Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2018

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Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2018
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224 of 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout72.13% [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Yeddyurappa (cropped).jpg Siddaramaiah1.jpg Kumaraswamy.jpg
Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Alliance BJP+KPJP None JD(S)+BSP
Leader's seat Shikaripura (won) Badami (won), Chamundeshwari (lost) Channapattana (won), Ramanagara (won)
Seats before4412240
Seats won104 + 1 (KPJP broke allaince)8037 + 1 (BSP)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg60Decrease2.svg42Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote13,267,95613,932,0696,726,667
Percentage36.34%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

B. S. Yeddyurappa , BJP
H. D. Kumaraswamy
JD(S)+INC

Contents

The 15th 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.(actually everything here is wrong) [2] The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent, the highest in Karnataka since 1952 assembly polls. [3] The counting of votes took place on 15th May 2018. [4]

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in southern India. Karnataka is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad.

Jayanagar, Bangalore Neighbourhood in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jayanagar is an affluent residential and commercial neighbour of the city of Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is sub-divided into seven wards.

Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore Suburb in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rajarajeshwari Nagar is a residential locality in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is located in the southwestern part of Bangalore along the Mysore Road, with Nagarbhavi to the north and Kengeri to the west. There is a prominent arch shaped structure on Mysore Road which serves as the most popular entrance to this locality.

The incumbent Indian National Congress (INC) was seeking re-election, having governed the state since elections in 2013. [5] The Bharatiya Janta 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 (BJP) contested the election in an electoral alliance. The Aam Aadmi Party also made its debut in the state. [6] The election led to a hung assembly, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party, with 104 seats, but failing to win a majority of seats and popular votes. The INC won the popular vote. [7]

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a broadly based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

Janata Dal (Secular) political party of India, established 1999

The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former Prime Minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka and Kerala. It was formed in July 1999 by the split of Janata Dal party. It has a political presence mainly in Karnataka. In Kerala, the party is part of the Left Democratic Front.

Bahujan Samaj Party Political party of India

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national political party in India. By vote share in the 2014 general election, it is India's third-largest national party, though it did not win any seats in the Lok Sabha. It was formed to represent Bahujans, referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes (OBC), along with religious minorities. According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. Kanshi Ram named his protégée Mayawati as his successor in 2001.

Background

The tenure of 15 the Karnataka Assembly ended on May 28, 2018. [8]

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 per cent or 11,398 EVMs were in place against the requirement of 56,994 machines, one each for a polling station. Bharat Electronics Limited, which provides 80 per cent of the machines began supplying during this time. [9] 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. [10]

<i>The Times of India</i> Indian English-language daily newspaper

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, albeit under different names since its first edition published in 1838. It is also the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation after the Bombay Samachar.

Electronic voting in India component of Indian electoral system

Electronic Voting Machines ("EVM") are being used in Indian General and State Elections to implement electronic voting in part from 1999 elections and recently in 2018 state elections held in five states across India. EVMs have replaced paper ballots in local, state and general (parliamentary) elections in India. There were earlier claims regarding EVMs' tamparability and security which have not been proved. After rulings of Delhi High Court, Supreme Court and demands from various political parties, Election Commission decided to introduce EVMs with voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system. The VVPAT system was introduced in 8 of 543 parliamentary constituencies as a pilot project in Indian general election, 2014. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and EVMs are now used in every assembly and general election in India. On 9 April 2019, Supreme Court of India gave the judgement, ordering the Election Commission of India to increase VVPAT slips vote count to five randomly selected EVMs per assembly constituency, which means Election Commission of India has to count VVPAT slips of 20,625 EVMs in 2019 General elections.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company with about nine factories, and several regional offices in India.

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used with EVMs in all polling stations in Karnataka. [11]

Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) or verifiable paper record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow voters to verify that their vote was cast correctly, to detect possible election fraud or malfunction, and to provide a means to audit the stored electronic results. It contains the name of the candidate and symbol of the party/individual candidate.The VVPAT must be destroyed by the voter before leaving the room.

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. [12] It also declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the said announcement. [13] [14]

Election Commission of India election regulatory body of India

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and state Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Council in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country. The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per Article 324, and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act. The commission has the powers under the Constitution, to act in an appropriate manner when the enacted laws make insufficient provisions to deal with a given situation in the conduct of an election. Being a constitutional authority, Election Commission is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary, the Union Public Service Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India for conduct of political parties and candidates during elections mainly with respect to speeches, polling day, polling booths, portfolios, election manifestos, processions and general conduct. These set of norms has been evolved with the consensus of political parties who have consented to abide by the principles embodied in the said code in its letter and spirit.The Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately on announcement of the election schedule by the commission for the need of ensuring free and fair elections. Its main purpose is to ensure that ruling parties, at the Centre and in the States, do not misuse their position of advantage to gain an unfair edge. It is designed to avert practices which are deemed corrupt under model code of conduct. For example, politicians should not make hate speeches, putting one community against another or make promises about new projects that may sway a voter.

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 Karnataka Congress' social media in-charge, Srivasta, tweeted the dates before they were officially released. [15] [16] However, both of them got the counting day incorrect in their tweets. Both the tweets were deleted after an outrage on Twitter. Amit Malviya later claimed that he got the information from Times Now, a 24-hour English news channel. [17] 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 May 18, 2018, instead of May 15, 2018. [18]

Om Prakash Rawat, the Chief Election Commissioner of India, formed a committee to investigate into the alleged leak. [19] 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. [20] 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. [21]

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 2018, almost 10,000 voter ID cards, along with several laptops, were found in a flat in Bengaluru owned by former BJP leader Manjula Nanjamari. [22] [23] Apart from the voter IDs and laptops, the Munirathna's pamphlets were also found, which turned the needle of suspicion on Munirathna. After the FIR, Munirathna 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.” [24] [25]

The polling in RR Nagar was postponed to 28 May 2018 and the counting of votes was done on 31 May 2018.

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. [26] [27] 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 riverwater 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. [28]

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 programmes of the ruling Indian National Congress and their implementation. The move was seen as an "extensive outreach programme" preceding the elections. [32]

Opinion polls

Polling firm/CommissionerDate publishedLead
BJP INC JD(S)+Others
Public TV [33] 2 January 201885–9590–9540–450–615
TV9-CVoter [34] 5 January 201896
35.90%		102
36.60%		15
18.80%		1
8.70%		6
0.7%
CHS [35] 13 January 201873–76
36.40%		77–81
33.20%		64–66
24.90%		5
-3.2%
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies [36] 2 February 20181138525128
C-Fore [37] 26 March 201870
31.00%		126
46.00%		27
16.00%		1
7.00%		56
15.0%
India Today-Karvy Insights [38] 13 April 201878-86
35%		90-101
37%		34-43
19%		2-12
9%		14
2.0%
BTV [39] 19 April 201882-87
35%		94-99
37%		39-44
19%		2-6
9%		12
2.0%
Times Now-VMR [40] 23 April 201889
35%		91
37%		40
19%		4
9%		2
2.0%
C-Fore [41] 1 May 201863-73
35%		118-128
37%		29-36
20%		2-7
8%		55

2.0%

Jan Ki Baat [42] 4 May 2018102-108
40%		72-74
38%		42-44
20%		2-4
2%		30

2.0%

ABP News-CSDS [43] 7 May 201879-89
33%		92-102
38%		34-42
22%		1-7
7%		13

5.0%

Flash News - TV 5 [44] 7 May 2018110-120
36-38%		65-75
33-35%		38-42
20-22%		2-645

3.0%

Samyuktha TV [45] 8 May 201880–90100–11040–450–620
Spick Media [46] 9 May 201888
101
31
3
13
India TV [47] 9 May 201885
96
38
4
11
News X-CNX [48] 9 May 201887
90
39
7
3
Average as on 8 May 2018879636059

Preferred Chief Ministerings 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 10 and 15 January interviewing 878 people. While 34 per cent of the sample wanted Siddaramaiah to remain the chief minister for the next term, 19 per cent chose Kumaraswamy and 14 per cent chose Yeddyurappa. [49] A poll conducted by CHS in the same month found that Kumaraswamy was the first choice, followed by Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah in that order. [50] 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 per cent, was the most popular choice for Chief Minister, followed by Yeddyurappa at 26 per cent and Kumaraswamy at 13 per cent, while 16 per cent preferred 'others'. [51]

Exit polls

The exit polls remained divided, with only one predicting that a party - BJP - will get past the majority mark. 5 predicted that BJP will have the most seats, while 2 predicted that the Congress is in comfortable lead, and 1 predicted a cliffhanger. Today's Chanakya exit poll, which was released last and took into account voting right until polling closure time, predicted clear majority for BJP.

Exit Polls
Polling firm/CommissionerDate publishedLead
BJP INC JD(S) Others
IndiaTV-VMR [52] 12 May 201894972833
Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat [53] 12 May 20181057837227
ABP News-C Voter [54] 12 May 20181108824222
Times Now-VMR [55] 12 May 2018879735310
Times Now-Today's Chanakya [56] 12 May 20181207326347
India Today-Axis My India [57] 12 May 20188511126026
NewsX-CNX [58] 12 May 20181067537431
News Nation [59] 12 May 20181077338434

Results

Seats and vote-share

The election led to a hung assembly, with the BJP emerging as the largest party, with 104 seats, but failing to win a majority. [7] The popular vote was won by the Congress. The seat and vote share was as follows -

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)14,38,1063.9Decrease2.svg 3.51Decrease2.svg8
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)1,08,5920.321Increase2.svg1
Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP)74,2290.21Increase2.svg1
Other parties and candidates6,83,6322.20Decrease2.svg13
None of the Above (NOTA)3,22,8410.9
Total100.00224±0

An analysis of the result showed that the BJP lost 9 seats with very small margin against the Congress. If 6730 votes had switched over from the Congress to the BJP, the BJP could have won 113 seats. Similarly, the Congress would have needed a minimum of 1,25,608 votes to switch over to its side for it to increase its tally from 78 to 113. [60]

List of winning candidates

The election results for each constituency are as follows [61]

noConstituencyPartyCandidateMargin2013 Party2013 Candidate2013 margin
1Nippani BJP Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle 8,506BJPShashikala Annasaheb Jolle08662
2Chikkodi-Sadalga INC Ganesh Hukkeri 10,569INC Prakash Babanna Hukkeri 76,588
3 Athani INCMahesh Eranagouda Kumatalli2,331BJP Laxman Savadi 23,771
4KagwadINCShrimant Balasaheb Patil23942BJPBharamgouda Alagouda Kage2887
5Kudachi (SC)BJPP. Rajeev15,008 BSR Congress P. Rajeev46,234
6Raybag (SC)BJP Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole 16,548BJPDuryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole829
7HukkeriBJPUmesh Vishwanath Katti15,385BJPUmesh Vishwanath Katti57,326
8 Arabhavi BJP Balachandra Jarkiholi 47,328BJPBalachandra Jarkiholi75,221
9GokakINC Ramesh Jarkiholi 14,280INCRamesh Jarkiholi28,005
10Yemkanmardi (ST)INC Satish Jarkiholi 2,850INCSatish Jarkiholi24,350
11Belagavi UttarBJPAnil Benake17,267INC Fairoz Nuruddin Saith 18,210
12Belagavi DakshinBJP Abhay Patil 58,692 IND Sambhaji Lakshman Patil6,310
13 Belagavi Rural INC Lakshmi Hebbalkar 51,724BJP Sanjay B. Patil 1,335
14KhanapurINCAnjali Nimbalkar5,133INDArvind Chandrakant Patil16,152
15KitturBJPDoddagoudar Mahantesh Basavantaray32,862INCArvind Chandrakant Patil18,290
16BailhongalINCMahantesh Kaujlagi5,122KJPVishwanath Patil3,621
17Saundatti YellammaBJPVishwanath Chandrashekhar Mamani6,291BJPVishwanath Chandrashekhar Mamani16,042
18RamdurgBJPMahadevappa Shivalingappa Yadawad2,875INCAshok Pattan4,984
19Mudhol (SC)BJP Govind M. Karjol 15,482BJPGovind M. Karjol5,178
20TerdalBJPSiddu Savadi20,889INC Umashree 2,599
21JamkhandiINCSiddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud2,795INCSiddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud21,152
22BilgiBJP Murugesh Nirani 4811INC J. T. Patil 11,238
23BadamiINC Siddaramaiah 1,696INCChimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa15,113
24BagalkotBJPVeerabhadrayya Charantimath15,934INCMeti Hullappa Yamanappa2,900
25HungundBJPDoddanagouda Patil5227INCVijayanand Kashappanavar15797
26MuddebihalBJPA. S. Patil (Nadahalli)8,633INCChannabasavaraj Nadagoud12,202
27Devar HippargiBJPSomanagouda Patil3,353INCAminappagouda Patil8,096
28Basavana BagevadiINCShivanand Patil3,186INCShivanand Patil19,676
29BabaleshwarINC M. B. Patil 29,715INCM. B. Patil4,355
30Bijapur CityBJP Basangouda Patil Yatnal 6,413INCMakbul S Bagawan9,380
31Nagthan (SC) JD(S) Devanand Fulasing Chavan5601INCRaju Alagur667
32IndiINCYashavanthar Aygouda Vittalagouda Patil9,938INCYashavanthar Aygouda Vittalagouda Patil33,302
33SindgiJD(S)Managuli Mallappa Channaveerappa9,305BJPRamesh Balappa Bhusanur752
34AfzalpurINCM. Y. Patil10594INC Malikayya Guttedar 5238
35JevargiINC Ajay Singh 16,056INCAjay Singh407
36Shorapur (ST)BJPNarasimhanayak (Rajugouda)22,568INCRaja Venkatappa Nayak4,075
37ShahapurINCSharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur30,974KJPGuru Patil Shiraval5,796
38YadgirBJPVenkatreddy Mudnal12,881INCMaalakareddy9,104
39GurmitkalJD(S)Naganagouda Kandkur24,480INC Baburao Chinchansur 1,650
40 Chittapur (SC)INC Priyank M. Kharge 4,393INCPriyank Kharge31,191
41SedamBJPRajkumar Patil7,200BJP Sharan Prakash Patil 11,895
42Chincholi (SC)INCUmesh G. Jadhav19,212INCUmesh G. Jadhav26,060
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC)BJPBasawaraj Mattimud12,386INCG. Ramakrishna7,209
44Gulbarga DakshinBJPDattatraya C. Patil5,431BJPDattatraya C. Patil9,970
45Gulbarga Uttar [62] INCKaneez Fatima5,940INC Qamar ul Islam 20,121
46 Aland BJPGuttedar Subhash Rukmayya697KJP B. R. Patil 17,114
47BasavakalyanINCB. Narayanrao17,272JD(S)Mallikarjun Khuba15,893
48HomnabadINCRajshekhar Basavaraj Patil31,814INCRajshekhar Basavaraj Patil24,500
50Bidar SouthJD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur 12,742KMP Ashok Kheny 15,788
49BidarINCRahim Khan10,245KJP Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli 2,571
51BhalkiINC Eshwara Khandre 21,438INCEshwara Khandre5,669
52 Aurad (SC)BJP Prabhu Chauhan 10,592BJPPrabhu Chauhan23,191
53Raichur Rural (ST)INCBasanagouda Daddal9,964BJPThipparaja Hawaldar3,270
54RaichurBJPShivaraj Patil10,991JD(S)Shivaraj Patil7,871
55Manvi (ST)JD(S)Raja Venkatappa Nayak Raja Ambanna Nayak15,815INCG. Hampayya Sahukar Ballatagi6,987
56Devadurga (ST)BJPK. Shivana Gouda Nayak21,045INC Venkatesh Nayak 3,700
57Lingsugur (SC)INCD. S. Hoolageri4,946JD(S)Manappa D. Vajjal1,286
58SindhanurJD(S)Venkatrao Nadagouda1,597INCBadarli Hampanagouda13,016
59Maski (ST)INCPratapagouda Patil213INCPratapagouda Patil19,147
60KushtagiINCAmaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur18,031BJPDoddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil3,037
61Kanakagiri (SC)BJPBasavaraj Dhadesugur14,225INC Shivaraj Tangadagi 5,052
62GangawatiBJPParanna Munavalli7,973JD(S)Iqbal Ansari29,789
63YelburgaBJPAchar Halappa Basappa13,318INC Basavaraj Rayareddy 16,900
64KoppalINCRaghavendra Hitnal26,351INCRaghavendra Hitnal26,788
65Shirahatti (SC)BJPRamappa Lamani29,993INCDoddamani Ramakrishna Siddalingappa315
66GadagINC H. K. Patil 1,868INCH. K. Patil33,727
67RonBJPKalakappa Bandi7,334INCGurupadagouda Patil18,227
68 Nargund BJP C. C. Patil 7,979INC B. R. Yavagal 8,585
69NavalgundBJPPatil Munenakoppa Shankar20,521JD(S)N. H. Konaraddi2,669
70KundgolINCChannabasappa Satyappa Shivalli634INCChannabasappa Satyappa Shivalli21,072
71DharwadBJPAmrupayyappa Desai20,340INC Vinay Kulkarni 18,320
72Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC)INC Abbayya Prasad 21,467INCAbbayya Prasad13,522
73Hubli-Dharwad-CentralBJP Jagadish Shettar 23,306BJPJagadish Shettar17,754
74Hubli-Dharwad- WestBJP Aravind Bellad 40,487BJPAravind Bellad11,182
75KalghatgiBJPC. M. Nimbannavar25,997INC Santosh Lad 45,661
76HaliyalINC R. V. Deshpande 5,140INCR. V. Deshpande5,939
77KarwarBJPRoopali Naik14066INDSanteesh Sail Krishna35,880
78KumtaBJPDinakar Keshav Shetty32,750INCSharada Mohan Shetty420
79BhatkalBJPSunil Biliya Naik5,930IND M. S. Vaidya 9,884
80SirsiBJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 17,461BJPVishweshwar Hegde Kageri3,059
81YellapurINCArbail Hebbar Shivaram1,483INCArbail Hebbar Shivaram24,490
82HangalBJPUdasi C. M.6,515INC Manohar Tahsildar 5,686
83ShiggaonBJP Basavaraj Bommai 9,265BJPBasavaraj Bommai9,503
84Haveri (SC)BJPNeharu Olekar11,304INCRudrappa Manappa Lamani30,208
85ByadgiBJPBallary Virupakshappa Rudrappa21,271INCBasavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar13,359
86HirekerurINC B. C. Patil 555KJP U. B. Banakar 2,606
87Ranibennur KPJP R. Shankar4,338INC K. B. Koliwad 6,788
88Hadagalli (SC)JD(S)P T Parameshwar Naik9178INCP T Parameshwar Naik40,810
89Hagaribommanahalli (SC)INCBheema Naik L. B. P.7,232JD(S)Bheema Naik L. B. P.125
90VijayanagaraINC Anand Singh 8,228BJPAnand Singh30,637
91Kampli (ST)INCJ. N. Ganesh5,555BSRCPT. H. Suresh Babu34,396
92Siruguppa (ST)BJPM. S. Somalingappa21,271INCB. M. Nagaraj21,814
93Bellary (ST)INC B. Nagendra 2,679BSRCP B. Sriramulu 33,294
94Bellary CityBJP G. Somashekara Reddy 16,155INC Anil Lad 16,155
95Sandur (ST)INC E. Tukaram 14,010INCE. Tukaram34,631
96Kudligi (ST)BJPN. Y. Gopalakrishna10813INDB. NAGENDRA24803
97Molakalmuru (ST)BJPB. Sreeramulu42045BSRCPS. THIPPESWAMY7169
98Challakere (ST)INCT. Raghumurthy13539INCT. Raghumurthy23123
99ChitradurgaBJPG. H Thippa Reddy32985BJPG. H Thippa Reddy26718
100HiriyurBJPK. Poornima12875INCD.SUDHAKAR1205
101HosadurgaBJPGulhatty D. Shekhar25992INCB.G. GOVINDAPPA20017
102Holalkere (SC)BJPM. Chandrappa38940INCH. ANJANEYA12864
103Jagalur (ST)BJPS. V. Ramachandra29221INCH.P.RAJESH36890
104HarapanahalliBJPG. Karunakara Reddy9647INCM P RAVINDRA8406
105HariharINCS. Ramaappa7260JD(S)H.S. SHIVASHANKAR19053
106Davanagere NorthBJPS. A. Ravindranath4071INCS S MALLIKARJUNA57280
107Davanagere SouthINCShamanur Shivashankarappa15884INCShamanur Shivashankarappa40158
108Mayakonda (SC)BJPN. Liganna6458INC[K.SHIVAMURTHY694
109ChannagiriBJPK .Madal Veerupakshappa25780INCVADNAL RAJANNA1773
110HonnaliBJPM. P. Renukacharya4233INCD. G SHANTANA GOWDA18738
111Shimoga Rural (SC)BJPK. B. Ashok Naik3777JD(S)SHARADA POORYANAIK10109
112BhadravatiINCB.K. Sangameshwara11567JD(S)APPAJI. M.J44099
113ShimogaBJP K. S. Eshwarappa 46107INC K. B. Prasanna Kumar 278
114TirthahalliBJP Araga Jnanendra 21955INC Kimmane Rathnakar 1343
115 Shikaripura BJP B. S. Yeddyurappa 35,397KJPB. S. Yeddyurappa24,425
116SorabBJP Kumar Bangarappa 13,286JD(S) Madhu Bangarappa 13,225
117SagarBJP Hartalu Halappa 8,039INC Kagodu Thimmappa 41,248
118ByndoorBJPB. M. Sukumar Shetty24,393INC K. Gopala Poojary 31,149
119KundapuraBJP Halady Srinivas Shetty 56,105INDHalady Srinivas Shetty40,611
120UdupiBJP K. Raghupati Bhat 12,044INC Pramodh Madhvaraj 39,524
121KapuBJP Lalaji Mendon 11,917INC Vinay Kumar Sorake 1,855
122KarkarBJP V. Sunil Kumar 42,566BJPV. Sunil Kumar4,254
123SringeriINCT. D. Rajegowda1,989BJPD. N. Jeevaraj3,452
124Mudigere (SC)BJPM. P. Kumaraswamy12,512JD(S)B. B. Ningaiah635
125ChikmagalurBJP C. T. Ravi 26,314BJPC. T. Ravi10,988
126TarikereBJPD. S. Suresh11687INCG.H SRINIVASA899
127KadurBJPBelliprakash15372JD(S)Y.S.V.DATTA42433
128ChiknayakanhalliBJPJ. C. Madhu Swamy10277JD(S)C.B.SURESHBABU11139
129TipturBJPB. C. Nagesh25563INCK.SHADAKSHARI11602
130TuruvekereBJPJayaram A S2049JD(S)M.T.KRISHNAPPA2049
131KunigalINCDr H.D. Ranganath5600JD(S)D. NAGARAJAIAH9632
132Tumkur CityBJPG. B. Jyothi Ganesh5293INCDR. RAFEEQ AHMED S3608
133Tumkur RuralJD(S)D. C. Gowrishankar5640BJPB.SURESH GOWDA1572
134Koratagere (SC)INCDr. G. Parameshwara7619JD(S)SUDHAKARA LAL .P.R18155
135GubbiJD(S)S R Srinivas (Vasu)9081JD(S)S R Srinivas (Vasu)7244
136SiraJD(S)B Sathyanarayanav10365INCT B JAYACHANDRA14681
137Pavagada (SC)INCVenkata Ramanappa409JD(S)K.M.THIMMARAYAPPA4863
138MadhugiriJD(S)M.V Veerabhadraiah18574INCKYATASANDRA N.RAJANNA14427
139GauribidanurINCN.H.Shivashankara Reddy9168INCN.H.Shivashankara Reddy6075
140BagepalliINCS.N. Subbareddy14013INDS.N. Subbareddy30755
141ChikkaballapurINCDr. K. Sudhakar30431INCDr. K. Sudhakar15048
142SidlaghattaINCV. Muniyappa9709JD(S)M. RAJANNA15479
143ChintamaniJD(S)J K Krishna Reddy5673JD(S)J K Krishna Reddy1696
144SrinivaspurINCK R Ramesh Kumar10552INCK R Ramesh Kumar3893
145Mulbagal (SC)JD(S)H. Nagesh6715INDG.MANJUNATHA33734
146Kolar Gold Field (SC)INCRoopakala. M40827BJPRAMAKKA .Y26022
147Bangarapet (SC)INCS.N. Narayanaswamy K.M21571INCS.N. Narayanaswamy K.M28377
148KolarINCRoopakala. M44251INDR. VATHUR PRAKASH12591
149MalurINCK.Y. Nanjegowda17915JD(S)K.S. MANJUNATHGOWDA18769
150 Yelahanka BJPS. R. Vishwanath42503BJPS. R. Vishwanath18397
151 K.R. Puram INCB.A. Basavaraja32729INCB.A. Basavaraja24001
152 Byatarayanapura INC Krishna Byre Gowda 5,671INCKrishna Byre Gowda32,400
154YeshvanthapuraINCS. T. Somashekhar10,711INCS. T. Somashekhar29,100
155DasarahalliJD(S)R. Manjunatha10675BJPS MUNIRAJU10828
156Mahalakshmi LayoutJD(S)K. Goapalaiah41100JD(S)K. Goapalaiah15370
157MalleshwaramBJP C. N. Ashwath Narayan 54,000BJPC. N. Ashwath Narayan21,066
158 Hebbal INCSuresha BS21140BJPR. JAGADEESH KUMAR21140
159Pulakeshinagar (SC)INCR. Akhanda Srinivasamurthi81626JD(S)R. Akhanda Srinivasamurthi10199
160 Sarvagnanagar INCKJ George53304INCKJ George22853
161C.V. Raman Nagar (SC)BJPS. Raghu12227BJPS. Raghu8419
162 Shivajinagar INCR. Roshan Baig15040INCR. Roshan Baig20855
163Shanti NagarINCNA Harris18205INCNA Harris20187
164Gandhi NagarINCDinesh Gundu Rao10070INCDinesh Gundu Rao22607
165Rajaji NagarBJPS. Suresh Kumar9453BJPS. Suresh Kumar14767
166Govindraj NagarBJPV. Somanna11375INCPRIYAKRISHNA42460
167Vijay NagarINCM . Krishnappa2775INCM . Krishnappa32642
168ChamrajpetINCB.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan33137JD(S)B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan30162
169ChickpetBJPUday B. Garudachar7934INCR.V. DEVRAJ13049
170 Basavanagudi BJP L. A. Ravi Subramanya 38,009BJPL. A. Ravi Subramanya19,713
171Padmanaba NagarBJPR. Ashoka12166BJPR. Ashoka20123
172B.T.M LayoutINCRamalinga Reddy20478INCRamalinga Reddy49048
173JayaNagarINC Soumya Reddy 2,889BJPB. N. Vijayakumar12,312
174Mahadevapura (SC)BJP Aravind Limbavali 17,784BJPAravind Limbavali6,149
175 Bommanahalli BJP M. Satish Reddy 47,162BJPM. Satish Reddy25,852
176Bangalore SouthBJP M Krishnappa 30,417BJPM. Krishnappa30,162
177Anekal (SC)INCB. Shivanna8627INCB. Shivanna40182
178HosakoteINCM.T.B. Nagaraju7597INCM.T.B. Nagaraju7139
179Devanahalli (SC)JD(S)Nisarga Narayana Swamy L.N17010JD(S)Pilla Munishamappa1942
180DoddaballapurINCT. Venkataramanaiah (Appakaranahalli. T. Venkatesh)9,945INCT. Venkataramanaiah (Appakaranahalli. T. Venkatesh)1,447
181Nelamangala (SC)JD(S)K. Sreenivasa Murthy24321JD(S)K. Sreenivasa Murthy15103
182MagadiJD(S)A. Manjunath51,425JD(S)H. C. Balakrishna14,359
183RamanagaramJD(S)HD Kumarswamy22,636JD(S)HD Kumarswamy25,398
184KanakapuraINC D. K. Shivakumar 79,909INCD. K. Shivakumar31,424
185ChannapatnaJD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy 21,530JD(S) C. P. Yogeshwar 6,464
186Malavalli (SC)JD(S)Dr. K. Annadani26,760SPP. M. Narendra Swamy538
187MaddurJD(S)D. C. Thammanna54030JD(S)D. C. Thammanna31958
188MelukoteJD(S) C. S. Puttaraju 22,224SKP K. S. Puttannaiah 9,848
189MandyaJD(S)M.Srinivas21,608INC Ambareesh 42,937
190SrirangapatnaJD(S)Ravindra Srikantaiah47,667JD(S)A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda20,363
191NagamangalaJD(S)Suresh Gowda46,667JD(S) N. Chaluvaraya Swamy 20,363
192KrishnarajpeteJD(S)Narayanagowda17119JD(S)NARAYANAGOWDA9243
193ShravanabelagolaJD(S)C. N. Balakrishna53,012JD(S)C. N. Balakrishna24,142
193ArsikereJD(S)K. M. Shivalinge Gowda43,683JD(S)K. M. Shivalinge Gowda29,631
194BelurJD(S)K. S. Lingesha19,690INCY. N. Rudresh Gowda7,529
195HassanBJPPreetham J. Gowda13,006JD(S) H. S. Prakash 4,196
196HolenarasipurJD(S) H. D. Revanna 43,832JD(S)H. D. Revanna30,058
197 Arkalgud JD(S)A. T. Ramaswamy10,653INC A. Manju 8,794
198Sakleshpur (SC)JD(S)H. K. Kumaraswamy4,942JD(S)H. K. Kumaraswamy33,069
199 Belthangady BJPHarish Poonja22,974INC K. Vasantha Bangera 15,741
200MoodabidriBJPUmanatha A. Kotian29,799INC Abhayachandra Jain 4,550
201 Mangalore City North BJPBharath Shetty26,648INCB. A. Mohiuddin Bava5,373
202 Mangalore City South BJPD. Vedavyas Kamath16,075INCJ. R. Lobo12,275
203 Mangalore INCU. T. Abdul Khadar19,739INCU. T. Abdul Khadar29,111
204BantvalBJPRajesh Naik15,971INC Ramanath Rai 17,850
205PutturBJPSanjeeva Matandoor19,477INC Shakunthala T. Shetty 4,289
206Sullia (SC)BJP Angara S. 26,068BJPAngara S.1,373
207MadikeriBJP Appachu Ranjan 16015BJPAppachu Ranjan4629
208 Virajpet BJP K. G. Bopaiah 13,353BJPK. G. Bopaiah3,414
209PeriyapatnaJD(S)K. Mahadeva7493INCK. Venkatesh2088
210KrishnarajanagaraJD(S)Sa. Ra. Mahesh1779JD(S)Sa. Ra. Mahesh15052
211HunasuruJD(S) Adagur H. Vishwanath 8,575INCH. P. Manjunath40,207
212Heggadadevankote (ST)INCAnil Kumar C.22,093JD(S) Chikkamadu S. 12,498
213Nanjangud (SC)BJPHarshavardhan B.12479INC Srinivasa Prasad 8941
214 Chamundeshwari JD(S) GT Devegowda 36,042JD(S) GT Devegowda 7,103
215KrishnarajaBJP S. A. Ramadas 26,347INCM. K. Somashekar6,065
216ChamarajaBJPL. Nagendra14936INCVasu12915
217 Narasimharaja INC Tanveer Sait 18,127INCTanveer Sait8,370
218VarunaINCYathindra S.58,616INC Siddaramaiah 29,646
219T.Narasipur (SC)JD(S)Ashvin Kumar M.28,478INC H. C. Mahadevappa 899
220HanurINCR. Narendra3,513INCR. Narendra11,549
221Kollegal (SC) BSP N. Mahesh19,454INCS. Jayanna10,193
222ChamarajanagarINCC. Puttarangashetty4,913INCC. Puttarangashetty11,196
223 Gundlupet BJPC. S. Niranjan Kumar16,684INC H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 7,675
224RajarajeshwarinagarINC Munirathna 41162INCMuniratna18,813

By-election

noConstituencyPartyCandidatevotesRunner uppartyvotes
1Jamkhandi INC Anand Nyamagouda 97017Srikanth KulkarniBJP57,492
2Ramnagara JD(S) Anitha Kumaraswamy 1,25,043ChandrasekharBJP15,906

Formation of government

The Congress party decided to support the JD(S) to form a coalition government. [63] The Congress accepted Kumaraswamy for the post of Chief Minister. [64] The governor Vajubhai Vala, however, invited the BJP, the single largest party after the election result, to form a Government. [65] He gave the party a period of 15 days to prove its strength on the floor of the assembly. [66]

There were several allegations from the Congress and JD(S) that the BJP was trying to "poach" their MLAs. Congress released 6 audio recordings, allegedly trying to persuade their MLAs to vote in favour of the BJP government, in exchange for lavish offers. One of the calls was allegedly made by Yeddyurappa himself, to the Congress lawmaker B. C. Patil. [67] JD(S) chief Kumaraswamy said that their MLAs were being offered Rs. 100 crore to cross vote. [68] Union Minister Prakash Javadekar denied the allegations. [69]

Congress and JD(S) approached the Supreme Court for a midnight hearing to stop the swearing-in ceremony. The hearing started at approximately 2 AM. [70] A three-judge bench consisting of Justices A.K Sikri, S.A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan heard the petition. Even though the swearing-in ceremony was allowed to proceed, [71] on 18 May 2018, the Supreme Court reduced the period allowed for the vote of confidence to 24 hours. [72] The court issued five points of guidance: [73]

Disregarding the convention of choosing the most senior MLA as the pro tem Speaker, the Governor appointed BJP MLA K. G. Bopaiah to the post. [74] The Congress challenged this in the Supreme Court, noting that Bopaiah was not the most senior MLA, and also that he had a bad track record as the speaker. [75] The Supreme Court allowed Bopaiah to stay as the pro tem Speaker, but asked for the live broadcasting of the floor test on all channels. [76]

The Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, unable to muster enough support for the trust vote, resigned after giving an emotional speech. [77]

On 23 May 2018, H. D. Kumaraswamy took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, along with G. Parameshwara as his deputy. [78] Several leaders including Mamata Banerjee, Sitaram Yechury, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Pinarayi Vijayan, Chandrababu Naidu were present during the ceremony. It was reported as a display of unity of the opposition ahead of the 2019 general election. [79] On 25 May, Kumaraswamy won the trust vote with the support of 117 MLAs, while the BJP MLAs had walked out ahead of the floor test. [80]

Bypolls

Bypolls were due to be held in three seats: Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore [81] and in Ramanagara.

Rajarajeshwari Nagar election results was declared on May 31, 2018 and INC candidate Munirathna won by a margin of 25,572 votes taking the Congress' tally to 79 seats and the JD(S)-INC coalition to 118 seats. [82]

Jayanagar assembly Election result was declared on June 13, 2018. Sowmya Reddy, daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy, won the constituency by defeating BJP's B N Prahlad by 2889 votes. 55% polling was recorded in the Jayanagar Assembly constituency on June 11. The assembly elections were held across the state on May 12, but 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. [83] [84] 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. [85]

The jamkhandi and ramanagar was declared on 5th November 2018. In jamkhandi INC(jd(s)-congress coalition) candidate Ananda nyamagouda(son of Ex MLA:Siddu nyamagouda) was won by margin of 39479 votes taking Congress tally to 80 seats.

In ramanagar jds (jd(s)-congress coalition) candidate Anita KumaraSwamy(wife of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy ) won by margin of 109137 votes. And the Congress-JD(S) coalition 120 seats.

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