The Karnataka Assembly Elections of 2023 are scheduled to be held in May 2023. BJP released its first list of 189 candidates on April 11, 2023. The period for filing nominations begins from April 13 and will continue till April 20, 2023.
- New Faces: 52
- Lingayats: 51
- Vokkaligas: 41
- Valmikis: 16
- Brahmins: 10
- Kodava: 1
- Jain: 1
- Rajput: 1
- Reddys: 2
- Bunts: 3
- Women: 8
- OBC: 32
- SC: 30
- ST: 16
The first list of BJP 189 candidates is listed below.
| Sl. No. | Constituency No | Constituency | Selected Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 | Shiggaon | Basavaraj Bommai |
| 2 | 1 | Nippani | Smt. Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle |
| 3 | 2 | Chikkodi - Sadalga | Ramesh Katti |
| 4 | 3 | Athani | Mahesh Kumathalli |
| 5 | 4 | Kagawad | Shrimat Balasaheb Patil |
| 6 | 5 | Kudachi - SC | P. Rajeev |
| 7 | 6 | Raybag (SC) | Duryodhan Mahaligappa Aihole |
| 8 | 7 | Hukkeri | Nikhil Katti |
| 9 | 8 | Arabhavi | Balachandra Jarakiholi |
| 10 | 9 | Gokak | Ramesh Jarakiholi |
| 11 | 10 | Yemkanmardi - ST | Basavaraj Hudri |
| 12 | 11 | Belgaum Uttar | Dr. Ravi Patil |
| 13 | 12 | Belgaum Dakshin | Abhay Patil |
| 14 | 13 | Belgaum Rural | Nagesh Mannolkar |
| 15 | 14 | Khanapur | Vittal Halagekar |
| 16 | 15 | Kittur | Mahantesh Doddagoudar |
| 17 | 16 | Bailhongal | Jagdish Channappa Metgud |
| 18 | 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | Smt. Ratna Vishwanath Mamani |
| 19 | 18 | Ramdurg | Chikka Revanna |
| 20 | 19 | Mudhol (SC) | Govind Karjol |
| 21 | 20 | Terdal | Siddu Savadi |
| 22 | 21 | Jamkhandi | Jagadish Gudagunti |
| 23 | 22 | Bilgi | Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani |
| 24 | 23 | Badami | Shantha Gowda Patil |
| 25 | 24 | Bagalkot | Veerabhadrayya Charantimath |
| 26 | 25 | Hungund | Doddanagouda G Patil |
| 27 | 26 | Muddebihal | AS Patil Nadahalli |
| 28 | 29 | Babaleswar | Vijugouda S Patil |
| 29 | 30 | Bijapur City | BR Patil (Yatnal) |
| 30 | 33 | Sindgi | Ramesh Bhusanur |
| 31 | 34 | Afzalpur | Malikaiah Guttedar |
| 32 | 35 | Jevargi | Shivanagoudapatil Raddevadagi |
| 33 | 36 | Shorapur - ST | Narasimha Nayak (Rajugouda) |
| 34 | 37 | Shahapur | Amenreddy Yalagi |
| 35 | 38 | Yadgir | Venkatareddy Mudnai |
| 36 | 40 | Chittapur - SC | Manikanta Rathod |
| 37 | 42 | Chincholi - SC | Dr. Avinash Jadhav |
| 38 | 43 | Gulbarga Rural - SC | Basavaraj Mattimod |
| 39 | 44 | Gulbarga Dakshin | Dattatraya Patil Revoor |
| 40 | 45 | Gulbarga Uttar | Chandrakant Patil |
| 41 | 46 | Aland | Subhash Guttedar |
| 42 | 47 | Basavakalyan | Sharanu Salagar |
| 43 | 48 | Humnabad | Siddu Patil |
| 44 | 49 | Bidar South | Dr. Shailendra Beldale |
| 45 | 52 | Aurad - SC | Prabhu Chavan |
| 46 | 53 | Raichur Rural - ST | Tipparaju Havaldar |
| 47 | 54 | Raichur | Dr. Shivaraj Patil |
| 48 | 56 | Devadurga - ST | K Shivanagouda Nayak |
| 49 | 57 | Lingsugur - SC | Manappa D Vajjal |
| 50 | 58 | Sindhanur | K Kariyappa |
| 51 | 59 | Maski - ST | Pratapgouda Patil |
| 52 | 60 | Kushtagi | Doddanagouda Patil |
| 53 | 61 | Kanakagiri - SC | Basavaraj Dodesaguru |
| 54 | 63 | Yelburga | Halappa Basappa Achar |
| 55 | 65 | Shirahatti - SC | Dr. Chandru Lamani |
| 56 | 66 | Gadag | Anil Menasinakai |
| 57 | 68 | Nargund | C.C. Patil |
| 58 | 69 | Navalgund | Shankar Patil Munenakoppa |
| 59 | 70 | Kundgol | M R Patil |
| 60 | 71 | Dharwad | Amrut Ayyappa Desai |
| 61 | 72 | Hubli - Dharwad-East - SC | Dr. Kranti Kiran |
| 62 | 74 | Hubli - Dharwad-West | Arvind Bellad |
| 63 | 76 | Haliyal | Sunil Hegde |
| 64 | 77 | Karwar | Smt. Rupali Santosh Nayak |
| 65 | 78 | Kumta | Dinakar Shetty |
| 66 | 79 | Bhatkal | Sunil Baliya Nayak |
| 67 | 80 | Sirsi | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri |
| 68 | 81 | Yellapur | Shiavaram Hebbar |
| 69 | 85 | Byadgi | Virupakshappa Ballari |
| 70 | 86 | Hirekerur | B.C. Patil |
| 71 | 87 | Ranibennur | Arun Kumar Pujar |
| 72 | 88 | Hadagalli - SC | Krishna Naik |
| 73 | 90 | Vijayanagara | Siddharth Singh |
| 74 | 91 | Kampli - ST | T H Suresh Babu |
| 75 | 92 | Siruguppa - ST | M.S. Somalingappa |
| 76 | 93 | Bellary - ST | B. Sriramulu |
| 77 | 94 | Bellary City | Gali Somashekhara Reddy |
| 78 | 95 | Sandur - ST | Smt. Shilpa Raghavendra |
| 79 | 96 | Kudligi - ST | Lokesh V Nayaka |
| 80 | 97 | Molakamuru - ST | S. Thippeswamy |
| 81 | 98 | Challakere - ST | Anilkumar |
| 82 | 99 | Chitradurga | G H Thippareddy |
| 83 | 100 | Hiriyur | Smt. K. Poornima Srinivas |
| 84 | 101 | Hosadurga | S Lingamurthy |
| 85 | 102 | Holalkere - SC | M. Chandrappa |
| 86 | 103 | Jagalur - ST | S V Ramachandra |
| 87 | 105 | Harihar | B.P. Harish |
| 88 | 110 | Honnali | M P Renukacharya |
| 89 | 111 | Shimoga Rural - SC | Ashok Nayak |
| 90 | 112 | Bhadravati | Mangoti Rudresh |
| 91 | 114 | Tirthahalli | Araga Jnanendra |
| 92 | 115 | Shikaripur | BY Vijayendra |
| 93 | 116 | Sorab | Kumar Bangarappa |
| 94 | 117 | Sagar | Haratalu H. Halappa |
| 95 | 119 | Kundapura | Kiran Kumar Kodgi |
| 96 | 120 | Udupi | Yashpal Suvarna |
| 97 | 121 | Kapu | Gurme Suresh Shetty |
| 98 | 122 | Karkal | V. Sunil Kumar |
| 99 | 123 | Sringeri | D.N. Jeevaraj |
| 100 | 125 | Chikmagalur | C T Ravi |
| 101 | 126 | Tarikere | D S Suresh |
| 102 | 127 | Kadur | K S Prakash |
| 103 | 128 | Chikanayakanhalli | J.C. Madhuswamy |
| 104 | 129 | Tiptur | B.C. Nagesh |
| 105 | 130 | Turuvekere | Masala Jayram |
| 106 | 131 | Kunigal | D Krishna Kumar |
| 107 | 132 | Tumkur City | G.B. Jyoti Ganesh |
| 108 | 133 | Tumkur Rural | B Suresh Gowda |
| 109 | 134 | Koratagere - SC | Anil Kumar, Retd IAS |
| 110 | 136 | Sira | Dr. Rajesh Gowda |
| 111 | 137 | Pavagada - SC | Krishna Nayak |
| 112 | 138 | Madhugiri | L C Nagaraj |
| 113 | 139 | Gauribidanur | Dr. Shashidhar |
| 114 | 140 | Bagepalli | C Muniraju |
| 115 | 141 | Chikkaballapur | Dr. K. Sudhakar |
| 116 | 143 | Chintamani | Venu Gopal |
| 117 | 144 | Srinivaspur | Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy |
| 118 | 145 | Mulbagal - SC | Shigehalli Sundar |
| 119 | 147 | Bangarapet - SC | M. Narayanswamy |
| 120 | 148 | Kolar | Varthur Prakash |
| 121 | 149 | Malur | KS Manjunath Gowda |
| 122 | 150 | Yelahanka | S.R. Vishwanath |
| 123 | 151 | K.R. Pura | B.A. Basavaraj |
| 124 | 152 | Byatarayanapura | Thammesh Gowda |
| 125 | 153 | Yeshvanthapura | S.T. Somashekar |
| 126 | 154 | Rajarajeshwarinagar | Munirathna Naidu |
| 127 | 155 | Dasarahalli | S Muniraju |
| 128 | 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout | K. Gopalaiah |
| 129 | 157 | Malleshwaram | Dr. C.N. Aswathnarayana |
| 130 | 159 | Pulakeshinagar - SC | Murali |
| 131 | 160 | Sarvagnanagar | Padmanabha Reddy |
| 132 | 161 | C.V. Raman Nagar - SC | S. Raghu |
| 133 | 162 | Shivajinagar | N. Chandra |
| 134 | 163 | Shanti Nagar | Shiva Kumar |
| 135 | 164 | Gandhi Nagar | A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda |
| 136 | 165 | Rajaji Nagar | S. Suresh Kumar |
| 137 | 167 | Vijay Nagar | H Raveendra |
| 138 | 168 | Chamrajpet | Bhaskar Rao, IPS |
| 139 | 169 | Chickpet | Uday Garudachar |
| 140 | 170 | Basavanagudi | Ravisubramanya |
| 141 | 171 | Padmanaba Nagar | R Ashoka |
| 142 | 172 | B T M Layout | Sridhar Reddy |
| 143 | 173 | Jayanagar | C K Ramamurthy |
| 144 | 175 | Bommanahalli | Sathish Reddy |
| 145 | 176 | Bangalore South | M Krishnappa |
| 146 | 177 | Anekal - SC | Hullalli Srinivas |
| 147 | 178 | Hosakote | M.T.B. Nagaraj |
| 148 | 179 | Devanahalli - SC | Pilla Munishamappa |
| 149 | 180 | Doddaballapur | Dhiraj Muniraju |
| 150 | 181 | Nelamangala - SC | Sapthagiri Naik |
| 151 | 182 | Magadi | Prasad Gowda |
| 152 | 183 | Ramanagaram | Goutham Gowda |
| 153 | 184 | Kanakapura | R Ashoka |
| 154 | 185 | Channapatna | CP Yogeshwar |
| 155 | 186 | Malavalli - SC | Muniraju |
| 156 | 187 | Maddur | S P Swamy |
| 157 | 188 | Melukote | Dr. Indresh Kumar |
| 158 | 189 | Mandya | Ashok Jayaram |
| 159 | 190 | Shrirangapattana | Indavalu Sachinanda |
| 160 | 191 | Nagamangala | Smt. Sudha Shivaram |
| 161 | 192 | Krishnarajpet | Dr. K.C. Narayanagowda |
| 162 | 195 | Belur | Hullali K Suresh |
| 163 | 196 | Hassan | J Preetham Gowda |
| 164 | 197 | Holenarasipur | Deveraje Gowda |
| 165 | 198 | Arkalgud | Yoga Ramesh |
| 166 | 199 | Sakleshpur - SC | Cement Manju |
| 167 | 200 | Belthangady | Harish Poonja |
| 168 | 201 | Moodabidri | Umanath Kotian |
| 169 | 202 | Mangalore City North | Y. Bharat Shetty |
| 170 | 203 | Mangalore City South | Vedvyas Kamath |
| 171 | 204 | Mangalore | Sathish Kumpala |
| 172 | 205 | Bantval | Rajesh Naik |
| 173 | 206 | Puttur | Smt. Asha Thimmappa |
| 174 | 207 | Sullia - SC | Smt. Bhagirathi Murulya |
| 175 | 208 | Madikere | M P Appachu Ranjan |
| 176 | 209 | Virajpet | K G Bopaiah |
| 177 | 210 | Piriyapatna | C H Vijayashankar |
| 178 | 211 | Krishnarajanagara | Venkatesh Hosali |
| 179 | 212 | Hunsur | Devarahalli Somashekhar |
| 180 | 214 | Nanjanagud - SC | B. Harshavardhan |
| 181 | 215 | Chamundeshwari | Kaveesh Gowda |
| 182 | 217 | Chamaraja | L. Nagendra |
| 183 | 218 | Narasimharaja | Sandesh Swami |
| 184 | 219 | Varuna | V. Somanna |
| 185 | 220 | T. Narasipur - SC | Dr. Revanna |
| 186 | 221 | Hanur | Dr. Preetham Nagappa |
| 187 | 222 | Kollegal - SC | N. Mahesh |
| 188 | 223 | Chamarajanagar | V. Somanna |
| 189 | 224 | Gundlupet | C.S. Niranjan Kumar |
Also see,
- All about Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
- Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 – BJP Lists – First, Second, Third, Fourth
- Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 – BJP Full List
- Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 – Congress Full List
- Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 – AAP Candidates List
- Final party wise tally after bypoll elections held in 2019
- Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 – Constituency-wise Results