Bengaluru, March 22 -- Congress on Sunday named Umesh Meti and Samarth Mallikarjun as the party's candidates for the bye-elections to Karnataka's Bagalkot and Davanagere South constituencies, respectively.

Umesh Meti is the son of late Congress leader Meti Hullappa Yamanappa (HY Meti), who represented the Bagalkot seat, while Samarth Mallikarjun is the son of Karnataka Minister SS Mallikarjun.

The Bagalkot seat fell vacant after the death of HY Meti and Davanagere South, following the death of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.

Vacant assembly constituencies in Karnataka, along with Goa, Nagaland and Tripura, will hold polling on April 9, with the counting of votes on May 4.

On Saturday, Karnataka State in-charge and AICC General Secretary Ra...