2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	50,718,198
Turnout	72.50% ( 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)+BSP 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 64 42 3 Popular vote 13,267,956 13,986,526 6,726,667 Percentage 36.35% 38.14 18.3% Swing 16.3 pp 1.4 pp 1.9 pp
Results by constituency (shaded) Results by constituency (winners)
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 till 28 May. ^[2] The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent, the highest in Karnataka since 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] while 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 nominations	17 April 2018	Tuesday
Last date for filing nominations	24 April 2018	Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	25 April 2018	Wednesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	27 April 2018	Friday
Date of poll	12 May 2018	Saturday
Date of counting	15 May 2018	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	31 May 2018	Thursday

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

Main article: 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing

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]

Election campaign

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officially began its election campaign on 2 November 2017. ^[28] The party spent 85 days covering all the assembly constituencies, culminating in Bangalore on 4 February 2018, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it. ^[29] 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". ^[30]

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. ^[31]

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Date published					Majority
		BJP	INC	JD(S)+	Others
Public TV [32]	2 January 2018	85–90	90–95	40–45	0–6	Hung
CHS [33]	13 January 2018	75–76 36.40%	77–81 33.20%	64–66 24.90%		Hung
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies [34]	2 February 2018	113	85	25	1	BJP
C-Fore [35]	26 March 2018	80 31.00%	126 46.00%	27 16.00%	1 7.00%	INC
India Today-Karvy Insights [36]	13 April 2018	78–86 35%	90–101 37%	34–43 19%	2–12 9%	Hung
BTV [32]	19 April 2018	82–87 35%	94–99 37%	39–44 19%	2–6 9%	Hung
Times Now-VMR [37]	23 April 2018	89 35%	91 37%	40 19%	4 9%	Hung
C-Fore [38]	1 May 2018	63–73 35%	118–128 37%	29–36 20%	2–7 8%	INC
ABP News-CSDS [39]	7 May 2018	79–89 33%	92–102 38%	34–42 22%	1–7 7%	Hung
Flash News – TV 5 [40]	7 May 2018	110–120 36–38%	65–75 33–35%	38–42 20–22%	2–6	BJP
Spick Media [41]	9 May 2018	88	101	31	3	Hung
India TV [42]	9 May 2018	85	96	38	4	Hung
News X-CNX [43]	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 the 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. ^[44] A poll conducted by CHS in the same month found that Kumaraswamy was the first choice, followed by Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah in that order. ^[45] 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'. ^[46]

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 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 [47]	12 May 2018	94	97	28	3	Hung
ABP News-C Voter [48]	12 May 2018	110	88	24	2	Hung
Times Now-VMR [49]	12 May 2018	87	97	35	3	Hung
Times Now-Today's Chanakya [50]	12 May 2018	120	73	26	3	BJP
India Today-Axis My India [51]	12 May 2018	85	111	26	0	Hung
NewsX-CNX [52]	12 May 2018	106	75	37	4	Hung
News Nation [53]	12 May 2018	107	73	38	4	Hung
Average	12 May 2018	101	88	31	4	Hung

Results

Seat Share

   BJP (46.43%)

   INC (35.17%)

   JD(S) (16.52%)

  Others (1.34%)

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	13,328,524	36.35	16.3	104	64
	Indian National Congress (INC)	13,986,526	38.14	1.4	80	42
	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	6,726,667	18.3	1.9	37	3
	Independents (IND)	1,438,106	3.9	3.5	1	8
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	108,592	0.32		1	1
	Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP)	74,229	0.2		1	1
	Other parties and candidates	683,632	2.2		0	13
	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

   INC (38.14%)

   BJP (36.35%)

   JD(S) (18.3%)

  Others (7.21%)

Region	Total Seats	BJP	INC	JDS	Others
Mysuru Karnataka	57	11	17	27	2
Kitturu Karnataka	50	30	17	2	1
Kalyana Karnataka	40	15	21	4
Greater Bengaluru	32	11	17	4
Madhya Karnataka	26	21	5
Karavali Karnataka	19	16	3
Total	224	104	80	37	3

District-wise break-up

Districts	Total	BJP	INC	JDS	Ind.
Belagavi	18	10	8	0	0
Bagalkote	7	5	2	0	0
Vijayapura	8	3	3	2
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: ^[54]

Source: ^[55]

Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Belagavi district
1	Nippani	Shashikala Jolle		BJP	87,006	50.51	Kakaso Pandurang Patil		INC	78,500	45.57	8,506
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Ganesh Hukkeri		INC	91,467	51.04	Annasaheb Jolle		BJP	80,898	45.14	10,569
3	Athani	Mahesh Kumathalli		INC	82,094	48.13	Laxman Savadi		BJP	79,763	46.76	2,331
4	Kagwad	Srimant Patil		INC	83,060	56.99	Raju Kage		BJP	50,118	34.39	32,942
5	Kudachi (SC)	P. Rajeev		BJP	67,781	49.60	Amit Shama Ghatage		INC	52,773	38.62	15,008
6	Raibag (SC)	Duryodhan Aihole		BJP	67,502	44.88	Pradeepkumar Ramu Malage		INC	50,954	33.88	16,548
7	Hukkeri	Umesh Katti		BJP	83,588	52.94	Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil		INC	68,203	43.20	15,385
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		BJP	96,144	54.34	Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad		JDS	48,816	27.59	47,328
9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	90,249	51.87	Ashok Pujari		BJP	75,969	43.67	14,280
10	Yemkanmardi (ST)	Satish Jarkiholi		INC	73,512	49.16	Astagi Maruti Mallappa		BJP	70,662	47.26	2,850
11	Belgaum Uttar	Anil S. Benake		BJP	79,060	53.63	Fairoz Nuruddin Saith		INC	61,793	41.91	17,267
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil		BJP	84,498	57.59	M. D. Lakshminarayana		INC	25,806	17.59	58,692
13	Belgaum Rural	Lakshmi Hebbalkar		INC	102,040	54.74	Sanjay Patil		BJP	50,316	26.99	51,724
14	Khanapur	Anjali Nimbalkar		INC	36,649	23.76	Vithal Halagekar		BJP	31,516	20.44	5,133
15	Kittur	D. M. Basavantaray		BJP	73,155	49.26	Inamdar Danappagouda Basanagouda		INC	40,293	27.13	32,862
16	Bailhongal	Mahantesh Kaujlagi		INC	47,040	32.49	Jagdish Metgud		Ind	41,918	28.95	5,122
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Anand Mamani		BJP	62,480	40.65	Anand Chopra		Ind	56,189	36.56	6,291
18	Ramdurg	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	68,349	45.17	Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan		INC	65,474	43.27	2,875
Bagalkot district
19	Mudhol (SC)	Govind M. Karjol		BJP	76,431	51.63	Bandiwaddar Satish Chinnappa		INC	60,949	41.17	15,482
20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi		BJP	87,583	50.45	Umashree		INC	66,470	38.29	21,113
21	Jamkhandi	Anand Nyamagouda		INC	49,245	32.06	Shrikant Kulkarni		BJP	46,450	30.24	2,795
22	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	85,135	49.12	J. T. Patil		INC	80,324	46.34	4,811
23	Badami	Siddaramaiah		INC	67,599	41.24	B. Sriramulu		BJP	65,903	40.20	1,696
24	Bagalkot	Veerabhadrayya Charantimath		BJP	85,653	53.03	H. Y. Meti		INC	69,719	43.17	15,934
25	Hungund	Doddanagowda Patil		BJP	65,012	41.53	Vijayanand Kashappanavar		INC	59,785	38.19	5,227
Bijapur district
26	Muddebihal	Ameenappagouda Patil		BJP	63,512	45.76	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	54,879	39.54	8,633
27	Devar Hippargi	Somanagouda B. Patil		BJP	48,245	34.69	Bhimanagouda B. Patil		JDS	44,892	32.28	3,353
28	Basavana Bagevadi	Shivanand Patil		INC	58,647	39.79	Somanagouda B. Patil		JDS	55,461	37.63	3,186
29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil		INC	98,339	57.29	Vijayakumar Sidramgouda Patil		BJP	68,624	39.98	29,715
30	Bijapur City	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		BJP	76,308	50.30	Abdul Hameed Mushrif		INC	69,895	46.07	6,413
31	Nagathan (SC)	Devanand Fulasing Chavan		JDS	59,709	34.00	Katakadond Vittal Dondiba		INC	54,108	30.81	5,601
32	Indi	Y. V. Patil		INC	50,401	29.98	B. D. Patil Hanjagi		JDS	40,463	24.07	9,938
33	Sindagi	M. C. Managuli		JDS	70,865	44.15	Ramesh Bhusanur		BJP	61,560	38.36	9,305
Gulbarga district
34	Afzalpur	M. Y. Patil		INC	71,735	47.92	Malikayya Guttedar		BJP	61,141	40.84	10,594
35	Jevargi	Ajay Singh		INC	68,508	42.36	Doddappa Gouda S. Patil Naribol		BJP	52,452	32.43	16,056
Yadgir district
36	Shorapur (ST)	Narasimha Nayak		BJP	104,426	52.96	Raja Venkatappa Naik		INC	81,858	41.51	22,568
37	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		INC	78,642	50.27	Guru Patil Sirwal		BJP	47,668	30.47	30,974
38	Yadgir	Venkatreddy Mudnal		BJP	62,227	43.08	Dr. A. B. Malaka Reddy		INC	49,346	34.16	12,881
39	Gurmitkal	Nagangouda Kandkur		JDS	79,627	52.40	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	55,147	36.29	24,480
Gulbarga district
40	Chittapur (SC)	Priyank M. Kharge		INC	69,700	49.65	Valmiki Nayak		BJP	65,307	46.53	4,393
41	Sedam	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	80,668	50.87	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	73,468	46.33	7,200
42	Chincholi (SC)	Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav		INC	73,905	55.57	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	54,693	41.12	19,212
43	Gulbarga Rural (SC)	Basawaraj Mattimud		BJP	61,750	40.49	Vijaykumar G. Ramakrishna		INC	49,364	32.37	12,386
44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor		BJP	64,788	44.88	Allamprabhu Patil		INC	59,357	41.12	5,431
45	Gulbarga Uttar	Kaneez Fathima		INC	64,311	43.29	Chandrakant B. Patil		BJP	58,371	39.29	5,940
46	Aland	Subhash Guttedar		BJP	76,815	47.83	B. R. Patil		INC	76,118	47.39	697
Bidar district
47	Basavakalyan	B. Narayan Rao		INC	61,425	42.27	Mallikarjun Khuba		BJP	44,153	30.38	17,272
48	Humnabad	Rajshekar Basavaraj Patil		INC	74,945	47.04	Subhash		BJP	43,131	27.07	31,814
49	Bidar South	Bandeppa Kashempur		JDS	55,107	39.68	Dr. Shailendra Beldale		BJP	42,365	30.50	12,742
50	Bidar	Rahim Khan		INC	73,270	52.10	Surayakanth Nagmarpalli		BJP	63,025	44.82	10,245
51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre		INC	84,673	50.68	D. K. Sidram		BJP	63,235	37.85	21,438
52	Aurad (SC)	Prabhu Chauhan		BJP	75,061	50.92	Vijaykumar		INC	64,469	43.73	10,592
Raichur district
53	Raichur Rural (ST)	Basanagouda Daddal		INC	66,656	41.23	Tipparaju Hawaldar		BJP	56,692	35.06	9,964
54	Raichur	Dr. Shivaraj Patil		BJP	56,511	45.61	Syed Yaseen		INC	45,520	36.74	10,991
55	Manvi (ST)	Raja Venkatappa Nayak		JDS	53,548	34.76	Dr. Tanusree Preeti		Ind	37,733	24.49	15,815
56	Devadurga (ST)	K. Shivanagouda Naik		BJP	67,003	42.58	A. Rajashekar Nayak		INC	45,958	29.20	21,045
57	Lingsugur	D. S. Hoolageri		INC	54,230	33.04	Bandi Siddu		JDS	49,284	30.02	4,946
58	Sindhanur	Venkatrao Nadagouda		JDS	71,514	43.75	Badarli Hampangouda		INC	69,917	42.77	1,597
59	Maski (ST)	Pratap Gowda Patil		INC	60,387	44.17	Basanagowda Turvihal		BJP	60,174	44.01	213
Koppal district
60	Kushtagi	Amaregowda Bayyapur		INC	87,566	52.73	Doddanagouda H. Patil		BJP	69,535	41.87	18,031
61	Kanakagiri (SC)	Basavaraj Dadesugur		BJP	87,735	52.38	Shivaraj Tangadagi		INC	73,510	43.88	14,225
62	Gangawati	Paranna Munavalli		BJP	67,617	45.91	Iqbal Ansari		INC	59,644	40.50	7,973
63	Yelburga	Halappa Achar		BJP	79,072	48.02	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	65,754	39.93	13,318
64	Koppal	K. Raghavendra Hitnal		INC	98,783	54.64	Amaresh Sanganna Karadi		BJP	72,432	40.07	26,351
Gadag district
65	Shirahatti (SC)	Ramappa Lamani		BJP	91,967	57.26	Ramakrishna Doddamani		INC	61,974	38.59	29,993
66	Gadag	H. K. Patil		INC	77,699	48.41	Anil Mensinakai		BJP	75,831	47.25	1,868
67	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	83,735	49.09	Gurupadagouda Patil		INC	76,401	44.79	7,334
68	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	73,045	50.52	B. R. Yavagal		INC	65,066	45.00	7,979
Dharwad district
69	Navalgund	Shankar Patil Munenakoppa		BJP	65,718	41.19	N. H. Konaraddi		JDS	45,197	28.33	20,521
70	Kundgol	C. S. Shivalli		INC	64,871	43.97	Chikkanagoudra Siddanagoud Ishwaragod		BJP	64,237	43.54	634
71	Dharwad	Amrut Desai		BJP	85,123	54.70	Vinay Kulkarni		INC	64,783	41.63	20,340
72	Hubli-Dharwad East (SC)	Abbayya Prasad		INC	77,080	56.64	Chandrashekar Gokak		BJP	55,613	40.86	21,467
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	75,794	51.31	Dr. Mahesh Nalwad		INC	54,488	36.89	21,306
74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Aravind Bellad		BJP	96,462	61.16	Mohammad Ismail Tamatgar		INC	55,975	35.49	40,487
75	Kalghatgi	C. M. Nimbannavar		BJP	83,267	54.82	Santosh Lad		INC	57,270	37.70	25,997
Uttara Kannada
76	Haliyal	R. V. Deshapande		INC	61,577	46.41	Sunil Hegade		BJP	56,437	42.53	5,140
77	Karwar	Roopali Naik		BJP	60,339	37.69	Anand Asnotikar		JDS	46,275	28.90	14,064
78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		BJP	59,392	40.63	Sharada Mohan Shetty		INC	26,642	18.23	32,750
79	Bhatkal	Sunil Biliya Naik		BJP	83,172	50.14	M. S. Vaidya		INC	77,242	46.56	5,930
80	Sirsi	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	70,595	45.34	Bhimanna T. Naik		INC	53,134	34.26	17,461
81	Yellapur	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar		INC	66,290	47.26	Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagouda Patil		BJP	64,807	46.20	1,483
Haveri district
82	Hangal	C. M. Udasi		BJP	80,529	49.10	Srinivas Mane		INC	74,015	45.13	6,514
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai		BJP	83,868	49.02	Sayed Azeempeer Khadri		INC	74,603	43.61	9,265
84	Haveri (SC)	Neharu Olekar		BJP	86,565	50.74	Rudrappa Lamani		INC	75,261	44.12	11,304
85	Byadgi	Ballary Virupakshappa Rudrappa		BJP	91,721	54.98	S. R. Patil		INC	70,450	42.23	21,271
86	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		INC	72,461	48.10	U. B. Banakar		BJP	71,906	47.73	555
87	Ranebennur	R. Shankar		KPJP	63,910	35.64	K. B. Koliwad		INC	59,572	33.22	4,338
Bellary district
88	Hoovina Hadagali (SC)	P. T. Parameshwara Naik		INC	54,097	38.65	Odo Gangappa		Ind	44,919	32.09	9,178
89	Hagaribommanahalli (SC)	L. B. P. Bheema Naik		INC	78,337	44.46	K. Nemiraj Naik		BJP	71,105	40.36	7,232
90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh		INC	83,214	50.09	H. R. Gaviyappa		BJP	74,986	45.14	8,228
91	Kampli (ST)	J.N. Ganesh		INC	80,592	48.62	T H Suresh Babu		BJP	75,037	45.27	5,555
92	Siruguppa (ST)	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	82,546	54.25	B. Murali Krishna		INC	61,275	40.27	21,271
93	Bellary Rural (ST)	B. Nagendra		INC	79,186	48.54	Sanna Pakkirappa		BJP	76,507	46.90	2,679
94	Bellary City	G. Somashekara Reddy		BJP	76,589	50.63	Anil Lad		INC	60,434	39.95	16,155
95	Sandur (ST)	E. Tukaram		INC	78,106	49.53	D Raghavendra Manju		BJP	64,096	40.64	14,010
96	Kudligi	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		BJP	50,085	32.93	N. T. Bommanna		JDS	39,272	25.82	10,813
Chitradurga district
97	Molakalmuru (ST)	B. Sriramulu		BJP	84,018	43.63	Dr. B. Yogesh Babu		INC	41,973	21.80	42,045
98	Challakere (ST)	T. Raghumurthy		INC	72,874	43.12	Raveesh Kumar		JDS	59,335	35.11	13,539
99	Chitradurga	G. H. Thippareddy		BJP	82,896	43.78	K. C. Veerendra Puppy		JDS	49,911	26.36	32,985
100	Hiriyur	K. Poornima		BJP	77,733	41.17	D. Sudhakar		INC	64,858	34.36	12,875
101	Hosadurga	Gulhatty D. Shekhar		BJP	90,562	56.66	B. G. Govindappa		INC	64,570	40.40	25,992
102	Holalkere (SC)	M. Chandrappa		BJP	107,976	57.29	H. Anjaneya		INC	69,036	36.63	38,940
Davanagere district
103	Jagalur (ST)	S. V. Ramachandra		BJP	78,948	53.22	H. P. Rajesh		INC	49,727	33.52	29,221
104	Harapanahalli	G. Karunakara Reddy		BJP	67,603	40.14	M. P. Ravindra		INC	57,956	34.41	9,647
105	Harihar	S. Ramappa		INC	64,801	39.29	B. P. Harish		BJP	57,541	34.89	7,260
106	Davanagere North	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	76,540	48.65	S. S. Mallikarjun		INC	72,469	46.06	4,071
107	Davanagere South	Shamanur Shivashankarappa		INC	71,369	52.45	Yashavantha Rao Jadhav		BJP	55,485	40.78	15,884
108	Mayakonda (SC)	N. Linganna		BJP	50,556	32.58	K.S.Basavaraj		INC	44,098	28.42	6,458
109	Channagiri	K. Madal Virupakshappa		BJP	73,794	46.68	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	48,014	30.37	25,780
110	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	80,624	49.81	D. G. Shanthana Gowda		INC	76,391	47.19	4,233
Shivamogga district
111	Shimoga Rural (SC)	K. B. Ashok Naik		BJP	69,326	40.25	Sharada Puryanaik		JDS	65,549	38.06	3,777
112	Bhadravati	B.K. Sangameshwara		INC	75,722	49.53	M. J. Appaji Gowda		JDS	64,155	41.97	11,567
113	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	104,027	60.36	K. B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	57,920	33.61	46,107
114	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	67,527	43.03	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	45,572	29.04	21,955
115	Shikaripura	B. S. Yeddyurappa		BJP	86,983	56.16	Goni Malatesha		INC	51,586	33.31	35,397
116	Sorab	Kumar Bangarappa		BJP	72,091	46.15	Madhu Bangarappa		JDS	58,805	37.65	13,286
117	Sagar	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	78,475	50.65	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	70,436	45.46	8,039
Udupi district
118	Baindur	B. M. Sukumar Shetty		BJP	96,029	54.34	K. Gopala Poojary		INC	71,636	40.54	24,393
119	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	103,434	65.20	Rakesh Malli		INC	47,029	29.64	56,405
120	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	84,946	52.31	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	72,902	44.89	12,044
121	Kaup	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	75,893	52.54	Vinay Kumar Sorake		INC	63,976	44.29	11,917
122	Karkala	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	91,245	62.52	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	48,679	33.36	42,566
Chikmagalur district
123	Sringeri	T. D. Rajegowda		INC	62,780	45.81	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	60,791	44.36	1,989
124	Mudigere (SC)	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	58,783	44.76	Motamma		INC	46,271	35.24	12,512
125	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	70,863	43.98	B. L. Shankar		INC	44,549	27.65	26,314
126	Tarikere	D. S. Suresh		BJP	44,940	30.04	G. H. Srinivasa		Ind	33,253	22.23	11,687
127	Kadur	K. S. Prakash		BJP	62,232	38.97	Y. S. V. Datta		JDS	46,860	29.34	15,372
Tumakuru district
128	Chiknayakanhalli	J. C. Madhuswamy		BJP	69,612	38.53	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	59,335	32.84	10,277
129	Tiptur	B. C. Nagesh		BJP	61,383	40.50	K. Shadakshari		INC	35,820	23.63	25,563
130	Turuvekere	A. S. Jayaram		BJP	60,710	39.54	M. T. Krishnappa		JDS	58,661	38.21	2,049
131	Kunigal	H. D. Ranganath		INC	58,697	36.25	D. Krishna Kumar		BJP	53,097	32.79	5,600
132	Tumkur City	G. B. Jyothi Ganesh		BJP	60,421	35.57	N. Govindaraju		JDS	55,128	32.45	5,293
133	Tumkur Rural	D. C. Gourishankar		JDS	82,740	48.01	B. Suresh Gowda		BJP	77,100	44.74	5,640
134	Koratagere (SC)	Dr. G. Parameshwara		INC	81,598	47.64	P. R. Sudhakara Lal		JDS	73,979	43.19	7,619
135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		JDS	55,572	35.76	G. N. Bettaswamy		BJP	46,491	29.91	9,081
136	Sira	B. Sathyanarayana		JDS	74,338	41.24	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	63,973	35.49	10,365
137	Pavagada (SC)	Venkata Ramanappa		INC	72,974	44.79	K. M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	72,565	44.54	409
138	Madhugiri	M.V. Veerabhadraiah		JDS	88,521	53.31	Kyathasandra N. Rajanna		INC	69,947	42.12	18,574
Chikkaballapura district
139	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	69,000	40.91	C. R. Narasimhamurthy		JDS	59,832	35.47	9,168
140	Bagepalli	S. N. Subbareddy		INC	65,710	39.94	G.V. Sreerama Reddy		CPM	51,697	31.42	14,013
141	Chikkaballapur	K. Sudhakar		INC	82,006	47.27	K. P. Bachegowda		JDS	51,575	29.73	30,431
142	Sidlaghatta	V. Muniyappa		INC	76,240	44.76	B. N. Ravikumar		JDS	66,531	39.06	9,709
143	Chintamani	J. K. Krishnareddy		JDS	87,753	48.55	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar		BRP [b]	82,513	45.65	5,240
Kolar district
144	Srinivaspur	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	93,571	50.71	G. K. Venkatashivareddy		JDS	83,019	44.99	10,552
145	Mulbagal	H. Nagesh		Ind	74,213	45.12	Samruddhi Manjunath		JDS	67,498	41.03	6,715
146	Kolar Gold Field (SC)	M. Roopakala		INC	71,151	50.98	Ashwini Sampangi		BJP	30,324	21.73	40,827
147	Bangarapet (SC)	S. N. Narayana Swamy		INC	71,171	45.29	M. Mallesh Babu		JDS	49,300	31.37	21,871
148	Kolar	K. Srinivasa Gowda		JDS	82,788	46.22	Syed Zameer Pasha		INC	38,537	21.52	44,251
149	Malur	K. Y. Nanjegowda		INC	75,677	46.90	K. S. Manjunath Gowda		JDS	57,762	35.80	17,915
Bangalore Urban district
150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath		BJP	120,110	49.00	A. M. Hanumanthegowda		JDS	77,607	31.66	42,503
151	Krishnarajapuram	Byrathi Basavaraj		INC	135,404	53.31	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy		BJP	102,675	40.42	32,729
152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	114,964	45.31	A. Ravi		BJP	109,293	43.08	5,671
153	Yeshwantpur	S. T. Somashekar		INC	115,273	40.14	T N Javarayi Gowda		JDS	104,562	36.41	10,711
154	Rajarajeshwarinagar	Munirathna		INC	108,065	42.14	P. Muniraju Gowda		BJP	82,573	32.20	25,492
155	Dasarahalli	R. Manjunatha		JDS	94,044	43.48	S. Muniraju		BJP	83,369	38.55	10,675
156	Mahalakshmi Layout	K. Gopalaiah		JDS	88,218	55.18	N.L. Narendra Babu		BJP	47,118	29.47	41,100
157	Malleshwaram	Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	83,130	67.22	Kengal Shreepadha Renu		INC	29,130	23.56	54,000
158	Hebbal	Suresha B. S.		INC	74,453	50.76	Y. A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	53,313	36.34	21,140
159	Pulakeshinagar	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy		INC	97,574	77.18	B. Prasanna Kumar		JDS	15,948	12.61	81,626
160	Sarvagnanagar	K. J. George		INC	109,955	61.74	M. N. Reddy		BJP	56,651	31.81	53,304
161	C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)	S. Raghu		BJP	58,887	44.61	R. Sampath Raj		INC	46,660	35.35	12,227
162	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		INC	59,742	55.04	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	44,702	41.19	15,040
163	Shanti Nagar	N. A. Haris		INC	60,009	49.42	K. Vasudevamurthy		BJP	41,804	34.43	18,205
164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	47,354	37.34	A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda		BJP	37,284	29.40	10,070
165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	56,271	46.86	G. Padmavathi		INC	46,818	38.99	9,453
166	Govindraj Nagar	V. Somanna		BJP	79,135	50.33	Priya Krishna		INC	67,760	43.10	11,375
167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa		INC	73,353	46.90	H. Ravindra		BJP	70,578	45.13	2,775
168	Chamrajpet	Zameer Ahmed Khan		INC	65,339	54.35	M Lakshminarayana		BJP	32,202	26.79	33,137
169	Chickpet	Uday Garudachar		BJP	57,312	44.46	R. V. Devraj		INC	49,378	38.30	7,934
170	Basavanagudi	L. A. Ravi Subramanya		BJP	76,018	58.46	K. Bagegowda		JDS	38,009	29.23	38,009
171	Padmanabhanagar	R. Ashoka		BJP	77,868	48.18	V. K. Gopal		JDS	45,702	28.28	32,166
172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	67,085	49.35	Lallesh Reddy		BJP	46,607	34.29	20,478
173	Jayanagar	Soumya Reddy		INC	54,457	48.80	B. N. Prahlad		BJP	51,568	46.22	2,889
174	Mahadevapura (SC)	Aravind Limbavali		BJP	141,682	49.83	A. C. Srinivasa		INC	123,898	43.57	17,784
175	Bommanahalli	M Satish Reddy		BJP	111,863	57.22	Sushma Rajagopala Reddy		INC	64,701	33.09	47,162
176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa		BJP	152,427	47.74	R. K. Ramesh		INC	122,068	38.24	30,359
177	Anekal (SC)	B. Shivanna		INC	113,894	50.02	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	105,267	46.24	8,627
Bangalore Rural district
178	Hoskote	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	98,824	51.19	Sharath Kumar Bachegowda		BJP	91,227	47.25	7,597
179	Devanahalli (SC)	Narayanaswamy L. N.		JDS	86,966	50.81	Venkataswamy		INC	69,956	40.87	17,010
180	Doddaballapur	T. Venkataramanaiah		INC	73,225	43.39	B. Munegowda		JDS	63,280	37.50	9,945
181	Nelamangala (SC)	Dr. K. Srinavasamurthy		JDS	69,277	42.91	R. Narayanaswamy		INC	44,956	27.85	24,321
Ramanagara district
182	Magadi	A. Manjunath		JDS	119,492	61.52	H. C. Balakrishna		INC	68,067	35.05	51,425
183	Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	92,626	53.96	H. A. Iqbal Hussain		INC	69,990	40.77	22,636
184	Kanakapura	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	127,552	68.52	Narayana Gowda		JDS	47,643	25.59	79,909
185	Channapatna	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	87,995	46.55	C. P. Yogeeshwara		BJP	66,465	35.16	21,530
Mandya district
186	Malavalli (SC)	Dr. K. Annadani		JDS	103,038	52.93	P.M.Narendraswamy		INC	76,278	39.18	26,760
187	Maddur	D. C. Thammanna		JDS	109,239	63.48	Madhu G Madegowda		INC	55,209	32.08	54,030
188	Melukote	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	96,003	54.87	Darshan Puttannaiah		SA	73,779	42.17	22,224
189	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	69,421	41.99	P. Ravikumar		INC	47,813	28.92	21,608
190	Shrirangapattana	Ravindra Srikantaiah		JDS	101,307	57.35	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda		INC	57,619	32.62	43,688
191	Nagamangala	Suresh Gowda		JDS	112,396	61.94	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		INC	64,729	35.67	47,667
192	Krishnarajapet	Narayana Gowda		JDS	88,016	50.58	K. B. Chandrashekar		INC	70,897	40.74	17,119
Hassan district
193	Shravanabelagola	C. N. Balakrishna		JDS	105,516	63.08	C. S. Puttegowda		INC	52,504	31.39	53,012
194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	93,986	54.34	G. B. Shashidhara		INC	50,297	29.08	43,689
195	Belur	K. S. Lingesha		JDS	64,268	42.20	H. K. Suresh		BJP	44,578	29.27	19,690
196	Hassan	Preetham J. Gowda		BJP	63,348	41.02	H. S. Prakash		JDS	50,342	32.60	13,006
197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	108,541	60.13	B. P. Manjegowda		INC	64,709	35.85	43,832
198	Arkalgud	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	85,064	45.03	A. Manju		INC	74,411	39.39	10,653
199	Sakleshpur (SC)	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	62,262	38.67	Somashekar Jayaraj		BJP	57,320	35.60	4,942
Dakshina Kannada
200	Belthangady	Harish Poonja		BJP	98,417	54.81	K. Vasantha Bangera		INC	75,443	42.02	22,974
201	Moodabidri	Umanatha Kotian		BJP	87,444	57.44	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	57,645	37.86	29,799
202	Mangalore City North	Bharath Shetty		BJP	98,648	56.02	Mohiuddin Bava		INC	72,000	40.88	26,648
203	Mangalore City South	D. Vedavyas Kamath		BJP	86,545	52.97	John Richard Lobo		INC	70,470	43.13	16,075
204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader		INC	80,813	54.11	Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru		BJP	61,074	40.89	19,739
205	Bantval	U Rajesh Naik		BJP	97,802	53.57	Ramanath Rai		INC	81,831	44.83	15,971
206	Puttur	Sanjeeva Matandoor		BJP	90,073	54.17	Shakunthala T. Shetty		INC	70,596	42.46	19,477
207	Sullia (SC)	Angara S.		BJP	95,205	56.53	Dr. B. Raghu		INC	69,137	41.05	26,068
Kodagu district
208	Madikeri	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	70,631	41.68	B A Jivijaya		JDS	54,616	32.23	16,015
209	Virajpet	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	77,944	49.40	Arun Machaiah		INC	64,591	40.94	13,353
Mysore district
210	Periyapatna	K. Mahadeva		JDS	77,770	49.94	K. Venkatesh		INC	70,277	45.13	7,493
211	Krishnarajanagara	S. R. Mahesh		JDS	85,011	48.57	D Ravishankar		INC	83,232	47.56	1,779
212	Hunsur	Adagur H. Vishwanath		JDS	91,667	49.22	H. P. Manjunath		INC	83,092	44.62	8,575
213	Heggadadevankote (ST)	Anil Kumar C.		INC	76,652	44.81	Chikkanna		JDS	54,559	31.90	22,093
214	Nanjangud (SC)	Harshavardhan B.		BJP	78,030	47.59	Kalale N. Keshavamurthy		INC	65,551	39.98	12,479
215	Chamundeshwari	G. T. Devegowda		JDS	121,325	53.62	Siddaramaiah		INC	85,283	37.69	36,042
216	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	78,573	53.48	M.K.Somashekar		INC	52,226	35.55	26,347
217	Chamaraja	L. Nagendra		BJP	51,683	36.77	Vasu		INC	36,747	26.14	14,936
218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	62,268	38.46	Sandesh Swamy		BJP	44,141	27.27	18,127
219	Varuna	Yathindra Siddaramaiah		INC	96,435	55.09	T. Basavaraju		BJP	37,819	21.60	58,616
220	T. Narasipur (SC)	Ashvin Kumar M.		JDS	83,929	54.05	Dr. H. C. Mahadevappa		INC	55,451	35.71	28,478
Chamarajanagar district
221	Hanur	R. Narendra		INC	60,444	35.49	Dr. Preethan Nagappa		BJP	56,931	33.42	3,513
222	Kollegal (SC)	N. Mahesh		BSP	71,792	42.51	A. R. Krishna Murthy		INC	52,338	30.99	19,454
223	Chamarajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty		INC	75,963	45.46	K. R. Mallikarjunappa		BJP	71,050	42.52	4,913
224	Gundlupet	C. S. Niranjan Kumar		BJP	94,151	51.48	Geeta Mahadevaprasad		INC	77,467	42.35	16,684

By-election

S. No	Constituency No.	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party	Elected MLA	Party
1	21	6-Nov-2018	Jamkhandi	Siddu Nyamagouda	INC	Anand Nyamagouda	INC
2	183		Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy	JDS	Anitha Kumaraswamy	JDS
3	70	23-Apr-2019	Kundgol	C. S. Shivalli	INC	Kusuma Shivalli	INC
4	42		Chincholi	Umesh Jadhav	INC	Avinash Jadhav	BJP
5	3	5-Dec-2019	Athani	Mahesh Kumathalli	INC	Mahesh Kumathalli	BJP
6	4		Kagwad	Shrimant Patil	INC	Shrimant Patil	BJP
7	9		Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi	INC	Ramesh Jarkiholi	BJP
8	81		Yellapur	Shivaram Hebbar	INC	Shivaram Hebbar	BJP
9	86		Hirekerur	B. C. Patil	INC	B. C. Patil	BJP
10	90		Vijayanagara	Anand Singh	INC	Anand Singh	BJP
11	141		Chikkaballapur	K. Sudhakar	INC	Dr. K. Sudhakar	BJP
12	151		K.R. Puram	Byrati Basavaraj	INC	Byrati Basavaraj	BJP
13	153		Yeshvanthapura	S. T. Somashekhar	INC	S. T. Somashekhar	BJP
14	87		Ranibennur	R. Shankar	INC	Arunkumar Guththur	BJP
15	156		Mahalakshmi Layout	K. Gopalaiah	JDS	K. Gopalaiah	BJP
16	192		Krishnarajpete	Narayana Gowda	JDS	Narayana Gowda	BJP
17	212		Hunsur	A. H. Vishwanath	JDS	H. P. Manjunath	INC
18	162		Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig	INC	Rizwan Arshad	INC
19	178		Hosakote	M. T. B. Nagaraj	INC	Sharath Bache Gowda	Ind
20	136	3-Nov-2020	Sira	B Sathyanarayana	JDS	Rajesh Gowda	BJP
21	154		Rajarajeshwari Nagar	Munirathna	INC	Munirathna	BJP
22	47	17-Apr-2021	Basavakalyan	B. Narayan Rao	INC	Sharanu Salagar	BJP
23	59		Maski	Pratapgouda Patil	INC	Basangouda Turvihal	INC
24	33	30-Oct-2021	Sindagi	Mallappa Managuli	JDS	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. ^[56] BJP under the leadership of Yeddyurappa 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 then limited the window to 3 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 2 days and 2 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 3 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 oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka once again. ^[57]

Bypolls

Bypolls were due to be held in three seats: Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore ^[58] 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. ^[59]

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. ^{[60] [61]} 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 passed away in a road accident on 28 May 2018. ^[62]

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. And the Congress-JD(S) coalition 120 seats.

Bypolls in 2019

After the Demise of Kundagol MLA C.S. Shivalli and Resignation of Chincholi MLA Umesh Jadhav for Karnataka Assembly, The Bypolls of Karnataka Assembly held on 19 May along with Parliamentary election. Out of 2 seats, Kundagol seat was won by Kusuma Shivalli (Wife of 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

• Elections in India
• 2018 elections in India
• 2019 Karnataka resignation crisis
• 2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election

Notes

1. Elections in the constituencies of Rajarajeshwarinagar and Jayanagar were postponed to 28 May 2018 and 11 June 2018 respectively.
2. Bharatiya Praja Paksha

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External links

• Election Commission of India
• Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018
• Karnataka Elections 2018