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Looking at the political history of Karnataka, it is clear that the electorate never supported regional parties wholeheartedly as they are the by-products of rebel leaders of national parties, sans ideology.
16 of 23 chief ministers: Lingayat Vokkaliga dominance Karnataka politics; dominance of two communities state politics Lingayat community nine CMs after reorganisation 1956; Lingayat leader BS Yediyurappa first BJP CM Karnataka Vokkaliga leader HD Deve Gowda Janata Dal CM 1994 elevated to India PM June 1996; Lingayat and Vokkaliga two communities dominated Karnataka politics for decades; included in other backward class category current reservation system two communities distinctive edge state power corridors voting pattern not largely scattered like other castes; Lingayats Vokkaligas Karnatak...
Overall, the Karnataka election result, to a large extent, will hinge on how much the major parties can safeguard their core vote-banks in key geographies. And the extent to which the Lingayat and Vokkaliga vote may shift
The two traditionally powerful caste groups, Lingayats and Vokkaligas, virtually controlled state politics between 1956 and 1972 and the L-V caste equation powered the Congress’s political hold over Karnataka until the mid-1970s
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has filed his nominations from his traditional constituency of Hubli-Dharwad-Central for the forthcoming Assembly elections.