•n D U Mallikarjuna, 42, the BJP candidate from Shanthinagar in Bangalore is a commerce graduate and real estate player who is now worth Rs 31 crores.
•n K S Sameeulla, 45, an Independent candidate from the Jayanagar constituency, is worth only around Rs 4 lakh, according to his own declarations. In 2007, in an alleged underworld attack on his office in Bangalore, two people were killed in a shootout. There have been allegations of links between Sameeulla and a Karachi based don that has been denied by him.
•n Gottigere Manjunath, the JD(S) candidate from Bangalore South is worth a couple of crores. A close aide of H.D. Kumaraswamy, he was raided by the income tax department last year.
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