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By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were held in Karnataka on 5 December 2019, and results were announced on 9 December. BJP, the ruling party, needed to win 6 out of the 15 seats to maintain its majority. It won 12 out of 15 seats. Congress won two, JD(S) failed to open its account, and one seat was won by a rebel BJP leader who contested as an independent.
By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were originally to be held on 21 October 2019 together with Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. The counting of votes was to be on 24 October 2019. [1] [2] [3]
| Event | Date | Day |
| Date for Nominations | 23 Sep 2019 | Monday |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 30 Sep 2019 | Monday |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 1 Oct 2019 | Tuesday |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 3 Oct 2019 | Thursday |
| Date of poll | 21 Oct 2019 | Monday |
| Date of counting | 24 Oct 2019 | Thursday |
| Date before which the election shall be completed | 24 Oct 2019 | Sunday |
The Election Commission on 27 September rescheduled the by-elections to 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies to 5 December and will declare the results no later than 11 December. [4]
| Event | Date | Day |
| Date for Nominations | 11 Nov 2019 | Monday |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 18 Nov 2019 | Monday |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 19 Nov 2019 | Tuesday |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 21 Nov 2019 | Thursday |
| Date of poll | 5 Dec 2019 | Thursday |
| Date of counting | 9 Dec 2019 | Monday |
| Date before which the election shall be completed | 11 Dec 2019 | Wednesday |
| Poll type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Majority | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | INC | JD(S) | Others | ||||
| Exit polls [5] | 5 December 2019 | Karnataka Power TV | 8-12 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-5 |
| BTV | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Public TV | 8-10 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | ||
| Party | Vote Share | Votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | +/-% | No. | +/- | No. | % | +/- | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 50.32 |  18.82 | 1,291,049 | 457,696 | 12 | 80.00 | 12 | |||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 31.50 |  13.96 | 808,114 | 394,560 | 2 | 13.33 | 9 | |||
| Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) | 11.90 | 4.87 | 305,307 | 138,325 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | |||
| Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) | 0.43 | 0.43 | 10,928 | 10,928 | 0 | 0.00 |  0 | |||
| Karnataka Rashtra Samithi (KRS) | 0.11 | 0.11 | 2,714 | 2,714 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 0.09 | 0.09 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Independent (IND) | 4.27 | 2.01 | 109,530 | 49,852 | 1 | 6.67 | 1 | |||
| Others | 0.38 | 2.84 | 9,671 | 75,531 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | |||
| None of the Above (NOTA) | 0.94 | 0.17 | 24,073 | 3,599 | ||||||
| Soure: Karnataka CEO [6] | ||||||||||
| S.No | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Athani | Mahesh Kumathalli | Bharatiya Janata Party | 99,203 | Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli | Indian National Congress | 59,214 | 39,989 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Kagwad | Shrimant Balasaheb Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party | 76,952 | Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage | Indian National Congress | 58,395 | 18,557 | ||
| 3 | 9 | Gokak | Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao | Bharatiya Janata Party | 87,450 | Lakhan Laxmanrao Jarkiholi | Indian National Congress | 58,444 | 29,006 | ||
| 4 | 81 | Yellapur | Arabail Hebbar Shivaram | Bharatiya Janata Party | 80,442 | Bhimanna Naik | Indian National Congress | 49,034 | 31,408 | ||
| 5 | 86 | Hirekerur | B.C. Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party | 85,562 | Bannikod Basappa Hanumantappa | Indian National Congress | 56,495 | 29,067 | ||
| 6 | 87 | Ranebennur | Arunkumar Guththur (M M P) | Bharatiya Janata Party | 95,438 | K B Koliwad | Indian National Congress | 72,216 | 23,222 | ||
| 7 | 90 | Vijayanagara | Anand Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 85,477 | V.Y. Ghorpade | Indian National Congress | 55,352 | 30,125 | ||
| 8 | 141 | Chikkaballapur | DR. K.Sudhakar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 84,389 | M. Anjanappa | Indian National Congress | 49,588 | 34,801 | ||
| 9 | 151 | Krishnarajapuram | B.A.Basavaraja | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,39,879 | M.Narayanaswamy | Indian National Congress | 76,436 | 63,443 | ||
| 10 | 153 | Yeshvanthapura | S. T. Somashekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,44,722 | T.N. Javarayi Gowda | Janata Dal (Secular) | 1,17,023 | 27,699 | ||
| 11 | 156 | Mahalakshmi Layout | K Gopalaiah | Bharatiya Janata Party | 85,889 | M. Shivaraju | Indian National Congress | 31,503 | 54,386 | ||
| 12 | 162 | Shivajinagar | Rizwan Arshad | Indian National Congress | 49,890 | M. Saravana | Bharatiya Janata Party | 36,369 | 13,521 | ||
| 13 | 178 | Hoskote | Sharath Kumar Bachegowda | Independent | 81,671 | M T B Nagaraj | Bharatiya Janata Party | 70,185 | 13,521 | ||
| 14 | 192 | Krishnarajpet | Narayan Gowda | Bharatiya Janata Party | 66,094 | B. L. Devaraj | Janata Dal (Secular) | 56,363 | 9,731 | ||
| 15 | 212 | Hunsur | H. P. Manjunath | Indian National Congress | 92,725 | Adagur H. Vishwanath | Bharatiya Janata Party | 52,998 | 39,727 | ||
The bypolls were necessitated because 15 MLAs, from Congress and Janata Dal (S), resigned to bring down Kumaraswamy's coalition government. BJP won 12 out of 15 seats. But 3 seats escaped its grasp. Roshan Beg from Shivajinagar had resigned. But BJP did not allow Roshan Baig to join them, and he did not contest the bypoll. Congress retained the seat. From Hoskote, MTB Nagaraj resigned his seat and joined BJP who nominated him from his former seat. But a BJP rebel challenged him, and the rebel won. From Hunsur (Hunasuru), Adagur Vishwanath had won on JD(S) ticket, defeating Manjunath of Congress. He resigned, and contested as BJP candidate this time. But this time Manjunath managed to win the seat for Congress.
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