Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, BJP leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa gave up his stronghold seat of Shikaripura in favour of his son B.Y. Vijayendra. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge has won the Chittapur seat his father won in the 2008 State elections. There isn’t a dearth of candidates from influential families fielded by political parties in this year’s Karnataka Assembly elections. Even as the incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat to the Congress, here’s a look at how candidates from political dynasties fared in this year’s polls.
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