List of party switchers during Operation Kamala

The following India politicians switched parties via Operation Kamala to the Bharatiya Janata Party while they were holding elected office.

MLA	Constituency	Party	Notes	Refs
J. Narasimha Swamy	Doddaballapur	Indian National Congress	Won back seat as BJP candidate	^[1]^[2]^[3]
Anand Asnotikar	Karwar		Won back seat as BJP candidate
Jaggesh	Turuvekere		Did not contest. Nominated as MLC. Won by JDS candidate M. T. Krishnappa
Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli	Bidar		Did not contest. Won by INC candidate Rahim Khan
S. V. Ramachandra	Jagalur (ST)		Won back seat as BJP candidate
M Narayanaswamy	Bangarapet		Won back seat as BJP candidate
C. P. Yogeshwara	Channapatna		Lost to JDS candidate M. C. Ashwath
V. Somanna	Govindraj Nagar		Lost to INC candidate Priya Krishna
Balachandra Jarkiholi	Arabhavi	Janata Dal (Secular)	Won back seat as BJP candidate
Umesh Katti	Hukkeri
K. Shivanagouda Naik	Devadurga (ST)
D. C. Gourishankar	Madhugiri		Did not contest. Won by JDS candidate Anitha Kumaraswamy

Name	Office	Date of party switch			Notes	Refs
R. Shankar	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Ranebennur	14 Nov 2019	Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	R. Shankar, who along with 15 other disqualified Congress and JD (S) MLAs joined the BJP.	^[4]^[5]^[6]
R. Roshan Baig	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Shivajinagar		Indian National Congress
Pratap Gowda Patil	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Maski
M. T. B. Nagaraju	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Hoskote
Shrimant Balasaheb Patil	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kagawad
Byrati Basavaraj	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Krishnarajapuram
Munirathna	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari Nagar
S. T. Somashekhar	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yeshvanthapura
Ramesh Jarkiholi	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Gokak
Anand Singh	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Vijayanagara
B. C. Patil	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Hirekerur
Mahesh Kumathalli	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Athani
Dr. K. Sudhakar	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chikkaballapur
Arbail Shivaram Hebbar	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yellapur
K. Gopalaiah	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mahalakshmi Layout		Janata Dal (Secular)
Narayana Gowda	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Krishnarajpet
Adagur H. Vishwanath	MLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Hunsur

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