | Kengal Shreepadharenu |
| 158 | Hebbal | Suresha B S |
| 159 | Pulakeshinagar | R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy |
| 160 | Sarvagnanagar | Kelachandra Joseph George |
| 161 | C V Raman Nagar | R Sampath Raj |
| 162 | Shivajinagar | R Roshan Baig |
| 163 | Shanti Nagar | N A Haris |
| 164 | Gandhi Nagar | Dinesh Gundu Rao |
| 165 | Rajaji Nagar | G Padmavathi |
| 166 | Govindraj Nagar | Priyakrishna |
| 167 | Vijay Nagar | M Krishnappa |
| 168 | Chamrajpet | B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan |
| 169 | Chickpet | R V Devraj |
| 170 | Basavanagudi | M Boregowda |
| 171 | Padmanaba Nagar | M Srinivas |
| 172 | B T M Layout | Ramalinga Reddy |
| 173 | Jayanagar | Sowmya R |
| 174 | Mahadevapura | A C Srinivasa |
| 175 | Bommanahalli | Sushma Rajagopala Reddy |
| 176 | Bangalore South | R K Ramesh |
| 177 | Anekal | B Shivanna |
| 178 | Hosakote | N Nagaraju (M T B) |
| 179 | Devanahalli | Venkataswamy |
| 180 | Doddaballapur | T Venkataramanaiah |
| 181 | Nelamangala | R Narayanaswamy |
| 182 | Magadi | H C Balakrishna |
| 183 | Ramanagaram | Iqbal Hussain H A |
| 184 | Kanakapura | D K Shivakumar |
| 185 | Channapatna | H M Revanna |
| 186 | Malavalli | P M Narendraswamy |
| 187 | Maddur | G M Madhu |
| 189 | Mandya | P Ravikumar |
| 190 | Shrirangapattana | A B Ramesha Bandisiddegowda |
| 191 | Nagamangala | N Chaluvarayaswamy |
| 192 | Krishnarajapete | K B Chandrashekar |
| 193 | Shravanabelagola | C S Puttegowda |
| 194 | Arsikere | G B Shashidhara |
| 195 | Belur | M N Keerthana |
| 196 | Hassan | H K Mahesh |
| 197 | Holenarasipur | Manjegowda B P |
| 198 | Arkalgud | Manju A |
| 199 | Sakleshpur | Siddaiah |
| 200 | Belthangady | K Vasantha Bangera |
| 201 | Moodabidri | K Abhayachandra |
| 202 | Mangalore City North | B A Mohiuddin Bava |
| 203 | Mangalore City South | J R Lobo |
| 204 | Mangalore | U T Abdul Khader |
| 205 | Bantval | B Ramanatha Rai |
| 206 | Puttur | Shakunthala T Shetty |
| 207 | Sullia | Dr B Raghu |
| 208 | Madikeri | K P Chandrakala |
| 209 | Virajpet | Arun Machaiah C S |
| 210 | Periyapatna | K Venkatesh |
| 211 | Krishnarajanagara | Ravishankar D |
| 212 | Hunasuru | H P Manjunath |
| 213 | Heggadadevankote | Anil Kumar C |
| 214 | Nanjangud | Kalale N Keshavamurthy |
| 215 | Chamundeshwari | Siddaramaiah |
| 216 | Krishnaraja | M K Somashekar |
| 217 | Chamaraja | Vasu |
| 218 | Narasimharaja | Tanveer Sait |
| 219 | Varuna | Yathindra S |
| 220 | T Narasipur | Dr H C Mahadevappa |
| 221 | Hanur | R Narendra |
| 222 | Kollegal | A R Krishna Murthy |
| 223 | Chamarajanagar | C Puttarangashetty |
| 224 | Gundlupet | M C Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha |
