2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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 1952 assembly polls.[3] The counting of votes took place on 15 May 2018.[4]

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
12 May 2018 (222 seats)
28 May 2018 (1 seat)
11 June 2018 (1 seat)
224 of 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.50% ( 0.67%) [1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader B. S. Yediyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Alliance NDA UPA JD(S)+BSP
Leader's seat Shikaripura Badami (won)
Chamundeshwari (lost)		 Channapatna
Ramanagaram (vacated)
Seats before 40 122 40
Seats won 104 80 37
Seat change 64 42 3
Popular vote 13,267,956 13,932,069 6,726,667
Percentage 36.35% 38.14% 18.3%
Swing 16.3% 1.4% 1.9%
Results of the election
Chief Minister before election

Siddaramaiah
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

B. S. Yediyurappa
BJP(6 days)

HD Kumaraswamy
JD(S)(1 year 61 days)

B. S. Yediyurappa
BJP

The Indian National Congress (INC) was seeking re-election, having governed the state since elections in 2013.[5] while 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 (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 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

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 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.[21][22] 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."[23][24]

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
Main article: 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly election sparked criticisms from Tamil Nadu over the Karnataka's government for not addressing the issue on properly and for its delay in setting up a Kaveri Management Board.[25][26] The Supreme Court also issued a strict notice to the Karnataka state government for using the Karnataka Legislative state election as an excuse to resolve the Kaveri river water crisis with Tamil Nadu cannot be acceptable. The election was one of the hottest points considered by the critics for the future of Karnataka in dealing with the rivals, Tamil Nadu over the Kaveri River water dispute.[27]

Election campaign

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officially began its election campaign on 2 November 2017.[28] The party spent 85 days covering all the assembly constituencies, culminating in Bangalore on 4 February 2018, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it.[29] In early March, the party launched a 14-day Protect Bengaluru March travelling across Bangalore aimed at, according to the party, "reviving" and "rebuilding" the city from Indian National Congress' "criminal neglect".[30]

In December 2017, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, although not part of the election campaign, undertook a task of setting up booth-level committees at 54,261 locations in the state which will be responsible to disseminate information on various programs of the ruling Indian National Congress and their implementation. The move was seen as an "extensive outreach program" preceding the elections.[31]

Opinion polls
Polling firm/Commissioner Date published Lead
BJP INC JD(S)+ Others
Public TV[32] 2 January 2018 85–95 90–95 40–45 0–6 15
TV9-CVoter[33] 5 January 2018 96
35.90%		 102
36.60%		 15
18.80%		 1
8.70%		 6
0.7%
CHS[34] 13 January 2018 73–76
36.40%		 77–81
33.20%		 64–66
24.90%		 5
-3.2%
Creative Center for Political and Social Studies[35] 2 February 2018 113 85 25 1 28
C-Fore[36] 26 March 2018 70
31.00%		 126
46.00%		 27
16.00%		 1
7.00%		 56
15.0%
India Today-Karvy Insights[37] 13 April 2018 78–86
35%		 90–101
37%		 34–43
19%		 2–12
9%		 14
2.0%
BTV[38] 19 April 2018 82–87
35%		 94–99
37%		 39–44
19%		 2–6
9%		 12
2.0%
Times Now-VMR[39] 23 April 2018 89
35%		 91
37%		 40
19%		 4
9%		 2
2.0%
C-Fore[40] 1 May 2018 63–73
35%		 118–128
37%		 29–36
20%		 2–7
8%		 55

2.0%

Jan Ki Baat[41] 4 May 2018 102–108
40%		 72–74
38%		 42–44
20%		 2–4
2%		 30

2.0%

ABP News-CSDS[42] 7 May 2018 79–89
33%		 92–102
38%		 34–42
22%		 1–7
7%		 13

5.0%

Flash News – TV 5[43] 7 May 2018 110–120
36–38%		 65–75
33–35%		 38–42
20–22%		 2–6 45

3.0%

Samyuktha TV[44] 8 May 2018 80–90 100–110 40–45 0–6 20
Spick Media[45] 9 May 2018 88
 101
 31
 3
 13
India TV[46] 9 May 2018 85
 96
 38
 4
 11
News X-CNX[47] 9 May 2018 87
 90
 39
 7
 3
Average as on 8 May 2018 87 96 36 05 9

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 percent of the sample wanted Siddaramaiah to remain the chief minister for the next term, 19 percent chose Kumaraswamy and 14 percent chose Yeddyurappa.[48] A poll conducted by CHS in the same month found that Kumaraswamy was the first choice, followed by Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah in that order.[49] 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'.[50]

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 Lead
BJP INC JD(S) Others
IndiaTV-VMR[51] 12 May 2018 94 97 28 3 3
Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat[52] 12 May 2018 105 78 37 2 27
ABP News-C Voter[53] 12 May 2018 110 88 24 2 22
Times Now-VMR[54] 12 May 2018 87 97 35 3 10
Times Now-Today's Chanakya[55] 12 May 2018 120 73 26 3 47
India Today-Axis My India[56] 12 May 2018 85 111 26 0 26
NewsX-CNX[57] 12 May 2018 106 75 37 4 31
News Nation[58] 12 May 2018 107 73 38 4 34

Results

Vote Share

  INC (38.14%)
  BJP (36.35%)
  JD(S) (18.3%)
  Others (7.21%)
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

List of winning candidates

The election results for each constituency are as follows:[59]

noConstituencyPartyCandidateMargin2013 Party2013 Candidate2013 margin
1 Nippani BJP Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle 8,506 BJP Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle 08662
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga INC Ganesh Hukkeri 10,569 INC Prakash Babanna Hukkeri 76,588
3 Athani INC Mahesh Eranagouda Kumatalli 2,331 BJP Laxman Savadi 23,771
4 Kagwad INC Shrimant Balasaheb Patil 23942 BJP Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage 2887
5 Kudachi (SC) BJP P. Rajeev 15,008 BSR Congress P. Rajeev 46,234
6 Raybag (SC) BJP Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole 16,548 BJP Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole 829
7 Hukkeri BJP Umesh Vishwanath Katti 15,385 BJP Umesh Vishwanath Katti 57,326
8 Arabhavi BJP Balachandra Jarkiholi 47,328 BJP Balachandra Jarkiholi 75,221
9 Gokak INC Ramesh Jarkiholi 14,280 INC Ramesh Jarkiholi 28,005
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) INC Satish Jarkiholi 2,850 INC Satish Jarkiholi 24,350
11 Belagavi Uttar BJP Anil Benake 17,267 INC Fairoz Nuruddin Saith 18,210
12 Belagavi Dakshin BJP Abhay Patil 58,692 IND Sambhaji Lakshman Patil 6,310
13 Belagavi Rural INC Lakshmi Hebbalkar 51,724 BJP Sanjay B. Patil 1,335
14 Khanapur INC Anjali Nimbalkar 5,133 IND Arvind Chandrakant Patil 16,152
15 Kittur BJP Doddagoudar Mahantesh Basavantaray 32,862 INC Arvind Chandrakant Patil 18,290
16 Bailhongal INC Mahantesh Kaujlagi 5,122 KJP Vishwanath Patil 3,621
17 Saundatti Yellamma BJP Vishwanath Chandrashekhar Mamani 6,291 BJP Vishwanath Chandrashekhar Mamani 16,042
18 Ramdurg BJP Mahadevappa Shivalingappa Yadawad 2,875 INC Ashok Pattan 4,984
19 Mudhol (SC) BJP Govind M. Karjol 15,482 BJP Govind M. Karjol 5,178
20 Terdal BJP Siddu Savadi 20,889INC Umashree 2,599
21Jamkhandi INC Siddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud2,795 INC Siddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud21,152
22Bilgi BJP Murugesh Nirani4811INCJ. T. Patil11,238
23Badami INC Siddaramaiah1,696INCChimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa15,113
24Bagalkot BJP Veerabhadrayya Charantimath15,934INCMeti Hullappa Yamanappa2,900
25Hungund BJP Doddanagouda Patil5227INCVijayanand Kashappanavar15797
26Muddebihal BJP A. S. Patil (Nadahalli)8,633INCChannabasavaraj Nadagoud12,202
27Devar Hippargi BJP Somanagouda Patil3,353INCAminappagouda Patil8,096
28Basavana Bagevadi INC Shivanand Patil3,186 INC Shivanand Patil19,676
29Babaleshwar INC M. B. Patil29,715 INC M. B. Patil4,355
30Bijapur City BJP Basangouda Patil Yatnal6,413INCMakbul S Bagawan9,380
31Nagthan (SC) JD(S) Devanand Fulasing Chavan5601INCRaju Alagur667
32Indi INC Yashavanthar Aygouda Vittalagouda Patil9,938INC Yashavanthar Aygouda Vittalagouda Patil33,302
33Sindgi JD(S) Managuli Mallappa Channaveerappa9,305BJP Ramesh Balappa Bhusanur752
34Afzalpur INC M. Y. Patil10594INC Malikayya Guttedar5238
35Jevargi INC Ajay Singh16,056 INC Ajay Singh407
36Shorapur (ST) BJP Narasimhanayak (Rajugouda)22,568INC Raja Venkatappa Nayak4,075
37Shahapur INC Sharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur30,974KJP Guru Patil Shiraval5,796
38Yadgir BJP Venkatreddy Mudnal12,881INCMaalakareddy9,104
39Gurmitkal JD(S) Naganagouda Kandkur24,480INC Baburao Chinchansur1,650
40Chittapur (SC) INC Priyank M. Kharge4,393INC Priyank Kharge31,191
41Sedam BJP Rajkumar Patil7,200BJP Sharan Prakash Patil11,895
42Chincholi (SC) INC Umesh G. Jadhav19,212INC Umesh G. Jadhav26,060
43Gulbarga Rural (SC) BJP Basawaraj Mattimud12,386INC G. Ramakrishna7,209
44Gulbarga Dakshin BJP Dattatraya C. Patil5,431BJP Dattatraya C. Patil9,970
45Gulbarga Uttar[60] INC Kaneez Fatima5,940INC Qamar ul Islam20,121
46Åland BJP Guttedar Subhash Rukmayya697 KJP B. R. Patil17,114
47Basavakalyan INC B. Narayanrao17,272JD(S) Mallikarjun Khuba15,893
48Homnabad INC Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil31,814INC Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil24,500
50Bidar South JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur12,742KMPAshok Kheny15,788
49Bidar INC Rahim Khan10,245KJPGurupadappa Nagamarapalli2,571
51Bhalki INC Eshwara Khandre21,438INC Eshwara Khandre5,669
52Aurad (SC) BJP Prabhu Chauhan10,592BJP Prabhu Chauhan23,191
53Raichur Rural (ST) INC Basanagouda Daddal9,964BJP Thipparaja Hawaldar3,270
54Raichur BJP Shivaraj Patil10,991JD(S) Shivaraj Patil7,871
55Manvi (ST) JD(S) Raja Venkatappa Nayak Raja Ambanna Nayak15,815INC G. Hampayya Sahukar Ballatagi6,987
56Devadurga (ST) BJP K. Shivana Gouda Nayak21,045INC Venkatesh Nayak3,700
57Lingsugur (SC) INC D. S. Hoolageri4,946JD(S) Manappa D. Vajjal1,286
58Sindhanur JD(S) Venkatrao Nadagouda1,597INC Badarli Hampanagouda13,016
59Maski (ST) INC Pratapagouda Patil213INC Pratapagouda Patil19,147
60Kushtagi INC Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur18,031BJP Doddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil3,037
61Kanakagiri (SC) BJP Basavaraj Dhadesugur14,225INC Shivaraj Tangadagi5,052
62Gangawati BJP Paranna Munavalli7,973JD(S) Iqbal Ansari29,789
63Yelburga BJP Achar Halappa Basappa13,318INC Basavaraj Rayareddy16,900
64Koppal INC K. Raghavendra Hitnal26,351INC K. Raghavendra Hitnal26,788
65Shirahatti (SC) BJP Ramappa Lamani29,993INC Doddamani Ramakrishna Siddalingappa315
66Gadag INC H. K. Patil1,868INC H. K. Patil33,727
67Ron BJP Kalakappa Bandi7,334INC Gurupadagouda Patil18,227
68Nargund BJP C. C. Patil7,979INC B. R. Yavagal8,585
69Navalgund BJP Patil Munenakoppa Shankar20,521JD(S) N. H. Konaraddi2,669
70Kundgol INC Channabasappa Satyappa Shivalli634INC Channabasappa Satyappa Shivalli21,072
71Dharwad BJP Amrupayyappa Desai20,340INC Vinay Kulkarni18,320
72Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) INC Abbayya Prasad21,467INC Abbayya Prasad13,522
73Hubli-Dharwad-Central BJP Jagadish Shettar23,306BJP Jagadish Shettar17,754
74Hubli-Dharwad- West BJP Aravind Bellad40,487BJP Aravind Bellad11,182
75Kalghatgi BJP C. M. Nimbannavar25,997INC Santosh Lad45,661
76Haliyal INC R. V. Deshpande5,140INC R. V. Deshpande5,939
77Karwar BJP Roopali Naik14066IND Santeesh Sail Krishna35,880
78Kumta BJP Dinakar Keshav Shetty32,750INC Sharada Mohan Shetty420
79Bhatkal BJP Sunil Biliya Naik5,930IND M. S. Vaidya9,884
80Sirsi BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri17,461BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri3,059
81Yellapur INC Arbail Hebbar Shivaram1,483INC Arbail Hebbar Shivaram24,490
82Hangal BJP Udasi C. M.6,515INC Manohar Tahsildar5,686
83Shiggaon BJP Basavaraj Bommai9,265BJP Basavaraj Bommai9,503
84Haveri (SC) BJP Neharu Olekar11,304INC Rudrappa Manappa Lamani30,208
85Byadgi BJP Ballary Virupakshappa Rudrappa21,271INC Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar13,359
86Hirekerur INC B. C. Patil555KJP U. B. Banakar2,606
87Ranebennur KPJP R. Shankar4,338INC K. B. Koliwad6,788
88Hadagalli (SC) JD(S) P T Parameshwar Naik9178INC P T Parameshwar Naik40,810
89Hagaribommanahalli (SC) INC Bheema Naik L. B. P.7,232JD(S) Bheema Naik L. B. P.125
90Vijayanagara INC Anand Singh8,228BJP Anand Singh30,637
91Kampli (ST) INC J. N. Ganesh5,555BSRCP T. H. Suresh Babu34,396
92Siruguppa (ST) BJP M. S. Somalingappa21,271INC B. M. Nagaraj21,814
93Bellary (ST) INC B. Nagendra2,679BSRCP B. Sriramulu33,294
94Bellary City BJP G. Somashekara Reddy16,155INC Anil Lad16,155
95Sandur (ST) INC E. Tukaram14,010INC E. Tukaram34,631
96Kudligi (ST) BJP N. Y. Gopalakrishna10813IND B. NAGENDRA24803
97Molakalmuru (ST) BJP B. Sreeramulu42045BSRCP S. THIPPESWAMY7169
98Challakere (ST) INC T. Raghumurthy13539INC T. Raghumurthy23123
99Chitradurga BJP G. H Thippa Reddy32985BJP G. H Thippa Reddy26718
100Hiriyur BJP K. Poornima12875INC D.SUDHAKAR1205
101Hosadurga BJP Gulhatty D. Shekhar25992INC B.G. GOVINDAPPA20017
102Holalkere (SC) BJP M. Chandrappa38940INC H. ANJANEYA12864
103Jagalur (ST) BJP S. V. Ramachandra29221INC H.P.RAJESH36890
104Harapanahalli BJP G. Karunakara Reddy9647INC M P RAVINDRA8406
105Harihar INC S. Ramaappa7260JD(S) H.S. SHIVASHANKAR19053
106Davanagere North BJP S. A. Ravindranath4071INC S S MALLIKARJUNA57280
107Davanagere South INC Shamanur Shivashankarappa15884INC Shamanur Shivashankarappa40158
108Mayakonda (SC) BJP N. Liganna6458INC K.SHIVAMURTHY694
109Channagiri BJP K .Madal Veerupakshappa25780INC VADNAL RAJANNA1773
110Honnali BJP M. P. Renukacharya4233INC D. G SHANTANA GOWDA18738
111Shimoga Rural (SC) BJP K. B. Ashok Naik3777JD(S) SHARADA POORYANAIK10109
112Bhadravati INC B.K. Sangameshwara11567JD(S) APPAJI. M.J44099
113Shimoga BJP K. S. Eshwarappa46107INC K. B. Prasanna Kumar278
114Tirthahalli BJP Araga Jnanendra21955INC Kimmane Rathnakar1343
115Shikaripura BJP B. S. Yeddyurappa35,397KJP B. S. Yeddyurappa24,425
116Soraba BJP Kumar Bangarappa13,286JD(S) Madhu Bangarappa13,225
117Sagar BJP Hartalu Halappa8,039INC Kagodu Thimmappa41,248
118Baindur BJP B. M. Sukumar Shetty24,393INC K. Gopala Poojary31,149
119Kundapura BJP Halady Srinivas Shetty56,105IND Halady Srinivas Shetty40,611
120Udupi BJP K. Raghupati Bhat12,044INC Pramodh Madhvaraj39,524
121Kapu BJP Lalaji Mendon11,917INC Vinay Kumar Sorake1,855
122Karkala BJP V. Sunil Kumar42,566BJP V. Sunil Kumar4,254
123Sringeri INC T. D. Rajegowda1,989BJP D. N. Jeevaraj3,452
124Mudigere (SC) BJP M. P. Kumaraswamy12,512JD(S) B. B. Ningaiah635
125Chikmagalur BJP C. T. Ravi26,314BJP C. T. Ravi10,988
126Tarikere BJP D. S. Suresh11687INC G.H SRINIVASA899
127Kadur BJP Belliprakash15372JD(S) Y.S.V.DATTA42433
128Chikkanayakana Halli BJP J. C. Madhu Swamy10277JD(S) C B Suresh Babu11139
129Tiptur BJP B. C. Nagesh25563INC K.SHADAKSHARI11602
130Turuvekere BJP Jayaram A S2049JD(S) M.T.KRISHNAPPA2049
131Kunigal INC Dr H.D. Ranganath5600JD(S) D. NAGARAJAIAH9632
132Tumkur City BJP G. B. Jyothi Ganesh5293INC DR. RAFEEQ AHMED S3608
133Tumkur Rural JD(S) D. C. Gowrishankar5640BJP B.SURESH GOWDA1572
134Koratagere (SC) INC Dr. G. Parameshwara7619JD(S) SUDHAKARA LAL .P.R18155
135Gubbi JD(S) S R Srinivas (Vasu)9081JD(S) S R Srinivas (Vasu)7244
136Sira JD(S) B Sathyanarayanav10365INC T B JAYACHANDRA14681
137Pavagada (SC) INC Venkata Ramanappa409JD(S) K.M.THIMMARAYAPPA4863
138Madhugiri JD(S) M.V Veerabhadraiah18574INC KYATASANDRA N.RAJANNA14427
139Gauribidanur INC N.H.Shivashankara Reddy9168INC N.H.Shivashankara Reddy6075
140Bagepalli INC S.N. Subbareddy14013IND S.N. Subbareddy30755
141Chikkaballapur INC Dr. K. Sudhakar30431INC Dr. K. Sudhakar15048
142Sidlaghatta INC V. Muniyappa9709JD(S) M. RAJANNA15479
143Chintamani JD(S) J K Krishna Reddy5673JD(S) J K Krishna Reddy1696
144Srinivasapur INC K R Ramesh Kumar10552INC K R Ramesh Kumar3893
145Mulbagal (SC) IND H. Nagesh6715IND G.MANJUNATHA33734
146Kolar Gold Field (SC) INC Roopakala. M40827BJP RAMAKKA .Y26022
147Bangarapet (SC) INC S.N. Narayanaswamy K.M21571INC S.N. Narayanaswamy K.M28377
148Kolar INC Srinivasa gowda44251JDS R. VATHUR PRAKASH12591
149Malur INC K.Y. Nanjegowda17915JD(S) K.S. MANJUNATHGOWDA18769
150Yelahanka BJP S. R. Vishwanath42503BJP S. R. Vishwanath18397
151K.R. Puram INC B.A. Basavaraja32729INC B.A. Basavaraja24001
152Byatarayanapura INC Krishna Byre Gowda5,671INC Krishna Byre Gowda32,400
154Yeshvanthapura INC S. T. Somashekhar10,711INC S. T. Somashekhar29,100
155Dasarahalli JD(S) R. Manjunatha10675BJP S MUNIRAJU10828
156Mahalakshmi Layout JD(S) K. Gopalaiah41100JD(S) K. Gopalaiah15370
157Malleshwaram BJP C. N. Ashwath Narayan54,000BJP C. N. Ashwath Narayan21,066
158Hebbal INC Byrathi Suresh21140BJP R. JAGADEESH KUMAR21140
159Pulakeshinagar (SC) INC R. Akhanda Srinivasamurthi81626JD(S) R. Akhanda Srinivasamurthi10199
160Sarvagnanagar INC KJ George53304INC KJ George22853
161C.V. Raman Nagar (SC) BJP S. Raghu12227BJP S. Raghu8419
162Shivajinagar INC R. Roshan Baig15040INC R. Roshan Baig20855
163Shanti Nagar INC NA Harris18205INC NA Harris20187
164Gandhi Nagar INC Dinesh Gundu Rao10070INC Dinesh Gundu Rao22607
165Rajaji Nagar BJP S. Suresh Kumar9453BJP S. Suresh Kumar14767
166Govindraj Nagar BJP V. Somanna11375INC PRIYAKRISHNA42460
167Vijay Nagar INC M. Krishnappa2775INC M. Krishnappa32642
168Chamrajpet INC B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan33137JD(S) B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan30162
169Chickpet BJP Uday B. Garudachar7934INC R.V. DEVRAJ13049
170Basavanagudi BJP L. A. Ravi Subramanya38,009BJP L. A. Ravi Subramanya19,713
171Padmanaba Nagar BJP R. Ashoka12166BJP R. Ashoka20123
172B.T.M Layout INC Ramalinga Reddy20478INC Ramalinga Reddy49048
173JayaNagar INC Soumya Reddy2,889BJP B. N. Vijayakumar12,312
174Mahadevapura (SC) BJP Aravind Limbavali17,784BJP Aravind Limbavali6,149
175Bommanahalli BJP M. Satish Reddy47,162BJP M. Satish Reddy25,852
176Bangalore South BJP M. Krishnappa30,417BJP M. Krishnappa30,162
177Anekal (SC) INC B. Shivanna8627INC B. Shivanna40182
178Hosakote INC M.T.B. Nagaraju7597INC M.T.B. Nagaraju7139
179Devanahalli (SC) JD(S) Nisarga Narayana Swamy L.N17010JD(S) Pilla Munishamappa1942
180Doddaballapur INC T. Venkataramanaiah (Appakaranahalli. T. Venkatesh)9,945INC T. Venkataramanaiah (Appakaranahalli. T. Venkatesh)1,447
181Nelamangala (SC) JD(S) K. Sreenivasa Murthy24321JD(S) K. Sreenivasa Murthy15103
182Magadi JD(S) A. Manjunath51,425JD(S) H. C. Balakrishna14,359
183Ramanagara JD(S) HD Kumarswamy22,636JD(S) HD Kumarswamy25,398
184Kanakapura INC D. K. Shivakumar79,909INC D. K. Shivakumar31,424
185Channapatna JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy21,530JD(S) C. P. Yogeshwar6,464
186Malavalli (SC) JD(S) Dr. K. Annadani26,760SP P. M. Narendra Swamy538
187Maddur JD(S) D. C. Thammanna54030JD(S) D. C. Thammanna31958
188Melukote JD(S) C. S. Puttaraju22,224SKP K. S. Puttannaiah9,848
189Mandya JD(S) M.Srinivas21,608INC Ambareesh42,937
190Shrirangapattana JD(S) Ravindra Srikantaiah47,667JD(S) A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda20,363
191Nagamangala JD(S) Suresh Gowda46,667JD(S) N. Chaluvaraya Swamy20,363
192Krishnarajpete JD(S) Narayanagowda17119JD(S) NARAYANAGOWDA9243
193Shravanabelagola JD(S) C. N. Balakrishna53,012JD(S) C. N. Balakrishna24,142
193Arsikere JD(S) K. M. Shivalinge Gowda43,683JD(S) K. M. Shivalinge Gowda29,631
194Belur JD(S) K. S. Lingesha19,690INC Y. N. Rudresh Gowda7,529
195Hassan BJP Preetham J. Gowda13,006JD(S) H. S. Prakash4,196
196Holenarasipur JD(S) H. D. Revanna43,832JD(S) H. D. Revanna30,058
197Arkalgud JD(S) A. T. Ramaswamy10,653INC A. Manju8,794
198Sakleshpur (SC) JD(S) H. K. Kumaraswamy4,942JD(S) H. K. Kumaraswamy33,069
199Belthangady BJP Harish Poonja22,974INC K. Vasantha Bangera15,741
200Moodabidri BJP Umanatha A. Kotian29,799INC Abhayachandra Jain4,550
201Mangalore City North BJP Bharath Shetty26,648INC B. A. Mohiuddin Bava5,373
202Mangalore City South BJP D. Vedavyas Kamath16,075INC J. R. Lobo12,275
203Mangalore INC U. T. Abdul Khadar19,739INC U. T. Abdul Khadar29,111
204Bantval BJP Rajesh Naik15,971INC Ramanath Rai17,850
205Puttur BJP Sanjeeva Matandoor19,477INC Shakunthala T. Shetty4,289
206Sullia (SC) BJP Angara S.26,068BJP Angara S.1,373
207Madikeri BJP Appachu Ranjan16015BJP Appachu Ranjan4629
208Virajpet BJP K. G. Bopaiah13,353BJP K. G. Bopaiah3,414
209Periyapatna JD(S) K. Mahadeva7493INC K. Venkatesh2088
210Krishnarajanagara JD(S) Sa. Ra. Mahesh1779JD(S) Sa. Ra. Mahesh15052
211Hunasuru JD(S) Adagur H. Vishwanath8,575INC H. P. Manjunath40,207
212Heggadadevankote (ST) INC Anil Kumar C.22,093JD(S) Chikkamadu S.12,498
213Nanjangud (SC) BJP Harshavardhan B.12479INC Srinivasa Prasad8941
214Chamundeshwari JD(S) GT Devegowda36,042JD(S) GT Devegowda7,103
215Krishnaraja BJP S. A. Ramadas26,347INC M. K. Somashekar6,065
216Chamaraja BJP L. Nagendra14936INC Vasu12915
217Narasimharaja INC Tanveer Sait18,127INC Tanveer Sait8,370
218Varuna INC Yathindra S.58,616INC Siddaramaiah29,646
219T.Narasipur (SC) JD(S) Ashvin Kumar M.28,478INC H. C. Mahadevappa899
220Hanur INC R. Narendra3,513INC R. Narendra11,549
221Kollegal (SC) BSP N. Mahesh19,454INC S. Jayanna10,193
222Chamarajanagar INC C. Puttarangashetty4,913INC C. Puttarangashetty11,196
223Gundlupet BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar16,684INC H. S. Mahadeva Prasad7,675
224Rajarajeshwarinagar INC Munirathna 41162INCMuniratna18,813

By-election

noConstituencyPartyCandidatevotesRunner uppartyvotes
1 Jamkhandi INC Anand Nyamagouda 97017 Srikanth Kulkarni BJP 57,492
2 Ramanagaram JD(S) Anitha Kumaraswamy 1,25,043 Chandrasekhar BJP 15,906

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.[61] 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.[62]

Bypolls

Bypolls were due to be held in three seats: Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore[63] and in Ramanagara.

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.[64]

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.[65][66] 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.[67]

The results of Jamkhandi and Ramanagar 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 Ramanagar(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)

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