JDS has fielded three political debutants—Geetha Shivrajkumar from Shimoga, Nandini Alva from Bangalore Central and Ruth Manorama from Bangalore South.
Geetha Shivrajkumar is fielded against Yeddyurappa from Shimoga.
Geetha is the daughter of former Chief Minister late S Bangarappa and wife of leading Kannada actor Shivarajkumar.
Nandi Alva will be seen taking on incumbent P C Mohan of the BJP and former Infosys board member V Balakrishnan of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Alva is the wife of former Minister Jeevraj Alva and mother in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi.
