According to State Election Commisison, 707 nominations were filed by candidates who identified themselves with the BJP, 651 Congress, 455 JD(S) and the rest from other smaller parties and Independents.
Over 3,600 candidates have filed a total of 5,102 nominations for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka till Thursday, the last day for filing of the papers, election officials said here.
For the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023, Congress MP from Bangalore Rural DK Suresh filed his papers from the Kanakapura segment, from where his elder brother DK Shivakumar is the party s candidate