2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election Indian state election
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election Opinion polls Registered 50,718,198 Turnout 72.50% ( 0.67 pp )[ 1]
Results by constituency (shaded) Results by constituency (winners)
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
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]
Parties and Alliances
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
75–7636.40%
77–81 33.20%
64–6624.90%
Hung
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies[ 34]
2 February 2018
113
85
25
1
BJP
C-Fore[ 35]
26 March 2018
8031.00%
12646.00%
2716.00%
17.00%
INC
India Today -Karvy Insights[ 36]
13 April 2018
78–8635%
90–10137%
34–4319%
2–129%
Hung
BTV[ 32]
19 April 2018
82–8735%
94–9937%
39–4419%
2–69%
Hung
Times Now -VMR[ 37]
23 April 2018
8935%
9137%
4019%
49%
Hung
C-Fore[ 38]
1 May 2018
63–7335%
118–12837%
29–3620%
2–78%
INC
ABP News -CSDS[ 39]
7 May 2018
79–8933%
92–10238%
34–4222%
1–77%
Hung
Flash News – TV 5[ 40]
7 May 2018
110–120 36–38%
65–7533–35%
38–4220–22%
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
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 Kaujalagi
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 G. 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
Poornima Krishnappa
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
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
Notes
^ Elections in the constituencies of Rajarajeshwarinagar and Jayanagar were postponed to 28 May 2018 and 11 June 2018 respectively.
^ Bharatiya Praja Paksha
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