2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)[a]

All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered50,718,198
Turnout72.50% (Increase 0.67 pp)[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader B. S. Yediyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Alliance JD(S)+
Leader since 2018 2018 2006
Leader's seat Shikaripura
(won)
Badami
(won)
Chamundeshwari (lost)
Channapatna (won; retained)
Ramanagara (won; vacated)
Last election 19.89%, 40 seats 36.59%, 122 seats 20.19%, 40 seats
Seats won 104 80 37
Seat change Increase 64 Decrease 42 Decrease 3
Popular vote 13,267,956 13,986,526 6,726,667
Percentage 36.35% 38.14% 18.3%
Swing Increase 16.3 pp Increase 1.4 pp Decrease 1.9 pp


Structure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Siddaramaiah
INC

Elected Chief Minister

H. D. Kumaraswamy
JD(S)

The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya Kumar and a voter fraud scandal respectively, until 28 May.[2] The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent, the highest in Karnataka for several decades.[3] The counting of votes took place on 15 May 2018.[4]

The Indian National Congress (INC) was seeking re-election, having governed the state since elections in 2013.[5] The Bharatiya Janata Party attempted to regain office, having previously governed the state in 2007 and from 2008 to 2013. The Janata Dal (Secular), and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) contested the election in an electoral alliance. The Aam Aadmi Party also made its debut in the state.[6]

Background

The tenure of the 15th Karnataka Assembly ended on 28 May 2018.[7]

Organization

The Times of India reported in late February 2018 that the state had fewer electronic voting machines than the minimum mandated requirement to be stored going into elections for any state assembly. The report stated that only 20 percent or 11,399 EVMs were in place against the requirement of 56,994 machines, one each for a polling station. Bharat Electronics Limited, which provides 80 percent of the machines, began supplying during this time.[8] The district election officer for the Bangalore region stated that a "vulnerability mapping exercise" would be conducted to ensure "free and fair polls". He added that 550 sector teams, each headed by a sector magistrate, a police officer (not below the rank of an assistant sub-inspector) and a videographer, were formed, one for every 15 of the 8,274 polling stations in the said region.[9]

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used with EVMs in all polling stations in Karnataka.[10]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 27 March 2018. It announced that polling would be held in a single phase on 12 May and that results would be declared on 15 May.[11] It also declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the said announcement.[12][13]

Event Date Day
Date for nominations17 April 2018Tuesday
Last date for filing nominations24 April 2018Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations25 April 2018Wednesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures27 April 2018Friday
Date of poll12 May 2018Saturday
Date of counting15 May 2018Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed31 May 2018Thursday

Controversies

Leaked election dates

The Election Commission of India ran into a major embarrassment on 27 March 2018, when BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya and the Karnataka Congress' social media in-charge, Srivasta, tweeted the dates before they were officially released.[14][15] However, both of them got the counting day incorrect in their tweets. Both the tweets were deleted after outrage on Twitter. Malviya later claimed that he got the information from Times Now, a 24-hour English news channel.[16] The news was reportedly also shown by a local Kannada news channel. Later it was revealed that even Times Now got the counting day incorrectly as 18 May 2018, instead of 15 May 2018.[17]

Om Prakash Rawat, the Chief Election Commissioner of India, formed a committee to investigate the alleged leak.[18] The terms of reference of the formed committee included probing certain media outlets and Congress' social media head Srivasta, but not BJP's Amit Malviya.[19] This prompted allegations of the Election Commission of India being biased for the BJP by the Congress.

On 14 April 2018, the committee said that the media reports were mere speculation and not a leak.[20]

Voter ID fraud case

On 11 May 2018, Congress MLA Munirathna and 13 others were booked in an alleged fake voter ID scam. On 8 May, almost 10,000 voter ID cards, along with several laptops, were found in a flat in Bengaluru owned by former BJP leader Manjula Nanjamari.[21][22] Apart from these, Munirathna's pamphlets were also found, which turned the suspicion on Munirathna. After the FIR, he said "I've distributed 40,000 pamphlets asking for votes for me in my constituency and you will find them in every home in my segment. I've been named as accused no. 14 because one such pamphlet was found in the flat that was raided. This is an outrageous complaint against me and part of the concerted propaganda to harass and humiliate me."[23][24]

The polling in RR Nagar was postponed to 28 May and the counting of votes was done on 31 May.

Kaveri river water scandal

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly election sparked criticisms from Tamil Nadu over the Karnataka's government for not addressing the issue on properly and for its delay in setting up a Kaveri Management Board.[25][26] The Supreme Court also issued a strict notice to the Karnataka state government for using the Karnataka Legislative state election as an excuse to resolve the Kaveri river water crisis with Tamil Nadu cannot be acceptable. The election was one of the hottest points considered by the critics for the future of Karnataka in dealing with the rivals, Tamil Nadu over the Kaveri River water dispute.[27]

Parties and alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats
Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah 222
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats
Bharatiya Janata Party B. S. Yediyurappa 222

  JD(S)+

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats
Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Kumaraswamy 199
Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 18

List of candidates

District # Constituency BJP INC JD(S) + BSP
PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
Belagavi 1 Nippani BJP Shashikala Jolle INC Kakaso P. Patil BSP Ramesh Kamat
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga BJP Annasaheb Jolle INC Ganesh Hukkeri BSP Maruti S. Walke
3 Athani BJP Laxman Savadi INC Mahesh Kumathalli JD(S) Girish K. Butali
4 Kagwad BJP Bharamgouda Kage INC Shrimant Patil JD(S) Kallappa P. Magennavar
5 Kudachi (SC) BJP P. Rajeev INC Amit Ghatage JD(S) Rajendra Aihole
6 Raybag (SC) BJP Duryodhan Aihole INC Pradeepkumar R. Malagi BSP Rajeev Kamble
7 Hukkeri BJP Umesh Katti INC Appayyagouda B. Patil JD(S) Mallikarjun B. Patil
8 Arabhavi BJP Balachandra Jarkiholi INC Arvind M. Dalwai JD(S) Bhimappa Gadad
9 Gokak BJP Ashok N. Pujari INC Ramesh Jarkiholi JD(S) Lakkappa Talawar
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) BJP Astagi Maruti Mallappa INC Satish. L. Jarkiholi JD(S) Shankar Bharama Gasti
11 Belgaum Uttar BJP Anil S. Benake INC Fairoz Nuruddin Saith JD(S) Ashfaq Ahmed Madaki
12 Belgaum Dakshin BJP Abhay Patil INC M. D. Lakshminarayana JD(S) Changadev Kugaji
13 Belgaum Rural BJP Sanjay Patil INC Lakshmi Hebbalkar JD(S) S. Patil Shivanagouda
14 Khanapur BJP Vithal Halagekar INC Anjali Nimbalkar JD(S) Bagwan Nasir Papulsab
15 Kittur BJP Mahantesh Doddagoudar INC D. B. Inamdar JD(S) Suresh S. Marihal
16 Bailhongal BJP Vishwanath Patil INC Mahantesh Koujalagi JD(S) Shankar B. Madalagi
17 Saundatti Yellamma BJP Anand Mamani INC Vishwas Vaidya JD(S) Doddagouda F. Patil
18 Ramdurg BJP Mahadevappa Yadawad INC Ashok Pattan JD(S) M. Javeedsab
Bagalkot 19 Mudhol (SC) BJP Govind Karjol INC Satish Bandiwaddar JD(S) Shankar N. Nayak
20 Terdal BJP Siddu Savadi INC Umashree JD(S) Basappa K. Konnur
21 Jamkhandi BJP Shrikant Kulkarni INC Siddu Nyamagouda JD(S) Sadashiv Kalal
22 Bilgi BJP Murugesh Nirani INC J. T. Patil JD(S) Sangappa T. Kandagal
23 Badami BJP B. Sriramulu INC Siddaramaiah JD(S) Hanamant Mavinamarad
24 Bagalkot BJP V. Charantimath INC H. Y. Meti BSP Mohan M. Jigalur
25 Hungund BJP Doddanagouda G. Patil INC Vijayanand Kashappanavar
Vijayapura 26 Muddebihal BJP A. S. Patil INC C. S. Nadagouda JD(S) Mangaladevi Biradar
27 Devar Hippargi BJP Somanagouda B. Patil INC B. S. Patil JD(S) Bhimanagouda Patil
28 Basavana Bagevadi BJP Sangaraj Desai INC Shivanand Patil JD(S) Somanagouda Patil
29 Babaleshwar BJP Vijayakumar S. Patil INC M. B. Patil
30 Bijapur City BJP Yatnal INC Abdul Hameed Mushrif JD(S) Bellubbi S. Kallappa
31 Nagthan (SC) BJP Govind Karjol INC Katakadond Dondiba JD(S) Devanand F. Chavan
32 Indi BJP Dayasagar B. Patil INC Yashavant Patil JD(S) B. D. Patil
33 Sindgi BJP Bhusanur Ramesh Balappa INC Sali Mallanna Ningappa JD(S) M. C. Managuli
Kalaburagi 34 Afzalpur BJP Malikayya Guttedar INC M. Y. Patil JD(S) Raju Gouda Revoor
35 Jevargi BJP Doddappagowda S. Patil INC Ajay Singh JD(S) Kedarlingayya Hiremath
Yadgir 36 Shorapur (ST) BJP Narasimha Nayak INC Raja Venkatappa Naik JD(S) Raja Krishnappa Nayak
37 Shahapur BJP Guru Patil Sirwal INC S. Darshanapur JD(S) Ameenraddi Yalagi
38 Yadgir BJP Venkatreddy Mudnal INC A. B. Maalakaraddy JD(S) A. C. Kadloor
39 Gurmitkal BJP Sayibanna INC Baburao Chinchansur JD(S) Naganagouda Kandkur
Kalaburagi 40 Chittapur (SC) BJP Valmiki Nayak INC Priyank Kharge BSP V. K. Devaraja
41 Sedam BJP Rajkumar Patil INC Sharan Prakash Patil JD(S) Sunita Malkhed
42 Chincholi (SC) BJP Sunil Vallyapure INC Umesh. G. Jadhav JD(S) Sushilabai B. Korvi
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) BJP Basawaraj Mattimud INC Vijaykumar G. Ramakrishna JD(S) Revu Naik Belamgi
44 Gulbarga Dakshin BJP Dattatraya Revoor INC Allamprabhu Patil JD(S) Basavaraj Diggavi[b]
BSP Suryakant Nimbalkar[b]
45 Gulbarga Uttar BJP Chandrakant B. Patil INC Kaneez Fatima JD(S) Nasir Hussain Ustad
46 Aland BJP Subhash Guttedar INC B. R. Patil JD(S) Suryakant K. Koralli
Bidar 47 Basavakalyan BJP Mallikarjun Khuba INC B. Narayanrao JD(S) P. G. R. Sindhia
48 Humnabad BJP Subhash INC Rajashekar Patil JD(S) M. Naseemoddin Patel
49 Bidar South BJP Shailendra Beldale INC Ashok Kheny JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur
50 Bidar BJP Surayakanth Nagmarpalli INC Rahim Khan BSP M. Muniyappa
51 Bhalki BJP D. K. Sidram INC Eshwara Khandre JD(S) Prakash Khandre
52 Aurad (SC) BJP Prabhu Chauhan INC Vijaykumar JD(S) Dhanaji
Raichur 53 Raichur Rural (ST) BJP Tipparaju Hawaldar INC Basanagouda Daddal JD(S) Ravi Kumar Patil
54 Raichur BJP S. Shivaraj Patil INC Syed Yaseen JD(S) Mahantesh Patil
55 Manvi (ST) BJP Sharanappa K. Gudadinni INC G. Hampayya Nayak JD(S) Raja Venkatappa Naik
56 Devadurga (ST) BJP K. Shivanagouda Naik INC A. Rajashekar Nayak JD(S) Arkera Venkatesh Pujari
57 Lingsugur (SC) BJP Manappa D. Vajjal INC D. S. Hoolageri JD(S) Bandi Siddu
58 Sindhanur BJP Kolla Sheshagirirao INC Hampanagouda Badarli JD(S) Venkatrao Nadagouda
59 Maski (ST) BJP Basanagouda Turvihal INC Pratapagouda Patil JD(S) Rajasomanath Nayak
Koppal 60 Kushtagi BJP Doddanagouda Patil INC Amaregouda L. Patil JD(S) H. C. Neeravari
61 Kanakagiri (SC) BJP Basavaraj Dadesugur INC Shivaraj Tangadagi JD(S) Manjula Ravikumar
62 Gangawati BJP Paranna Munavalli INC Iqbal Ansari JD(S) Kariyanna Sangati
63 Yelburga BJP Achar Halappa Basappa INC Basavaraj Rayareddi JD(S) Veeranagouda Ballutagi
64 Koppal BJP K. S. Amarappa INC K. Raghavendra Hitnal JD(S) K. M. Syed
Gadag 65 Shirahatti (SC) BJP Ramappa S. Lamani INC Ramakrishna Shidlingappa BSP Chandrakanth S. Kadrolli
66 Gadag BJP Anil Mensinakai INC H. K. Patil BSP Mahaboobsab R. Sompur
67 Ron BJP Kalakappa Bandi INC Gurupadagouda Patil JD(S) Ravindranath J. Doddameti
68 Nargund BJP C. C. Patil INC B. R. Yavagal JD(S) Girimallanagouda Patil
Dharwad 69 Navalgund BJP Shankar Munenakoppa INC Asuti Vinod Kashinath JD(S) N. H. Konaraddi
70 Kundgol BJP C. S. Ishwaragod INC C. S. Shivalli JD(S) S. Akki Mallikarjuna
71 Dharwad BJP Amrut Desai INC Vinay Kulkarni JD(S) Tirakappa S. Jamanal
72 Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) BJP Chandrashekar Gokak INC Abbayya Prasad BSP Shobha Ballari
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central BJP Jagadish Shettar INC Mahesh Nalwad JD(S) Rajanna M. Koravi
74 Hubli-Dharwad-West BJP Arvind Bellad INC Md. Ismail Tamatgar
75 Kalghatgi BJP C. M. Nimbannavar INC Santosh Lad JD(S) Ambadagatti S. Rudrappa
Uttara Kannada 76 Haliyal BJP Sunil Hegade INC R. V. Deshpande JD(S) K. R. Ramesh
77 Karwar BJP Roopali Naik INC Satish Krishna Sail JD(S) Anand Asnotikar
78 Kumta BJP Dinakar Shetty INC Sharada Shetty JD(S) Nayak Pradeep Dayanand
79 Bhatkal BJP Sunil Biliya Naik INC Mankala Vaidya
80 Sirsi BJP Vishweshwar Kageri INC Bhimanna Naik JD(S) Shashibhushan Hegde
81 Yellapur BJP Andalagi Patil INC Arabail Hebbar Shivaram JD(S) Naik Ravindra A.
Haveri 82 Hangal BJP C. M. Udasi INC Srinivas Mane JD(S) Bommanahalli Babu
83 Shiggaon BJP Basavaraj Bommai INC Syed A. Khadri JD(S) Ashok Bevinamar
84 Haveri (SC) BJP Neharu Olekar INC Rudrappa Lamani JD(S) Sanjay Dange
85 Byadgi BJP Virupakshappa Ballary INC S. R. Patil BSP S. Bagannanavar
86 Hirekerur BJP Ujaneshwara Banakar INC Basavanagouda Patil JD(S) Siddappa Gudadappanavar
87 Ranibennur BJP Basavaraj Kelagar INC K. B. Koliwad JD(S) Shripad Sawkar
Vijayanagara 88 Hadagalli (SC) BJP B. Chandranaik INC P. T. Parameshwar Naik JD(S) Kayannanavara Putrappa
89 Hagaribommanahalli (SC) BJP K. Nemiraj Naik INC L. B. P. Bheema Naik JD(S) S. Krushna Naik
90 Vijayanagara BJP H. R. Gaviyappa INC Anand Singh JD(S) Deepak Singh
Ballary 91 Kampli (ST) BJP T. H. Suresh Babu INC J. N. Ganesh JD(S) K. Raghavendra
92 Siruguppa (ST) BJP M. S. Somalingappa INC B. Murali Krishna JD(S) Hosamane B. Maruthi
93 Bellary (ST) BJP Sanna Pakkirappa INC B Nagendra JD(S) D Ramesh
94 Bellary City BJP G. Somashekara Reddy INC Anil Lad JD(S) Mohamad Iqbal Hothur
95 Sandur (ST) BJP D. Raghavendra INC E. Tukaram JD(S) B. Vasanth Kumar
Vijayanagara 96 Kudligi (ST) BJP N. Y. Gopalakrishna INC Raghu Gujjal JD(S) N. T. Bommanna
Chitradurga 97 Molakalmuru (ST) BJP B. Sriramulu INC B. Yogesh Babu JD(S) G. M. Thippeswamy Patel
98 Challakere (ST) BJP K. T. Kumaraswamy INC T. Raghumurthy JD(S) Raveesh Kumar
99 Chitradurga BJP G. H. Thippareddy INC H. A. Shanmukhappa JD(S) K. C. Veerendra Puppy
100 Hiriyur BJP Poornima Krishnappa INC D. Sudhakar JD(S) D. Yashodhara
101 Hosadurga BJP Gulihatti D. Shekar INC B. G. Govindappa JD(S) Shashikumar
102 Holalkere (SC) BJP M. Chandrappa INC H. Anjaneya JD(S) T. Srinivasa Gaddige
Davanagere 103 Jagalur (ST) BJP S. V. Ramachandra INC H. P. Rajesh JD(S) B. Devendrappa
Vijayanagara 104 Harapanahalli BJP G. Karunakara Reddy INC M. P. Ravindra JD(S) Arasikere N. Kotresh
Davanagere 105 Harihar BJP B. P. Harish INC S. Ramappa JD(S) H. S. Shivashankar
106 Davanagere North BJP S. A. Ravindranath INC S. S. Mallikarjun JD(S) M. Ananda
107 Davanagere South BJP Yashavantha Rao Jadhav INC Shamanuru JD(S) J. Amanulla Khan
108 Mayakonda (SC) BJP N. Linganna INC K. S. Basavanthappa JD(S) Sheela Naik
109 Channagiri BJP K. Madalu Virupakshappa INC Vadnal Rajanna JD(S) D. Ramesha
110 Honnali BJP M. P. Renukacharya INC D. G. Shanthana Gowda BSP Kathari Satyanarayana Rao
Shimoga 111 Shimoga Rural (SC) BJP K. B. Ashok Naik INC Sreenivas Kariyanna JD(S) Sharada Puryanaik
112 Bhadravati BJP G. R. Praveen Patel INC B. K. Sangameshwar JD(S) M. J. Appaji
113 Shimoga BJP K. S. Eshwarappa INC K. B. Prasanna Kumar JD(S) H. N. Niranjan
114 Tirthahalli BJP Araga Jnanendra INC Kimmane Rathnakar JD(S) R. M. Manjunatha Gowda
115 Shikaripura BJP B. S. Yediyurappa INC Goni Malatesha JD(S) H. T. Balegar
116 Sorab BJP Kumar Bangarappa INC Raju Talluru JD(S) Madhu Bangarappa
117 Sagar BJP Hartalu Halappa INC Kagodu Thimmappa JD(S) M. B. Girishgowda
Udupi 118 Byndoor BJP B. M. Sukumar Shetty INC K. Gopala Poojary JD(S) Ravi Shetty
119 Kundapura BJP Halady Srinivas Shetty INC Rakesh Malli JD(S) Thekkatte Prakash Shetty
120 Udupi BJP K. Raghupati Bhat INC Pramod Madhwaraj JD(S) Birthi G. Bhandary
121 Kapu BJP Lalaji Mendon INC Vinay Kumar Sorake JD(S) M. Mansoor Ibrahim
122 Karkal BJP V. Sunil Kumar INC H. Gopal Bhandary BSP Uday Kumar
Chikmagalur 123 Sringeri BJP D. N. Jeevaraj INC T. D. Rajegowda JD(S) H. G. Venkatesh
124 Mudigere (SC) BJP M. P. Kumaraswamy INC C. Motamma JD(S) B. B. Ningaiah
125 Chikmagalur BJP C. T. Ravi INC B. L. Shankar JD(S) B. H. Harisha
126 Tarikere BJP D. S. Suresh INC S. M. Nagaraju JD(S) T. H. Shivashankarappa
127 Kadur BJP K. S. Prakash INC K. S. Anand JD(S) Y. S. V. Datta
Tumakuru 128 Chiknayakanhalli BJP J. C. Madhu Swamy INC Santhosh Jayachandra JD(S) C. B. Suresh Babu
129 Tiptur BJP B. C. Nagesh INC K. Shadakshari JD(S) Lokeshwara
130 Turuvekere BJP A. S. Jayaram INC Rangappa T. Chowdri JD(S) M. T. Krishnappa
131 Kunigal BJP D. Krishna Kumar INC H. D. Ranganath JD(S) D. Nagarajaiah
132 Tumkur City BJP G. B. Jyothi Ganesh INC S. Rafeeq Ahmed JD(S) N. Govindaraju
133 Tumkur Rural BJP B. Suresh Gowda INC Rayasandra Ravikumar JD(S) D. C. Gowri Shankar
134 Koratagere (SC) BJP Y. H. Huchhaiah INC G. Parameshwara JD(S) P. R. Sudhakara Lal
135 Gubbi BJP G. N. Bettaswamy INC K. Kumar JD(S) S. R. Srinivas
136 Sira BJP S. R. Gowda INC T. B. Jayachandra JD(S) B. Sathyanarayana
137 Pavagada (SC) BJP G. V. Balaram INC Venkataramanappa JD(S) K. M. Thimmarayappa
138 Madhugiri BJP S. E. Ramesh Reddy INC K. N. Rajanna JD(S) M. V. Veerabhadraiah
Chikkaballapura 139 Gauribidanur BJP K. Jaipal Reddy INC N. H. Shivashankara Reddy JD(S) C. R. Narasimhamurthy
140 Bagepalli BJP P. Saikumar INC S. N. Subbareddy JD(S) C. R. Manohar
141 Chikkaballapur BJP G. V. Manjunatha INC K. Sudhakar JD(S) K. P. Bachegowda
142 Sidlaghatta BJP H. Suresh INC V. Muniyappa JD(S) B. N. Ravikumar
143 Chintamani BJP Naa Shankar INC Vani Krishnareddy JD(S) J. K. Krishna Reddy
Kolar 144 Srinivaspur BJP K. N. Venugopal INC K. R. Ramesh Kumar JD(S) G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy
145 Mulbagal (SC) BJP Amaresh [c] JD(S) Samruddhi Manjunath
146 Kolar Gold Field (SC) BJP Ashwini Sampangi INC M. Roopakala JD(S) M. Backthavachalam
147 Bangarapet (SC) BJP B. P. Venkatamuniyappa INC S. N. Narayanaswamy JD(S) M. Mallesh Babu
148 Kolar BJP R. Venkatachalapathi INC Sy. Zameer Pasha JD(S) K. Srinivasa Gowda
149 Malur BJP Krisshnaiah Setty INC K. Y. Nanjegowda JD(S) K. S. Manjunath Gowda
Bangalore Urban 150 Yelahanka BJP S. R. Vishwanath INC M. N. Gopalakrishna JD(S) A. M. Hanumanthegowda
151 K.R. Pura BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy INC Byrati Basavaraj JD(S) D. A. Gopala
152 Byatarayanapura BJP A. Ravi INC Krishna Byre Gowda JD(S) T. G. Chandra
153 Yeshvanthapura BJP Jaggesh INC S. T. Somashekhar JD(S) T. N. Javarayi Gowda
154 Rajarajeshwarinagar[d] BJP P. Muniraju Gowda INC Munirathna JD(S) G. H. Ramachandra
155 Dasarahalli BJP S. Muniraju INC P. N. Krishnamurthy JD(S) R. Manjunatha
156 Mahalakshmi Layout BJP N. L. Narendra Babu INC H. S. Manjunatha JD(S) K. Gopalaiah
157 Malleshwaram BJP C. N. Ashwath Narayan INC Kengal Shreepada Renu JD(S) N. Madhusudhan
158 Hebbal BJP Y. A. Narayanaswamy INC B. S. Suresh JD(S) Hanumanthe Gowda
159 Pulakeshinagar (SC) BJP Susheela Devaraj INC Akhanda S. Murthy JD(S) B. Prasannakumar
160 Sarvagnanagar BJP M. N. Reddy INC K. J. George JD(S) Anwar Sharieff
161 C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) BJP S. Raghu INC R. Sampath Raj JD(S) P. Ramesh
162 Shivajinagar BJP K. Subramanya Naidu INC R. Roshan Baig JD(S) Shaik Masthan Ali
163 Shanti Nagar BJP K. Vasudevamurthy INC N. A. Haris JD(S) N. R. Sridhar Reddy
164 Gandhi Nagar BJP A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda INC Dinesh Gundu Rao JD(S) V. Narayanaswamy
165 Rajaji Nagar BJP S. Suresh Kumar INC G. Padmavathi JD(S) H. M. Krishnamurthy
166 Govindraj Nagar BJP V. Somanna INC Priyakrishna JD(S) A. Nagendra Prasad
167 Vijay Nagar BJP H. Ravindra INC M. Krishnappa JD(S) N. E. Paramashiva
168 Chamrajpet BJP M. Lakshminarayana INC B. Z. Zameer Khan JD(S) B. K. Altaf Khan
169 Chickpet BJP Uday Garudachar INC R. V. Devraj JD(S) D. Hemachandra Sagar
170 Basavanagudi BJP L. A. Ravi Subramanya INC M. Boregowda JD(S) K. Bagegowda
171 Padmanaba Nagar BJP R. Ashoka INC M. Srinivas JD(S) V. K. Gopal
172 B. T. M. Layout BJP Lallesh Reddy INC Ramalinga Reddy JD(S) K. Devadas
173 Jayanagar[e] BJP B. N. Prahlad INC Sowmya Reddy JD(S) Kalegowda
174 Mahadevapura (SC) BJP Arvind Limbavali INC A. C. Srinivasa JD(S) K. Sathish
175 Bommanahalli BJP M. Sathish Reddy INC Sushma Rajagopala Reddy JD(S) T. R. Prasad
176 Bangalore South BJP M. Krishnappa INC R.K. Ramesh JD(S) R. Prabhakar Reddy
177 Anekal (SC) BJP A. Narayanaswamy INC B. Shivanna BSP G. Srinivas
Bangalore Rural 178 Hosakote BJP Sharath Bache Gowda INC M. T. B. Nagaraj JD(S) Krishna Murthy R.
179 Devanahalli (SC) BJP K. Nagesh INC Venkataswamy JD(S) L. N. Narayanaswamy
180 Doddaballapur BJP J. Narasimhaswamy INC T. Venkataramanaiah JD(S) B. Munegowda
181 Nelamangala (SC) BJP M. V. Nagaraju INC R. Narayanaswamy JD(S) K. Sreenivasamurthy
Ramanagara 182 Magadi BJP M. C. Hanumantharaj INC H. C. Balakrishna JD(S) A. Manjunath
183 Ramanagaram BJP Leelavathi INC H. A. Iqbal Hussain JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy
184 Kanakapura BJP Nandini Gowda INC D. K. Shivakumar JD(S) Narayana Gowda
185 Channapatna BJP C. P. Yogeshwara INC H. M. Revanna JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy
Mandya 186 Malavalli (SC) BJP B. Somashekhar INC P. M. Narendraswamy JD(S) K. Annadani
187 Maddur BJP Madduru Sathisha INC Madhu G. Madegowda JD(S) D. C. Thammanna
188 Melukote BJP Sundahalli Somashekara [f] JD(S) C. S. Puttaraju
189 Mandya BJP N. Shivanna INC P. Ravikumar JD(S) M. Srinivas
190 Shrirangapattana BJP K. S. Nanjundegowda INC Ramesha Bandisidde JD(S) Ravindra Srikantaiah
191 Nagamangala BJP Parthasarathy Gowda INC N. Chaluvaraya Swamy JD(S) Suresh Gowdaa
192 Krishnarajapete BJP B. C. Manju INC K. B. Chandrashekar JD(S) Narayana Gowda
Hassan 193 Shravanabelagola BJP Shivananjegowda INC C. S. Puttegowda JD(S) C. N. Balakrishna
194 Arsikere BJP G. Mariswamy INC G. B. Shashidhara JD(S) K. M. Shivalinge Gowda
195 Belur BJP H. K. Suresh INC Keerthana Rudreshagowda JD(S) K. S. Lingesha
196 Hassan BJP Preetham J. Gowda INC H. K. Mahesh JD(S) H. S. Prakash
197 Holenarasipur BJP M. N. Raju INC B. P. Manjegowda JD(S) H. D. Revanna
198 Arkalgud BJP H. Yogaramesha INC A. Manju JD(S) A. T. Ramaswamy
199 Sakleshpur (SC) BJP Somashekar Jayaraj INC M. Siddaiah JD(S) H. K. Kumaraswamy
Dakshina Kannada 200 Belthangady BJP Harish Poonja INC K. Vasantha Bangera JD(S) Sumathi S. Hegde
201 Moodabidri BJP Umanatha Kotian INC Abhayachandra Jain JD(S) Jeevan Krishna Shetty
202 Mangalore City North BJP Y. Bharath Shetty INC Mohiuddin Bava
203 Mangalore City South BJP D. Vedavyas Kamath INC J. R. Lobo JD(S) Rathnakara Suvarna
204 Mangalore BJP Santhosh Kumar Rai INC U. T. Khader JD(S) K. Ashraf
205 Bantval BJP U. Rajesh Naik INC Ramanath Rai
206 Puttur BJP Sanjeeva Matandoor INC Shakunthala T. Shetty JD(S) I. C. Kailas Gowda
207 Sullia (SC) BJP S. Angara INC B. Raghu BSP Raghu
Kodagu 208 Madikeri BJP Appachu Ranjan INC K. P. Chandrakala JD(S) B. A. Jivijaya
209 Virajpet BJP K. G. Bopaiah INC C. S. Arun Machaiah JD(S) M. M. Sanketh Poovaiah
Mysore 210 Periyapatna BJP S. Manjunatha INC K. Venkatesh JD(S) K. Mahadeva
211 Krishnarajanagara BJP H. G. Shwetha Gopala INC D. Ravishankar JD(S) S. R. Mahesh
212 Hunasuru BJP J. S. Ramesh Kumar INC H. P. Manjunath JD(S) Adagur Vishwanath
213 Heggadadevankote (ST) BJP Siddaraju INC Anil Chikkamadhu JD(S) Chikkanna
214 Nanjangud (SC) BJP B. Harshavardhan INC Kalale N. Keshavamurthy JD(S) H. S. Dayanandamurthy
215 Chamundeshwari BJP S. R. Gopalrao INC Siddaramaiah JD(S) G. T. Devegowda
216 Krishnaraja BJP S. A. Ramadas INC M. K. Somashekar JD(S) K. V. Mallesh
217 Chamaraja BJP L. Nagendra INC Vasu JD(S) K. S. Rangappa
218 Narasimharaja BJP S. Satheesh INC Tanveer Sait JD(S) Abdul Azeez
219 Varuna BJP T. Basavaraju INC Yathindra S. JD(S) Abhishek S. Manegar
220 T.Narasipur (SC) BJP S. Shankar INC H. C. Mahadevappa JD(S) M. Ashvin Kumar
Chamarajanagar 221 Hanur BJP Preethan Nagappa INC R. Narendra JD(S) M. R. Manjunath
222 Kollegal (SC) BJP G. N. Nanjunda Swamy INC A. R. Krishnamurthy BSP N. Mahesh
223 Chamarajanagar BJP K. R. Mallikarjunappa INC C. Puttarangashetty BSP A. M. Mallikarjunaswamy
224 Gundlupet BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar INC M. C. Mohan Kumari BSP S. Guruprasad

Election campaign

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officially began its election campaign on 2 November 2017.[29] The party spent 85 days covering all the assembly constituencies, culminating in Bangalore on 4 February 2018, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it.[30] In early March, the party launched a 14-day Protect Bengaluru March travelling across Bangalore aimed at, according to the party, "reviving" and "rebuilding" the city from Indian National Congress' "criminal neglect".[31]

In December 2017, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, although not part of the election campaign, undertook a task of setting up booth-level committees at 54,261 locations in the state which will be responsible to disseminate information on various programs of the ruling Indian National Congress and their implementation. The move was seen as an "extensive outreach program" preceding the elections.[32]

Opinion polls

Polling firm/commissioner Date published Majority
BJP INC JD(S)+ Others
Public TV[33] 2 January 2018 85–90 90–95 40–45 0–6 Hung
CHS[34] 13 January 2018 75–76
36.40%
77–81
33.20%
64–66
24.90%
Hung
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies[35] 2 February 2018 113 85 25 1 BJP
C-Fore[36] 26 March 2018 80
31.00%
126
46.00%
27
16.00%
1
7.00%
INC
India Today-Karvy Insights[37] 13 April 2018 78–86
35%
90–101
37%
34–43
19%
2–12
9%
Hung
BTV[33] 19 April 2018 82–87
35%
94–99
37%
39–44
19%
2–6
9%
Hung
Times Now-VMR[38] 23 April 2018 89
35%
91
37%
40
19%
4
9%
Hung
C-Fore[39] 1 May 2018 63–73
35%
118–128
37%
29–36
20%
2–7
8%
INC
ABP News-CSDS[40] 7 May 2018 79–89
33%
92–102
38%
34–42
22%
1–7
7%
Hung
Flash News – TV 5[41] 7 May 2018 110–120
36–38%
65–75
33–35%
38–42
20–22%
2–6 BJP
Spick Media[42] 9 May 2018 88
101
31
3
Hung
India TV[43] 9 May 2018 85
96
38
4
Hung
News X-CNX[44] 9 May 2018 87
90
39
7
Hung
Average as on 8 May 2018 87 96 36 05 Hung

Preferred chief minister polling

Some opinion pollsters asked voters which party leader they would prefer as chief minister – Siddaramaiah (Indian National Congress), B. S. Yeddyurappa (Bharatiya Janata Party), or H. D. Kumaraswamy (Janata Dal (Secular)). Lokniti-CSDS conducted surveys between 11 and 15 January interviewing 878 people. While 34 percent of the sample wanted Siddaramaiah to remain the chief minister for the next term, 19 percent chose Kumaraswamy and 14 percent chose Yeddyurappa.[45] A poll conducted by CHS in the same month found that Kumaraswamy was the first choice, followed by Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah in that order.[46] C-Fore's survey of a sample size of 22,357 voters across 154 assembly constituencies between 1 and 25 March showed that Siddaramaiah, with 45 percent, was the most popular choice for chief minister, followed by Yeddyurappa at 26 percent and Kumaraswamy at 13 percent, while 16 percent preferred 'others'.[47]

Exit polls

The exit polls remained divided, with only one predicting that a party – BJP – would get past the majority mark. Five polls predicted that BJP would have the most seats, while two predicted that the Congress was in a comfortable lead, and one predicted a cliffhanger. Today's Chanakya's exit poll, which was released last and took into account voting right until polling closure time, predicted a clear majority for BJP.

Exit polls
Polling firm/commissioner Date published Majority
BJP INC JD(S) Others
IndiaTV-VMR[48] 12 May 2018 94 97 28 3 Hung
ABP News-C Voter[49] 12 May 2018 110 88 24 2 Hung
Times Now-VMR[50] 12 May 2018 87 97 35 3 Hung
Times Now-Today's Chanakya[51] 12 May 2018 120 73 26 3 BJP
India Today-Axis My India[52] 12 May 2018 85 111 26 0 Hung
NewsX-CNX[53] 12 May 2018 106 75 37 4 Hung
News Nation[54] 12 May 2018 107 73 38 4 Hung
Average 12 May 2018 101 88 31 4 Hung

Results

Seat share
  1. BJP (46.4%)
  2. INC (35.2%)
  3. JD(S) (16.5%)
  4. Others (1.34%)
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 13,328,524 36.35 Increase16.3 104 Increase64
Indian National Congress (INC) 13,986,526 38.14 Increase1.4 80 Decrease42
Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) 6,726,667 18.3 Decrease1.9 37 Decrease3
Independents (IND) 1,438,106 3.9 Decrease 3.5 1 Decrease8
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 108,592 0.32 1 Increase1
Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP) 74,229 0.2 1 Increase1
Other parties and candidates 683,632 2.2 0 Decrease13
None of the Above (NOTA) 322,841 0.9
Total 36,739,562 100.00 224 ±0
Valid votes 36,739,562 99.92
Invalid votes 30,392 0.08
Votes cast / turnout 36,769,954 72.50
Abstentions 13,948,244 27.50
Registered voters 50,718,198

Region-wise break-up

Vote share
  1. INC (38.1%)
  2. BJP (36.4%)
  3. JD(S) (18.3%)
  4. Others (7.21%)
Region Total seats BJP INC JD(S) Others
Mysuru Karnataka 57 11 17 27 2
Kitturu Karnataka 50 30 17 2 1
Kalyana Karnataka 40 15 21 4 0
Greater Bengaluru 32 11 17 4 0
Madhya Karnataka 26 21 5 0 0
Karavali Karnataka 19 16 3 0 0
Total 224 104 80 37 3

District-wise break-up

Districts Total BJP INC JD(S) OTH
Belagavi 18 10 8 0 0
Bagalkote 7 5 2 0 0
Vijayapura 8 3 3 2 0
Kalaburagi 9 4 5 0 0
Yadagiri 4 2 1 1 0
Bidar 6 1 4 1 0
Raichuru 7 2 3 2 0
Koppala 5 3 2 0 0
Gadaga 4 3 1 0 0
Dharwada 7 5 2 0 0
Uttara Kannada (Karwara) 6 4 2 0 0
Haveri 6 4 1 0 1
Ballari 9 3 6 0 0
Chitradurga 6 5 1 0 0
Davanagere 8 6 2 0 0
Shivamogga 7 6 1 0 0
Udupi 5 5 0 0 0
Chikkamagaluru 5 4 1 0 0
Tumakuru 11 4 3 4 0
Chikkaballapura 5 0 4 1 0
Kolar 6 0 4 1 1
Bengaluru Urban 28 11 15 2 0
Bengaluru Rural 4 0 2 2 0
Mandya 7 0 0 7 0
Hassana 7 1 0 6 0
Kodagu 2 2 0 0 0
Mysuru 11 3 3 5 0
Chamarajanagara 4 1 2 0 1
Ramanagara 4 0 1 3 0
Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru) 8 7 1 0 0
Total 224 104 80 37 3

List of winning candidates

The election results for each constituency are as follows:[55][56]

District Constituency Winner Runner up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Belagavi 1 Nippani Shashikala Jolle BJP 87,006 50.51 Kakaso P. Patil INC 78,500 45.57 8,506 4.94
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga Ganesh Hukkeri INC 91,467 51.04 Annasaheb Jolle BJP 80,898 45.14 10,569 5.90
3 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli INC 82,094 48.13 Laxman Savadi BJP 79,763 46.76 2,331 1.37
4 Kagwad Shrimant Patil INC 83,060 56.99 Bharamgouda A. Kage BJP 50,118 34.39 32,942 22.60
5 Kudachi (SC) P. Rajeev BJP 67,781 49.60 Amit S. Ghatage INC 52,773 38.62 15,008 10.98
6 Raybag (SC) Duryodhan Aihole BJP 67,502 44.88 Pradeepkumar R. Malagi INC 50,954 33.88 16,548 11.00
7 Hukkeri Umesh Katti BJP 83,588 52.94 Appayyagouda B. Patil INC 68,203 43.20 15,385 9.74
8 Arabhavi Balachandra Jarkiholi BJP 96,144 54.34 Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad JD(S) 48,816 27.59 47,328 26.75
9 Gokak Ramesh Jarkiholi INC 90,249 51.87 Ashok Pujari BJP 75,969 43.67 14,280 8.20
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) Satish Jarkiholi INC 73,512 49.16 Astagi Maruti Mallappa BJP 70,662 47.26 2,850 1.90
11 Belgaum Uttar Anil S. Benake BJP 79,060 53.63 Fairoz Nuruddin Saith INC 61,793 41.91 17,267 11.72
12 Belgaum Dakshin Abhay Patil BJP 84,498 57.59 M. D. Lakshminarayana INC 25,806 17.59 58,692 40.00
13 Belgaum Rural Lakshmi Hebbalkar INC 1,02,040 54.74 Sanjay Patil BJP 50,316 26.99 51,724 27.75
14 Khanapur Anjali Nimbalkar INC 36,649 23.76 Vithal Halagekar BJP 31,516 20.44 5,133 3.32
15 Kittur D. M. Basavantaray BJP 73,155 49.26 D. B. Inamdar INC 40,293 27.13 32,862 22.13
16 Bailhongal Mahantesh Koujalagi INC 47,040 32.49 Jagdish C. Metgud IND 41,918 28.95 5,122 3.54
17 Saundatti Yellamma Anand Mamani BJP 62,480 40.65 Anand Chopra IND 56,189 36.56 6,291 4.09
18 Ramdurg Mahadevappa Yadawad BJP 68,349 45.17 Ashok Pattan INC 65,474 43.27 2,875 1.90
Bagalkot 19 Mudhol (SC) Govind Karjol BJP 76,431 51.63 Bandiwaddar Chinnappa INC 60,949 41.17 15,482 10.46
20 Terdal Siddu Savadi BJP 87,583 50.45 Umashree INC 66,470 38.29 21,113 12.16
21 Jamkhandi Anand Nyamagouda INC 49,245 32.06 Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao BJP 46,450 30.24 2,795 1.82
22 Bilgi Murugesh Nirani BJP 85,135 49.12 J. T. Patil INC 80,324 46.34 4,811 2.78
23 Badami Siddaramaiah INC 67,599 41.24 B. Sriramulu BJP 65,903 40.20 1,696 1.04
24 Bagalkot Veerabhadrayya Charantimath BJP 85,653 53.03 H. Y. Meti INC 69,719 43.17 15,934 9.86
25 Hungund Doddanagouda G. Patil BJP 65,012 41.53 Vijayanand Kashappanavar INC 59,785 38.19 5,227 3.34
Vijayapura 26 Muddebihal A. S. Patil BJP 63,512 45.76 C. S. Nadagouda INC 54,879 39.54 8,633 6.22
27 Devar Hippargi Somanagouda B. Patil BJP 48,245 34.69 Bhimanagouda Patil JD(S) 44,892 32.28 3,353 2.41
28 Basavana Bagevadi Shivanand Patil INC 58,647 39.79 Somanagouda B. Patil JD(S) 55,461 37.63 3,186 2.16
29 Babaleshwar M. B. Patil INC 98,339 57.29 Vijayakumar S. Patil BJP 68,624 39.98 29,715 17.31
30 Bijapur City Basangouda Patil Yatnal BJP 76,308 50.30 Abdul Hameed Mushrif INC 69,895 46.07 6,413 4.23
31 Nagthan (SC) Devanand Fulasing Chavan JD(S) 59,709 34.00 Katakadond Vittal Dondiba INC 54,108 30.81 5,601 3.19
32 Indi Y. R. Pati INC 50,401 29.98 B. D. Patil Hanjagi JD(S) 40,463 24.07 9,938 5.91
33 Sindgi M. C. Managuli JD(S) 70,865 44.15 Ramesh Bhusanur BJP 61,560 38.36 9,305 5.79
Kalaburagi 34 Afzalpur M. Y. Patil INC 71,735 47.92 Malikayya Guttedar BJP 61,141 40.84 10,594 7.08
35 Jevargi Ajay Singh INC 68,508 42.36 Doddappa Gouda S. Patil Naribol BJP 52,452 32.43 16,056 9.93
Yadgir 36 Shorapur (ST) Narasimha Nayak BJP 1,04,426 52.96 Raja Venkatappa Naik INC 81,858 41.51 22,568 11.45
37 Shahapur Sharanabasappa Darshanapur INC 78,642 50.27 Guru Patil Sirwal BJP 47,668 30.47 30,974 19.80
38 Yadgir Venkatreddy Mudnal BJP 62,227 43.08 Dr. A. B. Malaka Reddy INC 49,346 34.16 12,881 8.92
39 Gurmitkal Naganagouda Kandkur JD(S) 79,627 52.40 Baburao Chinchansur INC 55,147 36.29 24,480 16.11
Kalaburagi 40 Chittapur (SC) Priyank Kharge INC 69,700 49.65 Valmiki Nayak BJP 65,307 46.53 4,393 3.12
41 Sedam Rajkumar Patil BJP 80,668 50.87 Sharan Prakash Patil INC 73,468 46.33 7,200 4.54
42 Chincholi (SC) Umesh. G. Jadhav INC 73,905 55.57 Sunil Vallyapure BJP 54,693 41.12 19,212 14.45
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) Basawaraj Mattimud BJP 61,750 40.49 Vijaykumar G. Ramakrishna INC 49,364 32.37 12,386 8.12
44 Gulbarga Dakshin Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor BJP 64,788 44.88 Allamprabhu Patil INC 59,357 41.12 5,431 3.76
45 Gulbarga Uttar Kaneez Fathima INC 64,311 43.29 Chandrakant Patil BJP 58,371 39.29 5,940 4.00
46 Aland Subhash Guttedar BJP 76,815 47.83 B. R. Patil INC 76,118 47.39 697 0.44
Bidar 47 Basavakalyan B. Narayan Rao INC 61,425 42.27 Mallikarjun Khuba BJP 44,153 30.38 17,272 11.89
48 Humnabad Rajashekar Patil INC 74,945 47.04 Subhash BJP 43,131 27.07 31,814 19.97
49 Bidar South Bandeppa Kashempur JD(S) 55,107 39.68 Dr. Shailendra Beldale BJP 42,365 30.50 12,742 9.18
50 Bidar Rahim Khan INC 73,270 52.10 Surayakanth Nagmarpalli BJP 63,025 44.82 10,245 7.28
51 Bhalki Eshwara Khandre INC 84,673 50.68 D. K. Sidram BJP 63,235 37.85 21,438 12.83
52 Aurad (SC) Prabhu Chauhan BJP 75,061 50.92 Vijaykumar INC 64,469 43.73 10,592 7.19
Raichur 53 Raichur Rural (ST) Basanagouda Daddal INC 66,656 41.23 Tipparaju Hawaldar BJP 56,692 35.06 9,964 6.17
54 Raichur S. Shivaraj Patil BJP 56,511 45.61 Syed Yaseen INC 45,520 36.74 10,991 8.87
55 Manvi (ST) Raja Venkatappa Nayak JD(S) 53,548 34.76 Dr. Tanusree Preeti IND 37,733 24.49 15,815 10.27
56 Devadurga (ST) K. Shivanagouda Naik BJP 67,003 42.58 A Rajashekar Nayak INC 45,958 29.20 21,045 13.38
57 Lingsugur (SC) D. S. Hoolageri INC 54,230 33.04 Bandi Shiddu JD(S) 49,284 30.02 4,946 3.02
58 Sindhanur Venkatrao Nadagouda JD(S) 71,514 43.75 Hampanagouda Badarli INC 69,917 42.77 1,597 0.98
59 Maski (ST) Pratapagouda Patil INC 60,387 44.17 Basanagouda Turvihal BJP 60,174 44.01 213 0.16
Koppal 60 Kushtagi Amaregowda Bayyapur INC 87,566 52.73 Doddanagouda H. Patil BJP 69,535 41.87 18,031 10.86
61 Kanakagiri (SC) Basavaraj Dadesugur BJP 87,735 52.38 Shivaraj Tangadagi INC 73,510 43.88 14,225 8.50
62 Gangawati Paranna Munavalli BJP 67,617 45.91 Iqbal Ansari INC 59,644 40.50 7,973 5.41
63 Yelburga Halappa Achar BJP 79,072 48.02 Basavaraj Rayareddy INC 65,754 39.93 13,318 8.09
64 Koppal K. Raghavendra Hitnal INC 98,783 54.64 Amaresh Sanganna Karadi BJP 72,432 40.07 26,351 14.57
Gadag 65 Shirahatti (SC) Ramappa Sobeppa Lamani BJP 91,967 57.26 Ramakrishna S. Doddamani INC 61,974 38.59 29,993 18.67
66 Gadag H. K. Patil INC 77,699 48.41 Anil Mensinakai BJP 75,831 47.25 1,868 1.16
67 Ron Kalakappa Bandi BJP 83,735 49.09 Gurupadagouda Patil INC 76,401 44.79 7,334 4.30
68 Nargund C. C. Patil BJP 73,045 50.52 B. R. Yavagal INC 65,066 45.00 7,979 5.52
Dharwad 69 Navalgund Shankar Patil Munenakoppa BJP 65,718 41.19 N. H. Konaraddi JD(S) 45,197 28.33 20,521 12.86
70 Kundgol C. S. Shivalli INC 64,871 43.97 C. S. Ishwaragod BJP 64,237 43.54 634 0.43
71 Dharwad Amrut Desai BJP 85,123 54.70 Vinay Kulkarni INC 64,783 41.63 20,340 13.07
72 Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) Abbayya Prasad INC 77,080 56.64 Chandrashekar Gokak BJP 55,613 40.86 21,467 15.78
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central Jagadish Shettar BJP 75,794 51.31 Dr. Mahesh Nalwad INC 54,488 36.89 21,306 14.42
74 Hubli-Dharwad-West Arvind Bellad BJP 96,462 61.16 Mhd. Ismail Tamatgar INC 55,975 35.49 40,487 25.67
75 Kalghatgi C M Nimbannavar BJP 83,267 54.82 Santosh Lad INC 57,270 37.70 25,997 17.12
Uttara Kannada 76 Haliyal R. V. Deshpande INC 61,577 46.41 Sunil Hegade BJP 56,437 42.53 5,140 3.88
77 Karwar Roopali Naik BJP 60,339 37.69 Anand Asnotikar JD(S) 46,275 28.90 14,064 8.79
78 Kumta Dinakar Keshav Shetty BJP 59,392 40.63 Sharada Mohan Shetty INC 26,642 18.23 32,750 22.40
79 Bhatkal Sunil Biliya Naik BJP 83,172 50.14 Mankala Vaidya INC 77,242 46.56 5,930 3.58
80 Sirsi V. H. Kageri BJP 70,595 45.52 Bhimanna T. Naik INC 53,134 34.26 17,461 11.26
81 Yellapur Arbail Shivaram Hebbar INC 66,290 47.26 Andalagi V. S. Patil BJP 64,807 46.20 1,483 1.06
Haveri 82 Hangal C. M. Udasi BJP 80,529 49.10 Srinivas Mane INC 74,015 45.13 6,514 3.97
83 Shiggaon Basavaraj Bommai BJP 83,868 49.02 Syed Azeempeer Khadri INC 74,603 43.61 9,265 5.41
84 Haveri (SC) Neharu Olekar BJP 86,565 50.74 Rudrappa Lamani INC 75,261 44.12 11,304 6.62
85 Byadgi Ballary V. Rudrappa BJP 91,721 54.98 S. R. Patil INC 70,450 42.23 21,271 12.75
86 Hirekerur B. C. Patil INC 72,461 48.10 U. B. Banakar BJP 71,906 47.73 555 0.37
87 Ranibennur R. Shankar KPJP 63,910 35.64 K. B. Koliwad INC 59,572 33.22 4,338 2.42
Vijayanagara 88 Hadagalli (SC) P. T. Parameshwar Naik INC 54,097 38.65 Odo Gangappa IND 44,919 32.09 9,178 6.56
89 Hagaribommanahalli (SC) L. B. P. Bheema Naik INC 78,337 44.46 K. Nemiraj Naik BJP 71,105 40.36 7,232 4.10
90 Vijayanagara Anand Singh INC 83,214 50.09 H. R. Gaviyappa BJP 74,986 45.14 8,228 4.95
Ballary 91 Kampli (ST) J. N. Ganesh INC 80,592 48.62 T. H. Suresh Babu BJP 75,037 45.27 5,555 3.35
92 Siruguppa (ST) M. S. Somalingappa BJP 82,546 54.25 B. Murali Krishna INC 61,275 40.27 21,271 13.98
93 Bellary (ST) B. Nagendra INC 79,186 48.54 Sanna Pakirappa BJP 76,507 46.90 2,679 1.64
94 Bellary City G. Somashekara Reddy BJP 76,589 50.63 Anil Lad INC 60,434 39.95 16,155 10.68
95 Sandur (ST) E. Tukaram INC 78,106 49.53 D. Raghavendra Manju BJP 64,096 40.64 14,010 8.89
Vijayanagara 96 Kudligi (ST) N. Y. Gopalakrishna BJP 50,085 32.93 N. T. Bommanna JD(S) 39,272 25.82 10,813 7.11
Chitradurga 97 Molakalmuru (ST) B. Sriramulu BJP 84,018 43.63 Dr. B. Yogesh Babu INC 41,973 21.80 42,045 21.83
98 Challakere (ST) T. Raghumurthy INC 72,874 43.12 Raveesh Kumar JD(S) 59,335 35.11 13,539 8.01
99 Chitradurga G. H. Thippareddy BJP 82,896 43.78 K. C. Veerendra Puppy JD(S) 49,911 26.36 32,985 17.42
100 Hiriyur Poornima Krishnappa BJP 77,733 41.17 D. Sudhakar INC 64,858 34.36 12,875 6.81
101 Hosadurga Gulihatti D. Shekar BJP 90,562 56.66 B. G. Govindappa INC 64,570 40.40 25,992 16.26
102 Holalkere (SC) M. Chandrappa BJP 1,07,976 57.29 H. Anjaneya INC 69,036 36.63 38,940 20.66
Devangere 103 Jagalur (ST) S. V. Ramachandra BJP 78,948 53.22 H. P. Rajesh INC 49,727 33.52 29,221 19.70
Vijayanagara 104 Harapanahalli G. Karunakara Reddy BJP 67,603 40.14 M. P. Ravindra INC 57,956 34.41 9,647 5.73
Devangere 105 Harihar S. Ramappa INC 64,801 39.29 B. P. Harish BJP 57,541 34.89 7,260 4.40
106 Davanagere North S. A. Ravindranath BJP 76,540 48.65 S. S. Mallikarjun INC 72,469 46.06 4,071 2.59
107 Davanagere South Shamanuru Shivashankarappa INC 71,369 52.45 Yashavantha Rao Jadhav BJP 55,485 40.78 15,884 11.67
108 Mayakonda (SC) N. Linganna BJP 50,556 32.58 K. S. Basavanthappa INC 44,098 28.42 6,458 4.16
109 Channagiri K. Madalu Virupakshappa BJP 73,794 46.68 Vadnal Rajanna INC 48,014 30.37 25,780 16.31
110 Honnali M. P. Renukacharya BJP 80,624 49.81 D. G. Shanthana Gowda INC 76,391 47.19 4,233 2.62
Shimoga 111 Shimoga Rural (SC) K. B. Ashok Naik BJP 69,326 40.25 Sharada Puryanaik JD(S) 65,549 38.06 3,777 2.19
112 Bhadravati B. K. Sangameshwara INC 75,722 49.53 M. J. Appaji Gowda JD(S) 64,155 41.97 11,567 7.56
113 Shimoga K. S. Eshwarappa BJP 1,04,027 60.36 K. B. Prasanna Kumar INC 57,920 33.61 46,107 26.75
114 Tirthahalli Araga Jnanendra BJP 67,527 43.03 Kimmane Rathnakar INC 45,572 29.04 21,955 13.99
115 Shikaripura B. S. Yediyurappa BJP 86,983 56.16 Goni Malatesha INC 51,586 33.31 35,397 22.85
116 Sorab Kumar Bangarappa BJP 72,091 46.15 Madhu Bangarappa JD(S) 58,805 37.65 13,286 8.50
117 Sagar Hartalu Halappa BJP 78,475 50.65 Kagodu Thimmappa INC 70,436 45.46 8,039 5.19
Udupi 118 Byndoor B. M. Sukumar Shetty BJP 96,029 54.34 K. Gopala Poojary INC 71,636 40.54 24,393 13.80
119 Kundapura Halady Srinivas Shetty BJP 1,03,434 65.20 Rakesh Malli INC 47,029 29.64 56,405 35.56
120 Udupi K. Raghupati Bhat BJP 84,946 52.31 Pramod Madhwaraj INC 72,902 44.89 12,044 7.42
121 Kapu Lalaji Mendon BJP 75,893 52.54 Vinay Kumar Sorake INC 63,976 44.29 11,917 8.25
122 Karkal V. Sunil Kumar BJP 91,245 62.52 H. Gopal Bhandary INC 48,679 33.36 42,566 29.16
Chikmagalur 123 Sringeri T. D. Rajegowda INC 62,780 45.81 D. N. Jeevaraj BJP 60,791 44.36 1,989 1.45
124 Mudigere (SC) M. P. Kumaraswamy BJP 58,783 44.76 C. Motamma INC 46,271 35.24 12,512 9.52
125 Chikmagalur C. T. Ravi BJP 70,863 43.98 B. L. Shankar INC 44,549 27.65 26,314 16.33
126 Tarikere D. S. Suresh BJP 44,940 30.04 G. H. Srinivasa IND 33,253 22.23 11,687 7.81
127 Kadur K. S. Prakash BJP 62,232 38.97 Y. S. V. Datta JD(S) 46,860 29.34 15,372 9.63
Tumakuru 128 Chiknayakanhalli J. C. Madhu Swamy BJP 69,612 38.53 C. B. Suresh Babu JD(S) 59,335 32.84 10,277 5.69
129 Tiptur B. C. Nagesh BJP 61,383 40.50 K. Shadakshari INC 35,820 23.63 25,563 16.87
130 Turuvekere A. S. Jayaram BJP 60,710 39.54 M. T. Krishnappa JD(S) 58,661 38.21 2,049 1.33
131 Kunigal H. D. Ranganath INC 58,697 36.25 D. Krishna Kumar BJP 53,097 32.79 5,600 3.46
132 Tumkur City G. B. Jyothi Ganesh BJP 60,421 35.57 N. Govindaraju JD(S) 55,128 32.45 5,293 3.12
133 Tumkur Rural D. C. Gowri Shankar JD(S) 82,740 48.01 B. Suresh Gowda BJP 77,100 44.74 5,640 3.27
134 Koratagere (SC) G. Parameshwara INC 81,598 47.64 P. R. Sudhakara Lal JD(S) 73,979 43.19 7,619 4.45
135 Gubbi S. R. Srinivas JD(S) 55,572 35.76 G. N. Bettaswamy BJP 46,491 29.91 9,081 5.85
136 Sira B. Sathyanarayana JD(S) 74,338 41.24 T. B. Jayachandra INC 63,973 35.49 10,365 5.75
137 Pavagada (SC) Venkataramanappa INC 72,974 44.79 K. M. Thimmarayappa JD(S) 72,565 44.54 409 0.25
138 Madhugiri M. V. Veerabhadraiah JD(S) 88,521 53.31 K. N. Rajanna INC 69,947 42.12 18,574 11.19
Chikkaballapura 139 Gauribidanur N. H. Shivashankara Reddy INC 69,000 40.91 C. R. Narasimhamurthy JD(S) 59,832 35.47 9,168 5.44
140 Bagepalli S. N. Subbareddy INC 65,710 39.94 G. V. Sreeramareddy CPI(M) 51,697 31.42 14,013 8.52
141 Chikkaballapur K. Sudhakar INC 82,006 47.27 K. P. Bachegowda JD(S) 51,575 29.73 30,431 17.54
142 Sidlaghatta V. Muniyappa INC 76,240 44.76 B. N. Ravikumar JD(S) 66,531 39.06 9,709 5.70
143 Chintamani J. K. Krishna Reddy JD(S) 87,753 48.55 M. C. Sudhakar BPJP 82,513 45.65 5,240 2.90
Kolar 144 Srinivaspur K. R. Ramesh Kumar INC 93,571 50.71 G. K. Venkatashivareddy JD(S) 83,019 44.99 10,552 5.72
145 Mulbagal (SC) H. Nagesh IND 74,213 45.12 Samruddhi Manjunath JD(S) 67,498 41.03 6,715 4.09
146 Kolar Gold Field (SC) M. Roopakala INC 71,151 50.98 Ashwini Sampangi BJP 30,324 21.73 40,827 29.25
147 Bangarapet (SC) S. N. Narayanaswamy INC 71,171 45.29 M. Mallesh Babu JD(S) 49,300 31.37 21,871 13.92
148 Kolar K. Srinivasa Gowda JD(S) 82,788 46.22 Syed Zameer Pasha INC 38,537 21.52 44,251 24.70
149 Malur K. Y. Nanjegowda INC 75,677 46.90 K. S. Manjunath Gowda JD(S) 57,762 35.80 17,915 11.10
Bangalore Urban 150 Yelahanka S. R. Vishwanath BJP 1,20,110 49.00 A. M. Hanumanthegowda JD(S) 77,607 31.66 42,503 17.34
151 K. R. Pura Byrati Basavaraj INC 1,35,404 53.31 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy BJP 1,02,675 40.42 32,729 12.89
152 Byatarayanapura Krishna Byre Gowda INC 1,14,964 45.31 A. Ravi BJP 1,09,293 43.08 5,671 2.23
153 Yeshvanthapura S. T. Somashekhar INC 1,15,273 40.14 T. N. Javarayi Gowda JD(S) 1,04,562 36.41 10,711 3.73
154 Rajarajeshwarinagar Munirathna INC 1,08,065 42.14 P. Muniraju Gowda BJP 82,573 32.20 25,492 9.94
155 Dasarahalli R. Manjunatha JD(S) 94,044 43.48 S. Muniraju BJP 83,369 38.55 10,675 4.93
156 Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah JD(S) 88,218 55.18 N. L. Narendra Babu BJP 47,118 29.47 41,100 25.71
157 Malleshwaram C. N. Ashwath Narayan BJP 83,130 67.22 Kengal Shreepada Renu INC 29,130 23.56 54,000 43.66
158 Hebbal Byrathi Suresh INC 74,453 50.76 Y. A. Narayanaswamy BJP 53,313 36.34 21,140 14.42
159 Pulakeshinagar (SC) Akhanda Srinivas Murthy INC 97,574 77.18 B. Prasanna Kumar JD(S) 15,948 12.61 81,626 64.57
160 Sarvagnanagar K. J. George INC 1,09,955 61.74 M. N. Reddy BJP 56,651 31.81 53,304 29.93
161 C. V. Raman Nagar (SC) S. Raghu BJP 58,887 44.61 R. Sampath Raj INC 46,660 35.35 12,227 9.26
162 Shivajinagar R. Roshan Baig INC 59,742 55.04 Katta Subramanya Naidu BJP 44,702 41.19 15,040 13.85
163 Shanti Nagar N. A. Haris INC 60,009 49.42 K. Vasudevamurthy BJP 41,804 34.43 18,205 14.99
164 Gandhi Nagar Dinesh Gundu Rao INC 47,354 37.34 A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda BJP 37,284 29.40 10,070 7.94
165 Rajaji Nagar S. Suresh Kumar BJP 56,271 46.86 G. Padmavathi INC 46,818 38.99 9,453 7.87
166 Govindraj Nagar V. Somanna BJP 79,135 50.33 Priya Krishna INC 67,760 43.10 11,375 7.23
167 Vijay Nagar M. Krishnappa INC 73,353 46.90 H. Ravindra BJP 70,578 45.13 2,775 1.77
168 Chamrajpet B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan INC 65,339 54.35 M Lakshminarayana BJP 32,202 26.79 33,137 27.56
169 Chickpet Uday Garudachar BJP 57,312 44.46 R. V. Devraj INC 49,378 38.30 7,934 6.16
170 Basavanagudi L. A. Ravi Subramanya BJP 76,018 58.46 K. Bagegowda JD(S) 38,009 29.23 38,009 29.23
171 Padmanaba Nagar R. Ashoka BJP 77,868 48.18 V. K. Gopal JD(S) 45,702 28.28 32,166 19.90
172 B.T.M. Layout Ramalinga Reddy INC 67,085 49.35 Lallesh Reddy BJP 46,607 34.29 20,478 15.06
173 Jayanagar Sowmya Reddy INC 54,458 49.18 B. N. Prahlad BJP 51,571 46.57 2,887 2.61
174 Mahadevapura (SC) Arvind Limbavali BJP 1,41,682 49.83 A. C. Srinivasa INC 1,23,898 43.57 17,784 6.26
175 Bommanahalli M. Satish Reddy BJP 1,11,863 57.22 Sushma Rajagopala Reddy INC 64,701 33.09 47,162 24.13
176 Bangalore South M. Krishnappa BJP 1,52,427 47.74 R. K. Ramesh INC 1,22,068 38.24 30,359 9.50
177 Anekal (SC) B. Shivanna INC 1,13,894 50.02 A. Narayanaswamy BJP 1,05,267 46.24 8,627 3.78
Bangalore Rural 178 Hosakote M. T. B. Nagaraj INC 98,824 51.19 Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda BJP 91,227 47.25 7,597 3.94
179 Devanahalli (SC) L. N. Narayanaswamy JD(S) 86,966 50.81 Venkataswamy INC 69,956 40.87 17,010 9.94
180 Doddaballapur T. Venkataramanaiah INC 73,225 43.39 B. Munegowda JD(S) 63,280 37.50 9,945 5.89
181 Nelamangala (SC) K. Sreenivasamurthy JD(S) 69,277 42.91 R. Narayanaswamy INC 44,956 27.85 24,321 15.06
Ramanagara 182 Magadi A. Manjunath JD(S) 1,19,492 61.52 H. C. Balakrishna INC 68,067 35.05 51,425 26.47
183 Ramanagaram H. D. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 92,626 53.96 H. A. Iqbal Hussain INC 69,990 40.77 22,636 13.19
184 Kanakapura D. K. Shivakumar INC 1,27,552 68.52 Narayana Gowda JD(S) 47,643 25.59 79,909 42.93
185 Channapatna H. D. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 87,995 46.55 C. P. Yogeshwara BJP 66,465 35.16 21,530 11.39
Mandya 186 Malavalli (SC) K. Annadani JD(S) 1,03,038 52.93 P. M. Narendraswamy INC 76,278 39.18 26,760 13.75
187 Maddur D. C. Thammanna JD(S) 1,09,239 63.48 Madhu G. Madegowda INC 55,209 32.08 54,030 31.40
188 Melukote C. S. Puttaraju JD(S) 96,003 54.87 Darshan Puttannaiah SA 73,779 42.17 22,224 12.70
189 Mandya M. Srinivas JD(S) 69,421 41.99 P. Ravikumar INC 47,813 28.92 21,608 13.07
190 Shrirangapattana Ravindra Srikantaiah JD(S) 1,01,307 57.35 Ramesha Bandisiddegowda INC 57,619 32.62 43,688 24.73
191 Nagamangala Suresh Gowda JD(S) 1,12,396 61.94 N. Chaluvaraya Swamy INC 64,729 35.67 47,667 26.27
192 Krishnarajapete Narayana Gowda JD(S) 88,016 50.58 K. B. Chandrashekar INC 70,897 40.74 17,119 9.84
Hassan 193 Shravanabelagola C. N. Balakrishna JD(S) 1,05,516 63.08 C. S. Puttegowda INC 52,504 31.39 53,012 31.69
194 Arsikere K. L. Shivalinge Gowda JD(S) 93,986 54.34 G. B. Shashidhara INC 50,297 29.08 43,689 25.26
195 Belur K. S. Lingesha JD(S) 64,268 42.20 H. K. Suresh BJP 44,578 29.27 19,690 12.93
196 Hassan Preetham J. Gowda BJP 63,348 41.02 H. S. Prakash JD(S) 50,342 32.60 13,006 8.42
197 Holenarasipur H. D. Revanna JD(S) 1,08,541 60.13 B. P. Manjegowda INC 64,709 35.85 43,832 24.28
198 Arkalgud A. T. Ramaswamy JD(S) 85,064 45.03 A. Manju INC 74,411 39.39 10,653 5.64
199 Sakleshpur (SC) H. K. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 62,262 38.67 Somashekar Jayaraj BJP 57,320 35.60 4,942 3.07
Dakshina Kannada 200 Belthangady Harish Poonja BJP 98,417 54.81 K. Vasantha Bangera INC 75,443 42.02 22,974 12.79
201 Moodabidri Umanatha Kotian BJP 87,444 57.44 Abhayachandra Jain INC 57,645 37.86 29,799 19.58
202 Mangalore City North Y. Bharath Shetty BJP 98,648 56.02 Mohiuddin Bava INC 72,000 40.88 26,648 15.14
203 Mangalore City South D. Vedavyas Kamath BJP 86,545 52.97 John Richard Lobo INC 70,470 43.13 16,075 9.84
204 Mangalore U. T. Khader INC 80,813 54.11 Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru BJP 61,074 40.89 19,739 13.22
205 Bantval U. Rajesh Naik BJP 97,802 53.57 Ramanath Rai INC 81,831 44.83 15,971 8.74
206 Puttur Sanjeeva Matandoor BJP 90,073 54.17 Shakunthala T. Shetty INC 70,596 42.46 19,477 11.71
207 Sullia (SC) S. Angara BJP 95,205 56.53 Dr. B. Raghu INC 69,137 41.05 26,068 15.48
Kodagu 208 Madikeri Appachu Ranjan BJP 70,631 41.68 B. A. Jivijaya JD(S) 54,616 32.23 16,015 9.45
209 Virajpet K. G. Bopaiah BJP 77,944 49.40 C. S. Arun Machaiah INC 64,591 40.94 13,353 8.46
Mysore 210 Periyapatna K. Mahadeva JD(S) 77,770 49.94 K. Venkatesh INC 70,277 45.13 7,493 4.81
211 Krishnarajanagara S. R. Mahesh JD(S) 85,011 48.57 D. Ravishankar INC 83,232 47.56 1,779 1.01
212 Hunasuru Adagur H. Vishwanath JD(S) 91,667 49.22 H. P. Manjunath INC 83,092 44.62 8,575 4.60
213 Heggadadevankote (ST) Anil Chikkamadhu INC 76,652 44.81 Chikkanna JD(S) 54,559 31.90 22,093 12.91
214 Nanjangud (SC) B. Harshavardhan BJP 78,030 47.59 Kalale N. Keshavamurthy INC 65,551 39.98 12,479 7.61
215 Chamundeshwari G. T. Devegowda JD(S) 1,21,325 53.62 Siddaramaiah INC 85,283 37.69 36,042 15.93
216 Krishnaraja S. A. Ramadas BJP 78,573 53.48 M. K. Somashekar INC 52,226 35.55 26,347 17.93
217 Chamaraja L. Nagendra BJP 51,683 36.77 Vasu INC 36,747 26.14 14,936 10.63
218 Narasimharaja Tanveer Sait INC 62,268 38.46 Sandesh Swamy BJP 44,141 27.27 18,127 11.19
219 Varuna Yathindra Siddaramaiah INC 96,435 55.09 T. Basavaraju BJP 37,819 21.60 58,616 33.49
220 T. Narasipur (SC) M. Ashvin Kumar JD(S) 83,929 54.05 H. C. Mahadevappa INC 55,451 35.71 28,478 18.34
Chamarajanagar 221 Hanur R. Narendra INC 60,444 35.49 Dr. Preethan Nagappa BJP 56,931 33.42 3,513 2.07
222 Kollegal (SC) N. Mahesh BSP 71,792 42.51 A. R. Krishnamurthy INC 52,338 30.99 19,454 11.52
223 Chamarajanagar C. Puttarangashetty INC 75,963 45.46 K. R. Mallikarjunappa BJP 71,050 42.52 4,913 2.94
224 Gundlupet C. S. Niranjan Kumar BJP 94,151 51.48 M. C. Mohan Kumari INC 77,467 42.35 16,684 9.13

By-election

# Reason Date Constituency MLA before election MLA after election
# Name Candidate Party Candidate Party
1 [g] 6-Nov-2018 21 Jamkhandi Siddu Nyamagouda INC Anand Nyamagouda INC
2 [h] 183 Ramanagara H. D. Kumaraswamy JD(S) Anitha Kumaraswamy JD(S)
3 [i] 23-Apr-2019 70 Kundgol C. S. Shivalli INC Kusuma Shivalli INC
4 [j] 42 Chincholi Umesh Jadhav Avinash Jadhav BJP
5 [k] 5-Dec-2019 3 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli Mahesh Kumathalli
6 4 Kagwad Shrimant Patil Shrimant Patil
7 9 Gokak Ramesh Jarkiholi Ramesh Jarkiholi
8 81 Yellapur Shivaram Hebbar Shivaram Hebbar
9 86 Hirekerur B. C. Patil B. C. Patil
10 90 Vijayanagara Anand Singh Anand Singh
11 141 Chikkaballapur Dr. K. Sudhakar Dr. K. Sudhakar
12 151 K.R. Puram Byrati Basavaraj Byrati Basavaraj
13 153 Yeshvanthapura S. T. Somashekhar S. T. Somashekhar
14 87 Ranibennur R. Shankar Arunkumar Guththur
15 156 Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah JD(S) K. Gopalaiah
16 192 Krishnarajpete Narayana Gowda Narayana Gowda
17 212 Hunsur A. H. Vishwanath H. P. Manjunath INC
18 162 Shivajinagar R. Roshan Baig INC Rizwan Arshad
19 178 Hosakote M. T. B. Nagaraj Sharath Bache Gowda IND
20 [l] 3-Nov-2020 136 Sira B Sathyanarayana JD(S) Rajesh Gowda BJP
21 [m] 154 R. R. Nagar Munirathna INC Munirathna
22 [n] 17-Apr-2021 47 Basavakalyan B. Narayan Rao Sharanu Salagar
23 [o] 59 Maski Pratapgouda Patil Basangouda Turvihal INC
24 [p] 30-Oct-2021 33 Sindagi Mallappa Managuli JD(S) Ramesh Bhusanur BJP
25 82 Hangal C. M. Udasi BJP Srinivas Mane INC

Government formation

Hung assembly

The election led to a hung assembly, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party, with 104 seats and the Congress winning the popular vote.[57] BJP, under the leadership of Yediyurappa, formed the government, based on being the single largest party of the house, despite the Congress and JD(S) post-result alliance having a majority. The governor then gave a 15-day window for the new government to prove the majority in the legislature, which was shunned by the opposition as favoring the BJP. The Supreme Court limited the window to three days, and then Chief minister Yeddyurappa resigned 10 minutes before the trust vote. The INC-JD(S) coalition then formed the cabinet with HD Kumarasamy as Chief minister. This coalition government lasted for 14 months before turmoil started again. 16 Legislators from the ruling coalition resigned within a span of two days, and two independent MLAs switched their support to BJP. This shrunk the house majority to 105 and ruling coalition to 101, and the opposition BJP to 107. After three weeks of turmoil, HD Kumarasamy lost the trust vote by 100–107 in the house (held on 23 July 2019) and resigned. Afterward on 26 July 2019, B.S. Yeddiyurapa took the oath as the chief minister of Karnataka once again.[58]

Bypolls

Bypolls were due to be held in three seats: Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore[59] and in Ramanagaram.

Rajarajeshwari Nagar election results were declared on 31 May 2018, and INC candidate Munirathna won by a margin of 28,000 votes taking the Congress' tally to 79 seats and the JD(S)-INC coalition to 118 seats.[60]

Jayanagar Assembly Election result was declared on 13 June 2018. Sowmya Reddy, daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy, won the constituency by defeating BJP's BN Prahlad by 2889 votes. 55% polling was recorded in the Jayanagar Assembly constituency on 11 June. The assembly elections were held across the state on 12 May, but the poll in Jayanagar was countermanded following the death of BJP candidate B N Vijayakumar, who was holding the seat. The JDS had earlier pulled out its candidate, formally supporting its coalition partner Congress.[61][62] This win took the Congress' tally to 79 in the 224 seats assembly and the INC-JD(S) coalition to 118 seats.

The elected Congress MLA for Jamkhandi died in a road accident on 28 May 2018.[63]

The results of Jamkhandi and Ramanagaram were declared on 5 November 2018. In Jamkhandi, INC (JD(S)-Congress coalition) candidate Ananda nyamagouda (son of ex MLA Siddu nyamagouda) won by a margin of 39479 votes, taking Congress' tally to 80 seats.

In Ramanagaram, (JD(S)-Congress coalition) candidate Anitha Kumaraswamy (wife of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy) won by a margin of 109137 votes. The Congress-JD(S) coalition took 120 seats.

Bypolls in 2019

After the death of Kundagol MLA C.S. Shivalli and resignation of Chincholi MLA Umesh Jadhav for Karnataka Assembly, the bypolls of Karnataka Assembly were held on 19 May along with Parliamentary election. Out of two seats, Kundagol seat was won by Kusuma Shivalli (wife of the late C.S. Shivalli) from Indian National Congress and Avinash Jadhav from BJP won Chincholi Legislative Assembly seat (son of BJP MP Umesh Jadhav)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Elections in the constituencies of Rajarajeshwarinagar and Jayanagar were postponed to 28 May 2018 and 11 June 2018 respectively.
  2. 1 2 Friendly Contest between JD(S) and BSP in Gulbarga Dakshin–44
  3. ↑ The Congress party was unable to contest the Mulbagal constituency because its nominated candidate, G. Manjunath, was disqualified by the High Court for submitting a false caste certificate. As the nomination deadline had expired, the party had no time to field an alternative candidate, resulting in its absence from the electoral contest in that seat.[28]
  4. ↑ The Election Commission postponed the Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly election from May 12 to May 28, 2018, after 9,746 fake voter ID cards were seized, citing the need for a thorough probe to ensure electoral integrity.
  5. ↑ The Jayanagar Assembly election was postponed after the BJP candidate and sitting MLA, B. N. Vijayakumar, passed away due to a cardiac arrest just before polling day. The bypoll was later held on June 11, 2018, and was won by Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy.
  6. ↑ Congress party did not contest the Melukote seat and instead supported Darshan Puttannaiah of the Swaraj India party.
  7. ↑ Jamkhandi Assembly seat became vacant due to the death of Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda in a road accident on 28 May 2018. His son, Anand Nyamagouda, contested and won the by-election on behalf of the Congress.
  8. ↑ Ramanagara Assembly seat fell vacant when Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy (Janata Dal (Secular)) resigned from the assembly after winning the Chennapatna constituency in the May 2018 state elections. Kumaraswamy’s wife, Anitha Kumaraswamy, contested and won the by-election for the JD(S).
  9. ↑ Kundgol seat fell vacant following the death of C.S. Shivalli, a Congress minister and MLA, in March 2019. His wife, Kusumavati Shivalli, contested the by-election on a Congress ticket.
  10. ↑ Chincholi seat fell vacant after Umesh Jadhav resigned as the Congress MLA and joined the BJP to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) parliamentary constituency. His son, Avinash Jadhav, contested the assembly by-election on a BJP ticket.
  11. ↑ The by-elections for 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies were held on 5 December 2019 to fill vacancies created by the disqualification of 17 rebel MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) parties, whose defection caused the collapse of the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government. Originally scheduled for 21 October 2019, the Election Commission deferred the polls following a Supreme Court judgment on 13 November 2019. The Court upheld the disqualification of the MLAs but ruled that they were eligible to contest the by-elections, prompting the BJP to field 13 of the disqualified legislators as its candidates. The results were subsequently declared on 9 December 2019, with the BJP retaining power by winning 12 of the 15 seats.
  12. ↑ Sira seat became vacant following the death of the sitting JD(S) legislator B. Sathyanarayana in August 2020.
  13. ↑ Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) seat fell vacant due to the disqualification of the then Congress MLA N. Munirathna under the anti-defection law after he resigned from the assembly.
  14. ↑ Basavakalyan seat became vacant following the death of the incumbent Congress MLA, B Narayan Rao, who succumbed to COVID-19 in September 2020.
  15. ↑ Maski seat was declared vacant due to the disqualification of the sitting Congress MLA, Prathapagouda Patil, who had resigned from the Assembly and joined the BJP in 2019.
  16. ↑ The Sindagi and Hangal assembly by-elections were held on October 30, 2021, to fill vacant seats necessitated by the deaths of the respective sitting legislators, M. C. Managuli (JD(S)) and C. M. Udasi (BJP). M. C. Managuli, the JD(S) MLA for Sindgi, passed away in January 2021 and C. M. Udasi, the BJP MLA for Hangal, passed away in June 2021.

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