2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
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224 of 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.50% (Increase2.svg 0.67%) [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.jpg Siddaramaiah1.jpg H. D. Kumaraswamy meets union Minister.jpg
Leader B. S. Yediyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Alliance NDA UPA JD(S)+BSP
Leader's seat Shikaripura
(won)		 Badami (won)
Chamundeshwari (lost)		 Channapatna (won; retained)
Ramanagara (won; vacated)
Seats before4012240
Seats won1048037
Seat changeIncrease2.svg64Decrease2.svg42Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote13,267,95613,932,0696,726,667
Percentage36.35%38.14%18.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg16.3%Increase2.svg1.4%Decrease2.svg1.9%
Karnataka election, 2018.png
Results of 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]

Contents

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]

EventDateDay
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]

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/CommissionerDate publishedMajority
BJP INCJD(S)+Others
Public TV [32] 2 January 201885–9090–9540–450–6Hung
CHS [33] 13 January 201875–76
36.40%		77–81
33.20%		64–66
24.90%		Hung
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies [34] 2 February 201811385251BJP
C-Fore [35] 26 March 201880
31.00%		126
46.00%		27
16.00%		1
7.00%		INC
India Today-Karvy Insights [36] 13 April 201878–86
35%		90–101
37%		34–43
19%		2–12
9%		Hung
BTV [32] 19 April 201882–87
35%		94–99
37%		39–44
19%		2–6
9%		Hung
Times Now-VMR [37] 23 April 201889
35%		91
37%		40
19%		4
9%		Hung
C-Fore [38] 1 May 201863–73
35%		118–128
37%		29–36
20%		2–7
8%		INC
ABP News-CSDS [39] 7 May 201879–89
33%		92–102
38%		34–42
22%		1–7
7%		Hung
Flash News – TV 5 [40] 7 May 2018110–120
36–38%		65–75
33–35%		38–42
20–22%		2–6BJP
Spick Media [41] 9 May 201888
101
31
3
Hung
India TV [42] 9 May 201885
96
38
4
Hung
News X-CNX [43] 9 May 201887
90
39
7
Hung
Average as on 8 May 201887963605Hung


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/CommissionerDate publishedMajority
BJPINCJD(S)Others
IndiaTV-VMR [47] 12 May 20189497283Hung
ABP News-C Voter [48] 12 May 201811088242Hung
Times Now-VMR [49] 12 May 20188797353Hung
Times Now-Today's Chanakya [50] 12 May 201812073263BJP
India Today-Axis My India [51] 12 May 201885111260Hung
NewsX-CNX [52] 12 May 201810675374Hung
News Nation [53] 12 May 201810773384Hung
Average12 May 201810188314Hung


Results

Seat Share

   BJP (46.43%)
   INC (35.17%)
   JD(S) (16.52%)
  Others (1.34%)
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Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)13,328,52436.35Increase2.svg16.3104Increase2.svg64
Indian National Congress (INC)13,986,52638.14Increase2.svg1.480Decrease2.svg42
Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)6,726,66718.3Decrease2.svg1.937Decrease2.svg3
Independents (IND)1,438,1063.9Decrease2.svg 3.51Decrease2.svg8
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)108,5920.321Increase2.svg1
Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP)74,2290.21Increase2.svg1
Other parties and candidates683,6322.20Decrease2.svg13
None of the Above (NOTA)322,8410.9
Total36,739,562100.00224±0
Valid votes36,739,56299.92
Invalid votes30,3920.08
Votes cast / turnout36,769,95472.50
Abstentions13,948,24427.50
Registered voters50,718,198

Region-wise break-up

Vote Share

   INC (38.14%)
   BJP (36.35%)
   JD(S) (18.3%)
  Others (7.21%)
RegionTotal Seats BJP INC JDS Others
Mysuru Karnataka571117272
Kitturu Karnataka50301721
Kalyana Karnataka4015214
Greater Bengaluru3211174
Madhya Karnataka26215
Karavali Karnataka19163
Total22410480373

District-wise break-up

Districts Total BJP INC JDS Ind.
Belagavi 1810800
Bagalkote 75200
Vijayapura 8332
Kalaburagi 94500
Yadagiri 42110
Bidar 61410
Raichuru 72320
Koppala 53200
Gadaga 43100
Dharwada 75200
Uttara Kannada (Karwara) 64200
Haveri 64101
Ballari 93600
Chitradurga 65100
Davanagere 86200
Shivamogga 76100
Udupi 55000
Chikkamagaluru 54100
Tumakuru 114340
Chikkaballapura 50410
Kolar 60411
Bengaluru Urban 28111520
Bengaluru Rural 40220
Mandya 70070
Hassana 71060
Kodagu 22000
Mysuru 113350
Chamarajanagara 41201
Ramanagara 40130
Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru) 87100
Total22410480373

List of winning candidates

The election results for each constituency are as follows: [54]

#ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotesRunner-upPartyVotes
Belagavi district
1 Nippani Shashikala Jolle BJP 87,006Kakaso Pandurang Patil INC 78,5008,506
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga Ganesh Hukkeri INC 91,467 Annasaheb Jolle BJP 80,89810,569
3 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli INC 82,094 Laxman Savadi BJP 79,7632,331
4 Kagwad Srimant Patil INC 83,060 Raju Kage BJP 50,11832,942
5 Kudachi (SC) P. Rajeev BJP 67,781Amit Shama Ghatage INC 52,77315,008
6 Raibag (SC) Duryodhan Aihole BJP 67,502Pradeepkumar Ramu Malage INC 50,95416,548
7 Hukkeri Umesh Katti BJP 83,588Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil INC 68,20315,385
8 Arabhavi Balachandra Jarkiholi BJP 96,144Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad JDS 48,81647,328
9 Gokak Ramesh Jarkiholi INC 90,249Ashok Pujari BJP 75,96914,280
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) Satish Jarkiholi INC 73,512Astagi Maruti Mallappa BJP 70,6622,850
11 Belgaum Uttar Anil S Benake BJP 79,060 Fairoz Nuruddin Saith INC 61,79317,267
12 Belgaum Dakshin Abhay Patil BJP 84,498 M. D. Lakshminarayana INC 25,80658,692
13 Belgaum Rural Lakshmi Hebbalkar INC 102,040 Sanjay Patil BJP 50,31651,724
14 Khanapur Anjali Nimbalkar INC 36,649Vithal Halagekar BJP 31,5165,133
15 Kittur D. M. Basavantaray BJP 73,155Inamdar Danappagouda Basanagouda INC 40,29332,862
16 Bailhongal Mahantesh Kaujlagi INC 47,040Jagdish Metgud Ind 41,9185,122
17 Saundatti Yellamma Anand Mamani BJP 62,480Anand Chopra Ind 56,1896,291
18 Ramdurg Mahadevappa Yadawad BJP 68,349Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan INC 65,4742,875
Bagalkot district
19 Mudhol (SC) Govind M. Karjol BJP 76,431Bandiwaddar Satish Chinnappa INC 60,94915,482
20 Terdal Siddu Savadi BJP 87,583 Umashree INC 66,47021,113
21 Jamkhandi Anand Nyamagouda INC 49,245Shrikant Kulkarni BJP 46,4502,795
22 Bilgi Murugesh Nirani BJP 85,135 J. T. Patil INC 80,3244,811
23 Badami Siddaramaiah INC 67,599 B. Sriramulu BJP 65,9031,696
24 Bagalkot Veerabhadrayya Charantimath BJP 85,653 H. Y. Meti INC 69,71915,934
25 Hungund Doddanagowda Patil BJP 65,012 Vijayanand Kashappanavar INC 59,7855,227
Bijapur district
26 Muddebihal Ameenappa Gouda Patil (Nadahalli) BJP 63,512 C. S. Nadagouda INC 54,8798,633
27 Devar Hippargi Somanagouda B Patil (Sasanur) BJP 48,245Bhimanagouda B. Patil JDS 44,8923,353
28 Basavana Bagevadi Shivanand Patil INC 58,647Somanagouda B. Patil JDS 55,4613,186
29 Babaleshwar M. B. Patil INC 98,339Vijayakumar Sidramgouda Patil BJP 68,62429,715
30 Bijapur City Basangouda Patil Yatnal BJP 76,308Abdul Hameed Mushrif INC 69,8956,413
31 Nagathan (SC)Devanand Fulasing Chavan JDS 59,709Katakadond Vittal Dondiba INC 54,1085,601
32 Indi Y. V. Patil INC 50,401B. D. Patil Hanjagi JDS 40,4639,938
33 Sindgi M. C. Managuli JDS 70,865Ramesh Bhusanur BJP 61,5609,305
Gulbarga district
34 Afzalpur M. Y. Patil INC 71,735 Malikayya Guttedar BJP 61,14110,594
35 Jevargi Ajay Singh INC 68,508Doddappa Gouda S. Patil Naribol BJP 52,45216,056
Yadgir district
36 Shorapur (ST) Narasimha Nayak BJP 104,426Raja Venkatappa Naik INC 81,85822,568
37 Shahapur Sharanabassappa Darshanapur INC 78,642Guru Patil Sirwal BJP 47,66830,974
38 Yadgir Venkatreddy Mudnal BJP 62,227Dr. A. B. Malaka Reddy INC 49,34612,881
39 Gurmitkal Nagangouda Kandkur JDS 79,627 Baburao Chinchansur INC 55,14724,480
Gulbarga district
40 Chittapur (SC) Priyank M. Kharge INC 69,700 Valmiki Nayak BJP 65,3074,393
41 Sedam Rajkumar Patil BJP 80,668 Sharan Prakash Patil INC 73,4687,200
42 Chincholi (SC) Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav INC 73,905 Sunil Vallyapure BJP 54,69319,212
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) Basawaraj Mattimud BJP 61,750Vijaykumar G. Ramakrishna INC 49,36412,386
44 Gulbarga Dakshin Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor BJP 64,788 Allamprabhu Patil INC 59,3575,431
45 Gulbarga Uttar Kaneez Fathima INC 64,311 Chandrakant B. Patil BJP 58,3715,940
46 Aland Subhash Guttedar BJP 76,815 B. R. Patil INC 76,118697
Bidar district
47 Basavakalyan B. Narayan Rao INC 61,425Mallikarjun Khuba BJP 44,15317,272
48 Humnabad Rajshekar Basavaraj Patil INC 74,945Subhash BJP 43,13131,814
49 Bidar South Bandeppa Kashempur JDS 55,107Dr. Shailendra Beldale BJP 42,36512,742
50 Bidar Rahim Khan INC 73,270Surayakanth Nagmarpalli BJP 63,02510,245
51 Bhalki Eshwara Khandre INC 84,673D. K. Sidram BJP 63,23521,438
52 Aurad (SC) Prabhu Chauhan BJP 75,061Vijaykumar INC 64,46910,592
Raichur district
53 Raichur Rural (ST)Basanagouda Daddal INC 66,656Tipparaju Hawaldar BJP 56,6929,964
54 Raichur Dr. Shivaraj Patil BJP 56,511Syed Yaseen INC 45,52010,991
55 Manvi (ST)Raja Venkatappa Nayak JDS 53,548Dr. Tanusree Preeti Ind 37,73315,815
56 Devadurga (ST) K. Shivanagouda Naik BJP 67,003A. Rajashekar Nayak INC 45,95821,045
57 Lingsugur D. S. Hoolageri INC 54,230Bandi Siddu JDS 49,2844,946
58 Sindhanur Venkatrao Nadagouda JDS 71,514Badarli Hampangouda INC 69,9171,597
59 Maski (ST) Pratap Gowda Patil INC 60,387Basanagowda Turvihal BJP 60,174213
Koppal district
60 Kushtagi Amaregowda Bayyapur INC 87,566Doddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil BJP 69,53518,031
61 Kanakagiri (SC)Basavaraj Dadesugur BJP 87,735 Shivaraj Tangadagi INC 73,51014,225
62 Gangawati Paranna Munavalli BJP 67,617Iqbal Ansari INC 59,6447,973
63 Yelburga Halappa Achar BJP 79,072 Basavaraj Rayareddy INC 65,75413,318
64 Koppal K. Raghavendra Hitnal INC 98,783Amaresh Sanganna Karadi BJP 72,43226,351
Gadag district
65 Shirahatti (SC)Ramappa Lamani BJP 91,967Doddamani Ramakrishna Shidlingappa INC 61,97429,993
66 Gadag H. K. Patil INC 77,699Anil Mensinakai BJP 75,8311,868
67 Ron Kalakappa Bandi BJP 83,735Gurupadagouda Patil INC 76,4017,334
68 Nargund C. C. Patil BJP 73,045 B. R. Yavagal INC 65,0667,979
Dharwad district
69 Navalgund Shankar Patil Munenakoppa BJP 65,718N. H. Konaraddi JDS 45,19720,521
70 Kundgol C. S. Shivalli INC 64,871Chikkanagoudra Siddanagoud Ishwaragod BJP 64,237634
71 Dharwad Amrut Desai BJP 85,123 Vinay Kulkarni INC 64,78320,340
72 Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) Abbayya Prasad INC 77,080Chandrashekar Gokak BJP 55,61321,467
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central Jagadish Shettar BJP 75,794Dr. Mahesh Nalwad INC 54,48821,306
74 Hubli-Dharwad West Aravind Bellad BJP 96,462Mohammad Ismail Tamatgar INC 55,97540,487
75 Kalghatgi C. M. Nimbannavar BJP 83,267 Santosh Lad INC 57,27025,997
Uttara Kannada
76 Haliyal R. V. Deshapande INC 61,577Sunil Hegade BJP 56,4375,140
77 Karwar Roopali Naik BJP 60,339 Anand Asnotikar JDS 46,27514,064
78 Kumta Dinakar Keshav Shetty BJP 59,392Sharada Mohan Shetty INC 26,64232,750
79 Bhatkal Sunil Biliya Naik BJP 83,172 M. S. Vaidya INC 77,2425,930
80 Sirsi Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri BJP 70,595Bhimanna Naik INC 53,13417,461
81 Yellapur Arbail Shivaram Hebbar INC 66,290Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagouda Patil BJP 64,8071,483
Haveri district
82 Hangal C. M. Udasi BJP 80,529 Srinivas Mane INC 74,0156,514
83 Shiggaon Basavaraj Bommai BJP 83,868Sayed Azeempeer Khadri INC 74,6039,265
84 Haveri (SC)Neharu Olekar BJP 86,565Rudrappa Lamani INC 75,26111,304
85 Byadgi Ballary Virupakshappa Rudrappa BJP 91,721 S. R. Patil INC 70,45021,271
86 Hirekerur B. C. Patil INC 72,461 U. B. Banakar BJP 71,906555
87 Ranebennur R. Shankar KPJP 63,910 K. B. Koliwad INC 59,5724,338
Bellary district
88 Hoovina Hadagali (SC) P. T. Parameshwara Naik INC 54,097Odo Gangappa Ind 44,9199,178
89 Hagaribommanahalli (SC)L. B. P. Bheema Naik INC 78,337K.Nemiraja Naik BJP 71,1057,232
90 Vijayanagara Anand Singh INC 83,214H. R. Gaviyappa BJP 74,9868,228
91 Kampli (ST) J.N. Ganesh INC 80,592T H Suresh Babu BJP 75,0375,555
92 Siruguppa (ST)M. S. Somalingappa BJP 82,546B. Murali Krishna INC 61,27521,271
93 Bellary Rural (ST) B. Nagendra INC 79,186 Sanna Pakkirappa BJP 76,5072,679
94 Bellary City G. Somashekara Reddy BJP 76,589 Anil Lad INC 60,43416,155
95 Sandur (ST) E. Tukaram INC 78,106D Raghavendra Manju BJP 64,09614,010
96 Kudligi N. Y. Gopalakrishna BJP 50,085N. T. Bommanna JDS 39,27210,813
Chitradurga district
97 Molakalmuru (ST) B. Sriramulu BJP 84,018Dr. B. Yogesh Babu INC 41,97342,045
98 Challakere (ST)T. Raghumurthy INC 72,874Raveesh Kumar JDS 59,33513,539
99 Chitradurga G. H. Thippareddy BJP 82,896K. C. Veerendra JDS 49,91132,985
100 Hiriyur K. Poornima BJP 77,733 D. Sudhakar INC 64,85812,875
101 Hosadurga Gulhatty D. Shekhar BJP 90,562 B. G. Govindappa INC 64,57025,992
102 Holalkere (SC)M. Chandrappa BJP 107,976 H. Anjaneya INC 69,03638,940
Davanagere district
103 Jagalur (ST)S. V. Ramachandra BJP 78,948H. P. Rajesh INC 49,72729,221
104 Harapanahalli G. Karunakara Reddy BJP 67,603M. P. Ravindra INC 57,9569,647
105 Harihar S. Ramappa INC 64,801B. P. Harish BJP 57,5417,260
106 Davanagere North S. A. Ravindranath BJP 76,540 S. S. Mallikarjun INC 72,4694,071
107 Davanagere South Shamanur Shivashankarappa INC 71,369Yashavantha Rao Jadhav BJP 55,48515,884
108 Mayakonda (SC)N. Linganna BJP 50,556K.S.Basavaraj INC 44,0986,458
109 Channagiri K. Madal Virupakshappa BJP 73,794 Vadnal Rajanna INC 48,01425,780
110 Honnali M. P. Renukacharya BJP 80,624D. G. Shanthanagowda INC 76,3914,233
Shivamogga district
111 Shimoga Rural (SC)K. B. Ashok Naik BJP 69,326Sharada Puryanaik JDS 65,5493,777
112 Bhadravati B.K. Sangameshwara INC 75,722 M. J. Appaji Gowda JDS 64,15511,567
113 Shimoga K. S. Eshwarappa BJP 104,027 K. B. Prasanna Kumar INC 57,92046,107
114 Tirthahalli Araga Jnanendra BJP 67,527 Kimmane Rathnakar INC 45,57221,955
115 Shikaripura B. S. Yeddyurappa BJP 86,983Goni Malatesha INC 51,58635,397
116 Sorab Kumar Bangarappa BJP 72,091 Madhu Bangarappa JDS 58,80513,286
117 Sagar Hartalu Halappa BJP 78,475 Kagodu Thimmappa INC 70,4368,039
Udupi district
118 Baindur B. M. Sukumar Shetty BJP 96,029 K. Gopala Poojary INC 71,63624,393
119 Kundapura Halady Srinivas Shetty BJP 103,434Rakesh Malli INC 47,02956,405
120 Udupi K. Raghupati Bhat BJP 84,946 Pramod Madhwaraj INC 72,90212,044
121 Kaup Lalaji Mendon BJP 75,893 Vinay Kumar Sorake INC 63,97611,917
122 Karkala V. Sunil Kumar BJP 91,245 H. Gopal Bhandary INC 48,67942,566
Chikmagalur district
123 Sringeri T. D. Rajegowda INC 62,780 D. N. Jeevaraj BJP 60,7911,989
124 Mudigere (SC)M. P. Kumaraswamy BJP 58,783 Motamma INC 46,27112,512
125 Chikmagalur C. T. Ravi BJP 70,863B. L. Shankar INC 44,54926,314
126 Tarikere D. S. Suresh BJP 44,940G. H. Srinivasa Ind 33,25311,687
127 Kadur K. S. Prakash BJP 62,232 Y. S. V. Datta JDS 46,86015,372
Tumakuru district
128 Chiknayakanhalli J. C. Madhuswamy BJP 69,612 C. B. Suresh Babu JDS 59,33510,277
129 Tiptur B. C. Nagesh BJP 61,383K. Shadakshari INC 35,82025,563
130 Turuvekere A. S. Jayaram BJP 60,710M. T. Krishnappa JDS 58,6612,049
131 Kunigal Dr. H. D. Ranganath INC 58,697D. Krishna Kumar BJP 53,0975,600
132 Tumkur City G. B. Jyothi Ganesh BJP 60,421N. Govindaraju JDS 55,1285,293
133 Tumkur Rural D. C. Gourishankar JDS 82,740 B. Suresh Gowda BJP 77,1005,640
134 Koratagere (SC) Dr. G. Parameshwara INC 81,598 P. R. Sudhakara Lal JDS 73,9797,619
135 Gubbi S. R. Srinivas JDS 55,572G. N. Bettaswamy BJP 46,4919,081
136 Sira B. Sathyanarayana JDS 74,338 T. B. Jayachandra INC 63,97310,365
137 Pavagada (SC)Venkata Ramanappa INC 72,974K. M. Thimmarayappa JDS 72,565409
138 Madhugiri M.V. Veerabhadraiah JDS 88,521Kyathasandra N. Rajanna INC 69,94718,574
Chikkaballapura district
139 Gauribidanur N. H. Shivashankara Reddy INC 69,000C. R. Narasimhamurthy JDS 59,8329,168
140 Bagepalli S. N. Subbareddy INC 65,710G.V. Sreeramareddy CPM 51,69714,013
141 Chikkaballapur K. Sudhakar INC 82,006K. P. Bachegowda JDS 51,57530,431
142 Sidlaghatta V. Muniyappa INC 76,240B. N. Ravikumar JDS 66,5319,709
143 Chintamani J. K. Krishnareddy JDS 87,753Dr. M. C. SudhakarBRP [lower-alpha 1] 82,5135,240
Kolar district
144 Srinivaspur K. R. Ramesh Kumar INC 93,571G. K. Venkatashivareddy JDS 83,01910,552
145 Mulbagal H. Nagesh Ind 74,213Samruddhi Manjunath JDS 67,4986,715
146 Kolar Gold Field (SC)M. Roopakala INC 71,151Ashwini Sampangi BJP 30,32440,827
147 Bangarapet (SC)S. N. Narayana Swamy INC 71,171M. Mallesh Babu JDS 49,30021,871
148 Kolar K. Srinivasa Gowda JDS 82,788Syed Zameer Pasha INC 38,53744,251
149 Malur K. Y. Nanjegowda INC 75,677K. S. Manjunath Gowda JDS 57,76217,915
Bangalore Urban district
150 Yelahanka S. R. Vishwanath BJP 120,110A. M. Hanumanthegowda JDS 77,60742,503
151 Krishnarajapuram Byrathi Basavaraj INC 135,404 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy BJP 102,67532,729
152 Byatarayanapura Krishna Byre Gowda INC 114,964A Ravi BJP 109,2935,671
153 Yeshwantpur S. T. Somashekar INC 115,273T N Javarayi Gowda JDS 104,56210,711
154 Rajarajeshwarinagar Munirathna INC 108,065 P. Muniraju Gowda BJP 82,57325,492
155 Dasarahalli R. Manjunatha JDS 94,044 S. Muniraju BJP 83,36910,675
156 Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah JDS 88,218N.L. Narendra Babu BJP 47,11841,100
157 Malleshwaram Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan BJP 83,130 Kengal Shreepadha Renu INC 29,13054,000
158 Hebbal Suresha BS INC 74,453 Y. A. Narayanaswamy BJP 53,31321,140
159 Pulakeshinagar Akhanda Srinivas Murthy INC 97,574 B. Prasanna Kumar JDS 15,94881,626
160 Sarvagnanagar K. J. George INC 109,955M. N. Reddy BJP 56,65153,304
161 C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)S. Raghu BJP 58,887 R. Sampath Raj INC 46,66012,227
162 Shivajinagar R. Roshan Baig INC 59,742 Katta Subramanya Naidu BJP 44,70215,040
163 Shanti Nagar N. A. Haris INC 60,009K. Vasudevamurthy BJP 41,80418,205
164 Gandhi Nagar Dinesh Gundu Rao INC 47,354A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda BJP 37,28410,070
165 Rajaji Nagar S. Suresh Kumar BJP 56,271 G. Padmavathi INC 46,8189,453
166 Govindraj Nagar V. Somanna BJP 79,135 Priya Krishna INC 67,76011,375
167 Vijay Nagar M. Krishnappa INC 73,353H. Ravindra BJP 70,5782,775
168 Chamrajpet Zameer Ahmed Khan INC 65,339M Lakshminarayana BJP 32,20233,137
169 Chickpet Uday Garudachar BJP 57,312 R. V. Devraj INC 49,3787,934
170 Basavanagudi L. A. Ravi Subramanya BJP 76,018K. Bagegowda JDS 38,00938,009
171 Padmanabhanagar R. Ashoka BJP 77,868V. K. Gopal JDS 45,70232,166
172 B.T.M. Layout Ramalinga Reddy INC 67,085Lallesh Reddy BJP 46,60720,478
173 Jayanagar Soumya Reddy INC 54,457B. N. Prahlad BJP 51,5682,889
174 Mahadevapura (SC) Aravind Limbavali BJP 141,682A. C. Srinivasa INC 123,89817,784
175 Bommanahalli M Satish Reddy BJP 111,863Sushma Rajagopala Reddy INC 64,70147,162
176 Bangalore South M. Krishnappa BJP 152,427R. K. Ramesh INC 122,06830,359
177 Anekal (SC)B. Shivanna INC 113,894 A. Narayanaswamy BJP 105,2678,627
Bangalore Rural district
178 Hoskote M. T. B. Nagaraj INC 98,824 Sharath Kumar Bachegowda BJP 91,2277,597
179 Devanahalli (SC)Narayanaswamy L. N. JDS 86,966Venkataswamy INC 69,95617,010
180 Doddaballapur T. Venkataramanaiah INC 73,225B. Munegowda JDS 63,2809,945
181 Nelamangala (SC)Dr. K. Srinavasamurthy JDS 69,277 R. Narayanaswamy INC 44,95624,321
Ramanagara district
182 Magadi A. Manjunath JDS 119,492H.C. Balakrishna INC 68,06751,425
183 Ramanagara H.D. Kumaraswamy JDS 92,626H. A. Iqbal Hussain INC 69,99022,636
184 Kanakapura D. K. Shivakumar INC 127,552 Narayana Gowda JDS 47,64379,909
185 Channapatna H.D. Kumaraswamy JDS 87,995 C. P. Yogeeshwara BJP 66,46521,530
Mandya district
186 Malavalli (SC)Dr. K. Annadani JDS 103,038P.M.Narendraswamy INC 76,27826,760
187 Maddur D. C. Thammanna JDS 109,239Madhu G Madegowda INC 55,20954,030
188 Melukote C. S. Puttaraju JDS 96,003Darshan Puttannaiah SA 73,77922,224
189 Mandya M. Srinivas JDS 69,421P. Ravikumar INC 47,81321,608
190 Shrirangapattana Ravindra Srikantaiah JDS 101,307A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda INC 57,61943,688
191 Nagamangala Suresh Gowda JDS 112,396 N. Chaluvaraya Swamy INC 64,72947,667
192 Krishnarajapet Narayana Gowda JDS 88,016K. B. Chandrashekar INC 70,89717,119
Hassan district
193 Shravanabelagola C. N. Balakrishna JDS 105,516C. S. Puttegowda INC 52,50453,012
194 Arsikere K. M. Shivalinge Gowda JDS 93,986G. B. Shashidhara INC 50,29743,689
195 Belur K. S. Lingesha JDS 64,268H. K. Suresh BJP 44,57819,690
196 Hassan Preetham J. Gowda BJP 63,348 H. S. Prakash JDS 50,34213,006
197 Holenarasipur H. D. Revanna JDS 108,541B. P. Manjegowda INC 64,70943,832
198 Arkalgud A. T. Ramaswamy JDS 85,064 A. Manju INC 74,41110,653
199 Sakleshpur (SC)H. K. Kumaraswamy JDS 62,262Somashekar Jayaraj BJP 57,3204,942
Dakshina Kannada
200 Belthangady Harish Poonja BJP 98,417 K. Vasantha Bangera INC 75,44322,974
201 Moodabidri Umanatha Kotian BJP 87,444 Abhayachandra Jain INC 57,64529,799
202 Mangalore City North Bharath Shetty BJP 98,648 Mohiuddin Bava INC 72,00026,648
203 Mangalore City South D. Vedavyas Kamath BJP 86,545 John Richard Lobo INC 70,47016,075
204 Mangalore U. T. Khader INC 80,813Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru BJP 61,07419,739
205 Bantval U Rajesh Naik BJP 97,802 Ramanath Rai INC 81,83115,971
206 Puttur Sanjeeva Matandoor BJP 90,073 Shakunthala T. Shetty INC 70,59619,477
207 Sullia (SC) Angara S. BJP 95,205Dr. B. Raghu INC 69,13726,068
Kodagu district
208 Madikeri Appachu Ranjan BJP 70,631B A Jivijaya JDS 54,61616,015
209 Virajpet K. G. Bopaiah BJP 77,944Arun Machaiah INC 64,59113,353
Mysore district
210 Periyapatna K. Mahadeva JDS 77,770 K. Venkatesh INC 70,2777,493
211 Krishnarajanagara S. R. Mahesh JDS 85,011D Ravishankar INC 83,2321,779
212 Hunsur Adagur H. Vishwanath JDS 91,667H. P. Manjunath INC 83,0928,575
213 Heggadadevankote (ST)Anil Kumar C. INC 76,652 Chikkanna JDS 54,55922,093
214 Nanjangud (SC)Harshavardhan B. BJP 78,030Kalale N. Keshavamurthy INC 65,55112,479
215 Chamundeshwari GT Devegowda JDS 121,325 Siddaramaiah INC 85,28336,042
216 Krishnaraja S. A. Ramadas BJP 78,573 M.K.Somashekar INC 52,22626,347
217 Chamaraja L. Nagendra BJP 51,683Vasu INC 36,74714,936
218 Narasimharaja Tanveer Sait INC 62,268Sandesh Swamy BJP 44,14118,127
219 Varuna Yathindra Siddaramaiah INC 96,435T. Basavaraju BJP 37,81958,616
220 T. Narasipur (SC)Ashvin Kumar M. JDS 83,929 Dr. H. C. Mahadevappa INC 55,45128,478
Chamarajanagar district
221 Hanur R. Narendra INC 60,444Dr. Preethan Nagappa BJP 56,9313,513
222 Kollegal (SC) N. Mahesh BSP 71,792A. R. Krishna Murthy INC 52,33819,454
223 Chamarajanagar C. Puttarangashetty INC 75,963K. R. Mallikarjunappa BJP 71,0504,913
224 Gundlupet C. S. Niranjan Kumar BJP 94,151Geeta Mahadevaprasad INC 77,46716,684

By-election

S. NoConstituency No.DateConstituencyMLA before electionPartyElected MLAParty
1216-Nov-2018 Jamkhandi Siddu Nyamagouda INC Anand Nyamagouda INC
2183 Ramanagara H. D. Kumaraswamy JDS Anitha Kumaraswamy JDS
37023-Apr-2019 Kundgol C. S. Shivalli INC Kusuma Shivalli INC
442 Chincholi Umesh Jadhav INC Avinash Jadhav BJP
53 5-Dec-2019 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli INC Mahesh Kumathalli BJP
64 Kagwad Shrimant Patil INC Shrimant Patil BJP
79 Gokak Ramesh Jarkiholi INC Ramesh Jarkiholi BJP
881 Yellapur Shivaram Hebbar INC Shivaram Hebbar BJP
986 Hirekerur B. C. Patil INC B. C. Patil BJP
1090 Vijayanagara Anand Singh INC Anand Singh BJP
11141 Chikkaballapur K. Sudhakar INC Dr. K. Sudhakar BJP
12151 K.R. Puram Byrati Basavaraj INC Byrati Basavaraj BJP
13153 Yeshvanthapura S. T. Somashekhar INC S. T. Somashekhar BJP
1487 Ranibennur R. Shankar INC Arunkumar Guththur BJP
15156 Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah JDS K. Gopalaiah BJP
16192 Krishnarajpete Narayana Gowda JDS Narayana Gowda BJP
17212 Hunsur A. H. Vishwanath JDS H. P. Manjunath INC
18162 Shivajinagar R. Roshan Baig INC Rizwan Arshad INC
19178 Hosakote M. T. B. Nagaraj INC Sharath Bache Gowda Ind
201363-Nov-2020 Sira B Sathyanarayana JDS Rajesh Gowda BJP
21154 Rajarajeshwari Nagar Munirathna INC Munirathna BJP
224717-Apr-2021 Basavakalyan B. Narayan Rao INC Sharanu Salagar BJP
2359 Maski Pratapgouda Patil INC Basangouda Turvihal INC
243330-Oct-2021 Sindagi Mallappa Managuli JDS Ramesh Bhusanur BJP
2582 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. [55] 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. [56]

Bypolls

Bypolls were due to be held in three seats: Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore [57] 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. [58]

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. [59] [60] 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. [61]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Bharatiya Praja Paksha

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