Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K. The BJP on Thursday (March 19, 2026) announced names of its candidates for bypolls to five Assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura scheduled to be held on April 9. The party has fielded Ritesh Ravi Naik from the Ponda seat in Goa, Daochier I Imchen from the Koridang seat in Nagaland and Jahar Chakraborti from the Dharmanagar seat in Tripura. Veerabhadrayya Charantimath will contest from the Bagalkot seat, and Srinivas T. Dasakariyappa will join the fray from Davanagere South seat in Karnataka, according to the list released by the BJP. Published – March 19, 2026 10:29 am IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Watch: U.S. Fed keeps rates unchanged, flags ‘uncertainty’ over Iran war How parties fared in 2021 West Bengal elections and subsequent by-elections