2004 Indian general election in Karnataka

For State Assembly election, see 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Karnataka, 2004

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28 seats
First party Second party Third party   Party BJP INC JD(S) Alliance NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) Seats won 18 8 2 Seat change 11 10 2
Results of the election Karnataka
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

Polling dates

Results

The 2004 Indian general election in Karnataka, occurred for 28 seats in the state. Of the 28 seats, 24 belonged to the general category and 4 were belonging to SC category. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			B. S. Yediyurappa	24
	Janata Dal (United)				4

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			S. M. Krishna	28

   Janata Dal (Secular)

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Deve Gowda	28

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INC			JD(S)
1	Bidar (SC)		BJP	Ramchandra Veerappa		INC	Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi		JD(S)	Motiram Chowdhary
2	Gulbarga		BJP	Basavaraj Patil Sedam		INC	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi		JD(S)	Vithal Heroor
3	Raichur		BJP	Kallur Sureshreddy		INC	Venkatesh Nayak		JD(S)	Raja Madangopal Nayak
4	Koppal		BJP	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni		INC	K. Virupaxappa		JD(S)	Agadi Virupaxappa Sanganna
5	Bellary		BJP	G. Karunakara Reddy		INC	K. C. Kondaiah		JD(S)	B. Gulagi Nagaraj
6	Davangere		BJP	G. M. Siddeshwara		INC	S. S. Mallikarjun		JD(S)	Channaiah Odeyar
7	Chitradurga		BJP	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa		INC	N. Y. Hanumanthappa		JD(S)	P. Kodandaramaiah
8	Tumkur		BJP	S. Mallikarjunaiah		INC	G. S. Basavaraj		JD(S)	D. L. Jagadeesh
9	Chikballapur		JD(U)	Ashok Krishnappa		INC	R. L. Jalappa		JD(S)	Shashi Kumar
10	Kolar (SC)		BJP	D. S. Veeraiah		INC	K. H. Muniyappa		JD(S)	S. L. Gangadharappa
11	Kanakapura		BJP	Ramachandra Gowda		INC	Tejashwini See Ramesh		JD(S)	H. D. Devegowda
12	Bangalore North		BJP	H. T. Sangliana		INC	C. K. Jaffer Sharief		JD(S)	C. M. Ibrahim
13	Bangalore South		BJP	Ananth Kumar		INC	Krishnappa M.		JD(S)	Jayanthi
14	Mandya		JD(U)	Dr. K. S. Jayaram		INC	M. H. Ambareesh		JD(S)	Dr. S. Ramegowda
15	Chamarajanagar (SC)		JD(U)	N. Chamaraju		INC	A. Siddaraju		JD(S)	M. Shivanna
16	Mysore		BJP	C. H. Vijayashankar		INC	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar		JD(S)	A. S. Guruswamy
17	Mangalore		BJP	D. V. Sadananda Gowda		INC	M. Veerappa Moily		JD(S)	A. K. Subbaiah
18	Udupi		BJP	Manorama Madhwaraj		INC	Vinay Kumar Sorake		JD(S)	Taranatha Shetty Kodavoor
19	Hassan		JD(U)	H. N. Nanje Gowda		INC	H. C. Srikantaiah		JD(S)	H. D. Devegowda
20	Chikmagalur		BJP	D. C. Srikantappa		INC	B. L. Shankar		JD(S)	Taradevi Siddhartha
21	Shimoga		BJP	S. Bangarappa		INC	Ayanur Manjunath		JD(S)	G. Madappa
22	Kanara		BJP	Ananthkumar Hegde		INC	Margaret Alva		JD(S)	G. Devaraya Naik
23	Dharwad South		BJP	Kunnur Manjunath Channappa		INC	Prof. I. G. Sanadi		JD(S)	Prema Sanganabasana Gouda Patil
24	Dharwad North		BJP	Pralhad Joshi		INC	B. S. Patil		JD(S)	Shagoti Chikkappa Ningappa
25	Belgaum		BJP	Suresh Angadi		INC	Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil		JD(S)	Jameelahamed Reza
26	Chikkodi (SC)		BJP	Ramesh Jigajinagi		INC	S. B. Ghatage		JD(S)	Khokate Shivabal Ramachandra
27	Bagalkot		BJP	P. C. Gaddigoudar		INC	S. R. Patil		JD(S)	Sanglikar Dharappa Siddappa
28	Bijapur		BJP	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		INC	Basanagouda Somanagouda Patil (Managuli)		JD(S)	Khed Ningappa Siddappa

Results

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	87,32,783	34.77	7.58	24	18	11
			JD(U)	4,68,682	1.87	11.41	4	0	3
		Total		92,01,465	36.64		28	18
	INC			92,47,605	36.82	8.59	28	8	10
	JD(S)			51,35,205	20.45	9.60	28	2	2
	Others			15,30,384	6.09		48	0
	IND			5,88,117	2.34	0.53	40	0
Total				2,51,14,659	100%	-	172	28	-

Results by Constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Bidar (SC)	Ramchandra Veerappa		BJP	312,838	38.35	Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi		INC	289,217	35.45	23,621	2.90
2	Gulbarga	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi		INC	312,601	37.76	Basavaraj Patil Sedam		BJP	255,130	30.82	57,471	6.94
3	Raichur	Venkatesh Nayak		INC	289,424	35.08	Raja Madangopal Nayak		JD(S)	288,916	35.02	508	0.06
4	Koppal	K. Virupaxappa		INC	356,158	39.84	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni		BJP	312,535	34.96	43,623	4.88
5	Bellary	G. Karunakara Reddy		BJP	318,978	33.57	Kondaiah K C		INC	287,299	30.23	31,679	3.33
6	Davangere	G.M. Siddeswara		BJP	370,499	40.70	Mallikarjun S S		INC	337,823	37.11	32,676	3.59
7	Chitradurga	N.Y. Hanumanthappa		INC	322,609	35.11	Kodandaramaiah P		JD(S)	285,149	31.03	37,460	4.08
8	Tumkur	S. Mallikarjunaiah		BJP	303,016	35.08	Jagadeesh D L		JD(S)	300,665	34.81	2,351	0.27
9	Chikballapur	R.L. Jalappa		INC	376,204	40.40	Shashi Kumar		JD(S)	316,182	33.96	60,022	6.45
10	Kolar (SC)	K.H. Muniyappa		INC	385,582	42.41	Veeraiah D S		BJP	373,947	41.13	11,635	1.28
11	Kanakapura	Tejashwini See Ramesh		INC	584,238	37.63	Ramachandra Gowda		BJP	467,575	30.12	116,663	7.51
12	Bangalore North	Dr. H.T. Sangliana		BJP	473,502	40.93	Jaffer Sharief C K		INC	443,144	38.31	30,358	2.62
13	Bangalore South	Ananth Kumar		BJP	386,682	48.30	Krishnappa		INC	324,411	40.52	62,271	7.78
14	Mandya	Ambareesh M. H.		INC	411,116	47.94	Dr. S Ramegowda		JD(S)	286,678	33.43	124,438	14.51
15	Chamarajanagar (SC)	M. Shivanna		JD(S)	316,661	37.11	A Siddaraju		INC	272,672	31.96	43,989	5.16
16	Mysore	C. H. Vijayashankar		BJP	316,442	33.06	A S Guruswamy		JD(S)	306,292	32.00	10,150	1.06
17	Mangalore	D. V. Sadananda Gowda		BJP	384,760	48.61	M Veerappa Moily		INC	351,345	44.39	33,415	4.22
18	Udupi	Manorama Madhwaraj		BJP	369,627	47.37	Vinaya Kumar Sorake		INC	340,624	43.65	29,003	3.72
19	Hassan	H. D. Devegowda		JD(S)	462,625	50.72	H C Srikantaiah Alias Annaiah		INC	272,320	29.85	190,305	20.86
20	Chikmagalur	D. C. Srikantappa		BJP	341,391	41.67	B L Shankar		INC	267,719	32.68	73,672	8.99
21	Shimoga	S. Bangarappa		BJP	450,097	50.73	Ayanur Manjunath		INC	373,952	42.15	76,145	8.58
22	Kanara	Ananthkumar Hegde		BJP	433,174	51.94	Alva Margaret		INC	260,948	31.29	172,226	20.65
23	Dharwad South	Kunnur Manjunath Channappa		BJP	442,759	51.20	Prof. I G Sanadi		INC	297,647	34.42	145,112	16.78
24	Dharwad North	Pralhad Joshi		BJP	385,084	47.51	B S Patil		INC	302,006	37.26	83,078	10.25
25	Belgaum	Suresh Angadi		BJP	410,843	45.96	Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil		INC	326,090	36.48	84,753	9.48
26	Chikkodi (SC)	Ramesh Jigajinagi		BJP	379,580	45.30	Ghatage S B		INC	336,088	40.11	43,492	5.19
27	Bagalkot	P. C. Gaddigoudar		BJP	459,451	52.90	S. R. Patil		INC	292,068	33.63	167,383	19.27
28	Bijapur	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		BJP	344,905	43.67	Basanagouda Somanagouda Patil (Managuli)		INC	307,372	38.92	37,533	4.75

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	K. H. Muniyappa	Kolar (SC)	MoS	Road Transport and Highways	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
2	Ambareesh M. H.	Mandya	MoS	Information and Broadcasting	24 Oct 2006	15 Feb 2007
3	Oscar Fernandes	Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)	Cabinet Minister	Labour and Employment	24 Oct 2006	3 Mar 2009
			MoS(I/C)	Statistics and Programme Implementation	23 May 2004	29 Jan 2006
				NRI Affairs (Overseas Indian Affairs)	18 Nov 2005	29 Jan 2006
				Youth Affairs and Sports	18 Nov 2005	29 Jan 2006
4	M. V. Rajasekharan		MoS	Planning	23 May 2004	6 Apr 2008
5	K. Rahman Khan			Chemicals and Fertilizers	23 May 2004	20 Jul 2004

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2004 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	109	79
	Indian National Congress	67	65
	Janata Dal (Secular)	47	58
	Janata Dal (United)	1	5
	Others	0	17
Total		224

See also

• Elections in Karnataka

References

1. "STATISTICAL REPORT on GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 to THE 14th LOK SABHA Volume 1" (PDF). Election commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India