2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Karnataka on 10 May 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

The votes were counted and the results were declared on 13 May 2023.

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election
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All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered53,131,579
Turnout73.84% (Increase 1.34 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Siddaramaiah at the function to commemorate the serving of 2 billion meals of the Akshaya Patra Foundation in Karnataka (cropped).jpg
Shri Basavaraj Bommai calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 30 2021.jpg
H. D. Kumaraswamy meets union Minister.jpg
Leader Siddaramaiah Basavaraj Bommai H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party INC BJP JD(S)
Leader since 2013 2021 2006
Leader's seat Varuna Shiggaon Channapatna
Last election 38.14%, 80 seats 36.35%, 104 seats 18.3%, 37 seats
Seats won 135 66 19
Seat change Increase 55 Decrease 38 Decrease 18
Popular vote 16,789,272 14,096,529 5,205,489
Percentage 42.88% 36.00% 13.29%
Swing Increase 4.74 pp Decrease 0.35 pp Decrease 5.01 pp

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election
Structure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Basavaraj Bommai
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Siddaramaiah
INC

The election saw a final voter turnout of 73.84%, the highest ever recorded in the history of Legislative Assembly elections in Karnataka.

The Indian National Congress won the election in a landslide by getting 135 seats, making it their biggest win by seats and vote share in Karnataka since the 1989 elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) conceded defeat, finishing second and third, respectively.

Background

The tenure of Karnataka Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 24 May 2023. The previous assembly elections were held in May 2018. After the election, coalition of Janata Dal (Secular) and Indian National Congress formed the state government, with H. D. Kumaraswamy becoming Chief Minister.

Political developments

In July 2019, the coalition government collapsed due to resignations by several members of Congress and JD(S) in the assembly. Subsequently, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with B. S. Yediyurappa becoming Chief Minister.

On 26 July 2021, Yediyurappa resigned from Chief Minister's post and Basavaraj Bommai was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on 28 July 2021.

Defections before polls

On 19 February 2023, BJP leader H.D. Thammaiah joined Congress along with his supporters. On 9 March 2023, BJP MLC Puttanna joined the Congress. Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar quit BJP on 16 April 2023 and joined Congress the next day. Other leaders that left BJP before the polls include Laxman Savadi, M P Kumaraswamy and R. Shankar.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 March 2023. The Election Commission declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the announcement of schedule.

Event Date Day
Date of Notification 13 April 2023 Thursday
Last date for filing nominations 20 April 2023 Thursday
Date for scrutiny of nominations 21 April 2023 Friday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 24 April 2023 Monday
Date of poll 10 May 2023 Wednesday
Date of counting 13 May 2023 Saturday

Election statistics

Electorate

The total electorate in the state were 52,173,579 of which there were 26,200,000 men, 25,900,000 women and 4,699 transgender voters. 16,976 centenarians, 12.15 lakh voters over the age of 80 and 917,000 first-time voters were also included in the total. Moreover, 555,000 voters were disabled.

Polling stations

The Election Commission announced 58,282 polling stations for the election, out of which 24,063 were in urban areas and 34,219 in rural areas. The commission announced that to ensure enhanced voter participation, 1,320 polling stations were to be managed by women, 224 each by youth and disabled personnel. 130,000 vials of indelible ink were supplied by Mysore Paints and Varnish for the polls.

Parties Contesting

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Basavaraj Bommai 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  224

  Indian National Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
Indian National Congress 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Siddaramaiah 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  223

  Janata Dal (Secular)

Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
Janata Dal (Secular) 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  H. D. Kumaraswamy 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  209

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Aam Aadmi Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Prithvi Reddy 209
Karnataka Rashtra Samithi 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Ravi Krishna Reddy 195
Bahujan Samaj Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  M. Krishnamurthy 133
Uttama Prajaakeeya Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Upendra 110
Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha G. Janardhana Reddy 46
Social Democratic Party of India 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  M. K. Faizy 16
Samajwadi Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 
2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 
Shankar Bidari 14
Nationalist Congress Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Hari R 9
Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha Darshan Puttannaiah 8
Communist Party of India 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Sati Sundaresh 7
Janata Dal (United) 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  Mahima patel 7
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  U. Basavaraj 4
All India Forward Bloc 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  3
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  3
National People's Party 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  2

Candidates

JD(S) released the first list of 93 candidates on 19 December 2022 and the second list of 49 candidates on 14 April 2023. Another list of 6 candidates on 15 April. and candidate for Chamaraja was announced on 16 April. A list of 59 candidates was released on 19 April. On the same day, another list was released wherein candidates from 12 constituencies were replaced and support was given to other parties in 7 other constituencies. Final list of 13 candidates was released on 20 April.

Congress released the first list of 124 candidates on 25 March 2023, the second list of 41 candidates on 6 April, leaving one seat for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party, the third list of 43 candidates on 15 April, the fourth list of 7 candidates on 18 April, the fifth list of 4 candidates (including replacement for Shiggaon constituency) on 19 April and the sixth and final list of 5 candidates on 20 April.

BJP released the first list of 189 candidates on 11 April 2023, the second list of 23 candidates on 12 April, the third list of 10 candidates on 17 April the fourth and final list of 2 candidates on 19 April.

District Constituency BJP INC JD(S)
# Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Belagavi 1 Nippani BJP Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle INC Kakasaheb Pandurang Patil JD(S) Raju Maruti Pawar
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga BJP Ramesh Katti INC Ganesh Prakash Hukkeri JD(S) Suhas Sadashiv Valke
3 Athani BJP Mahesh Kumathalli INC Laxman Savadi JD(S) Shashikanth Padasaligi Swamiji
4 Kagwad BJP Shrimant Patil INC Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage JD(S) Mallappa M Chunga
5 Kudachi (SC) BJP P. Rajeev INC Mahendra K. Thammannavar JD(S) Anand Gulagi
6 Raibag (SC) BJP Duryodhan Mahalingappa Aihole INC Mahaveer Mohith JD(S) Pradeep Malagi
7 Hukkeri BJP Nikhil Katti INC Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil JD(S) Basavaraja Gowda Patil
8 Arabhavi BJP Balachandra Jarkiholi INC Arvind Dalwai JD(S) Prakash Kash Shetty
9 Gokak BJP Ramesh Jarkiholi INC Mahantesh Kadadi JD(S) Channabasappa Balappa Giddannavar
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) BJP Basavaraj Hundri INC Sathish Jarkiholi JD(S) Maruti Mallappa Astagi
11 Belgaum Uttar BJP Ravi Patil INC Asif Sait JD(S) Sivananda Mugalihal
12 Belgaum Dakshin BJP Abhay Patil INC Prabhavathi Mastmardi JD(S) Srinivasa Gholkar
13 Belgaum Rural BJP Nagesh Manolkar INC Lakshmi Hebbalkar JD(S) Shankar Gowda Rudragowda Patil
14 Khanapur BJP Vithal Somanna Halagekar INC Anjali Nimbalkar JD(S) Naseer Bapulsab Bhagavan
15 Kittur BJP Mahantesh Doddagoudar INC Babasaheb D. Patil JD(S) Ashwini Singaiah Poojera
16 Bailhongal BJP Jagadish Metgud INC Koujalagi Mahantesh Shivanand JD(S) Shankar Madalagi
17 Saundatti Yellamma BJP Ratna Mamani INC Vishwas Vaidya JD(S) Sourabh Anand Chopra
18 Ramdurg BJP Chikka Revanna INC Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan JD(S) Prakash Mudhol
Bagalkot 19 Mudhol (SC) BJP Govind Karjol INC R. B. Timmapur JD(S) Dharmaraj Vithal Doddamani
20 Terdal BJP Siddu Savadi INC Siddappa Ramappa Konnur JD(S) Suresh Arjuna Madiwala
21 Jamkhandi BJP Jagadish Gudagunti INC Anand Siddu Nyamagouda JD(S) Yakoob Kapdewal
22 Bilgi BJP Murugesh Nirani INC Jagadish Timmanagouda Patil JD(S) Rukmuddin Saudagar
23 Badami BJP Shantha Gowda Patil INC Bhimsen Chimmanakatti JD(S) Hanumanthappa B. Mavinamarad
24 Bagalkot BJP Veerabhadrayya Charantimath INC Hullappa Yamanappa Meti JD(S) Devaraj Patil
25 Hungund BJP Doddanagouda G Patil INC Vijayanand Kashappanavar JD(S) Shivappa Bol
Vijayapura 26 Muddebihal BJP A. S. Patil INC C. S. Nadagouda JD(S) Channabasappa S. Sollapura
27 Devar Hippargi BJP Somanagouda Patil INC Sharanappa T. Sunagar JD(S) Rajugowda Patil
28 Basavana Bagevadi BJP S. K. Bellubbi INC Shivanand Patil JD(S) Somanagowda Patil
29 Babaleshwar BJP Vijugouda Patil INC M. B. Patil JD(S) Basavaraj Honawada
30 Bijapur City BJP Basangouda Patil Yatnal INC Abdul Hameed Mushrif JD(S) Bande Nawaz Mabari
31 Nagathan (SC) BJP Sanjeev Aihole INC Vittal Katakadhond JD(S) Devananda P Chawhan
32 Indi BJP Kasagouda Biradar INC Yashavanta Rayagoud V Patil JD(S) B.D. Patil
33 Sindagi BJP Ramesh Bhusanur INC Ashok M. Managuli JD(S) Vishalakshi Shivanand
Kalaburagi 34 Afzalpur BJP Malikayya Guttedar INC M. Y. Patil JD(S) Shivakumar Natekar
35 Jevargi BJP Shivanna Gowda Patil Raddevadagi INC Ajay Singh JD(S) Doddappagouda Shivalingappa Gouda
Yadgir 36 Shorapur (ST) BJP Narasimha Nayak INC Raja Venkatappa Nayak JD(S) Shravan Kumar Nayak
37 Shahapur BJP Ameenreddy Patil INC Sharanabassappa Darshanapur JD(S) Gurulingappa Gouda
38 Yadgir BJP Venkatreddy Mudnal INC Channareddy Patil Tunnur JD(S) A. B. Malaka Reddy
39 Gurmitkal BJP Lalitha Anapur INC Baburao Chinchansur JD(S) Naganagowda Kandakur
Kalaburagi 40 Chittapur (SC) BJP Manikanta Rathod INC Priyank Kharge JD(S) Subhachandra Rathod
41 Sedam BJP Rajkumar Patil INC Sharan Prakash Patil JD(S) Balaraj Guttedar
42 Chincholi (SC) BJP Avinash Jadhav INC Subash V. Rathod JD(S) Sanjeev Yakapu
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) BJP Basawaraj Mattimud INC Revu Naik Belamagi
44 Gulbarga Dakshin BJP Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor INC Allamprabhu Patil JD(S) Krishna Reddy
45 Gulbarga Uttar BJP Chandrakanth Patil INC Kaneez Fathima JD(S) Nasir Hussain Ustad
46 Aland BJP Subhash Guttedar INC B. R. Patil JD(S) Sanjay Wadekar
Bidar 47 Basavakalyan BJP Sharanu Salagar INC Vijay Singh JD(S) S.Y. Quadri
48 Humnabad BJP Siddu Patil INC Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil JD(S) C.M. Fayaz
49 Bidar South BJP Shailendra Beldale INC Ashok Kheny JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur
50 Bidar BJP Eshwar Singh Thakur INC Rahim Khan JD(S) Suryakanta Nagamarapalli
51 Bhalki BJP Prakash Khandre INC Eshwara Khandre JD(S) Rauf Patel
52 Aurad (SC) BJP Prabhu Chauhan INC Shinde Bhimsen Rao JD(S) Jaisingh Rathod
Raichur 53 Raichur Rural (ST) BJP Thipparaja Hawaldar INC Basanagouda Daddal JD(S) Narasimha Nayak
54 Raichur BJP Shivaraj Patil INC Mohammed Shalam JD(S) Vinay Kumar E
55 Manvi (ST) BJP B. V. Nayak INC G. Hampayya Nayak JD(S) Raja Venkatappa Nayak
56 Devadurga (ST) BJP K. Shivanagouda Naik INC Shreedevi R. Nayak JD(S) Karemma G. Nayak
57 Lingsugur (SC) BJP Manappa D.Vajjal INC D. S. Hoolageri JD(S) Siddu Bandi
58 Sindhanur BJP K Kariyappa INC Hampan Gowda Badarli JD(S) Venkatarao Nadagowda
59 Maski (ST) BJP Pratapagouda Patil INC Basanagouda Turvihal JD(S) Sharanappa Kumbara
Koppal 60 Kushtagi BJP Doddanagouda Patil INC Amaregouda Bayyapur JD(S) Thukaram Survi
61 Kanakagiri (SC) BJP Basavaraj Dadesaguru INC Shivaraj Sangappa Thangadagi JD(S) Ashok Ummalatti
62 Gangawati BJP Paranna Munavalli INC Iqbal Ansari JD(S) H. R. Chennakeshava
63 Yelburga BJP Halappa Achar INC Basavaraj Rayareddy JD(S) Konan Gowda
64 Koppal BJP Manjula Amaresh INC K. Raghavendra Hitnal JD(S) Chandrasekhar
Gadag 65 Shirahatti (SC) BJP Chandru Lamani INC Sujatha N. Doddamani JD(S) Hanumanthappa Nayak
66 Gadag BJP Anil Menasinakai INC H. K. Patil JD(S) Venkangouda Govind Goudar
67 Ron BJP Kalakappa Bandi INC G.S Patil JD(S) Mugadam Saab
68 Nargund BJP C. C. Patil INC B. R. Yavagal JD(S) Rudra Gowda Patil
Dharwad 69 Navalgund BJP Shankar Patil Munenakoppa INC N.H. Konareddy JD(S) Kallappa Gaddi
70 Kundgol BJP M R Patil INC Kusuma Shivalli JD(S) Ali Allasaab
71 Dharwad BJP Amrut Ayyappa Desai INC Vinay Kulkarni JD(S) Manjunath Hagedaar
72 Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) BJP Kranti Kiran INC Abbayya Prasad JD(S) Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central BJP Mahesh Teginakai INC Jagadish Shettar JD(S) Siddalingeshgowda Odeyar
74 Hubli-Dharwad West BJP Arvind Bellad INC Deepak Chinchore JD(S) Gururaj Hunasimarad
75 Kalghatgi BJP Nagaraj Chabbi INC Santosh Lad JD(S) Veerappa Sheegehatti
Uttara Kannada 76 Haliyal BJP Sunil Hegde INC R. V. Deshpande JD(S) S.L. Kotnekar
77 Karwar BJP Rupali Santosh Nayak INC Satish Krishna Sail JD(S) Chaitra Kotkar
78 Kumta BJP Dinakar Shetty INC Nivedit Alva JD(S) Suraj Soni Nayak
79 Bhatkal BJP Sunil Baliya Nayak INC M. S. Vaidya JD(S) Nagendra Naik
80 Sirsi BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri INC Bhimanna Naik JD(S) Upendra Pai
81 Yellapur BJP Shivaram Hebbar INC V. S. Patil JD(S) Nagesh Naik
Haveri 82 Hangal BJP Shivaraj Sajjanar INC Srinivas Mane JD(S) Manohar Tahsildar
83 Shiggaon BJP Basavaraj Bommai INC Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan JD(S) Shashidar Channabasappa Yeligaar
84 Haveri (SC) BJP Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar INC Rudrappa Lamani JD(S) Thukaram Malagi
85 Byadgi BJP Virupakshappa Ballari INC Basavaraj N. Shivannanar
86 Hirekerur BJP B. C. Patil INC U. B. Banakar JD(S) Jayanand Javannanavar
87 Ranebennur BJP Arunkumar Guththur INC Prakash K. Koliwad JD(S) Manjunath Goudar
Vijaynagara 88 Hoovina Hadagali (SC) BJP Krishna Naik INC P. T. Parameshwar Naik JD(S) Putresh
89 Hagaribommanahalli (SC) BJP B. Ramanna INC L. B. P. Bheema Naik JD(S) Nemiraja Naik
90 Vijayanagara BJP Siddharth Singh INC H. R. Gaviyappa
Ballari 91 Kampli (ST) BJP T H Suresh Babu INC J. N. Ganesh JD(S) Raju Naik
92 Siruguppa (ST) BJP M.S. Somalingappa INC B.M. Nagraj JD(S) Parameshwar Naik
93 Bellary Rural (ST) BJP B. Sriramulu INC B. Nagendra
94 Bellary City BJP G. Somashekara Reddy INC Nara Bharath Reddy JD(S) Anil Lad
95 Sandur (ST) BJP Shilpa Raghavendra INC E. Tukaram JD(S) Somappa
Vijaynagara 96 Kudligi (ST) BJP Lokesh V Nayaka INC N. T. Srinivas JD(S) Kodihalli Bhimappa
Chitradurga 97 Molakalmuru (ST) BJP S. Thippeswamy INC N. Y. Gopalakrishna JD(S) Mahadevappa
98 Challakere (ST) BJP Anilkumar INC T. Raghumurthy JD(S) Raveesh
99 Chitradurga BJP G. H. Thippareddy INC K C Veerendra JD(S) G. Raghu Achar
100 Hiriyur BJP K. Poornima Srinivas INC D. Sudhakar JD(S) Ravindrappa
101 Hosadurga BJP S. Lingamurthy INC B. G. Govindappa JD(S) M. Thippeswamy
102 Holalkere (SC) BJP M. Chandrappa INC H. Anjaneya
Devangere 103 Jagalur (ST) BJP S V Ramachandra INC B. Devendrappa JD(S) Deveraj
Vijayanagara 104 Harapanahalli BJP G. Karunakara Reddy INC N. Kotresh JD(S) N. M. Noor Ahmed
Devangere 105 Harihar BJP B.P. Harish INC Nandagavi Srinivas JD(S) H.S. Shivashankar
106 Davanagere North BJP Lokikere Nagaraj INC S. S. Mallikarjun
107 Davanagere South BJP Ajay Kumar INC Shamanur Shivashankarappa JD(S) Amanulla Khan
108 Mayakonda (SC) BJP Basavaraja Naik INC K.S. Basavaraju JD(S) Anandappa
109 Channagiri BJP Shiv Kumar INC Basavaraju V Shivaganga JD(S) Tejaswi Patel
110 Honnali BJP M. P. Renukacharya INC D.G. Shanthana Gowda JD(S) Shivamurthy Gowda
Shimoga 111 Shimoga Rural (SC) BJP Ashok Nayak INC Sreenivas Kariyanna JD(S) Sharada Purya Naik
112 Bhadravati BJP Mangoti Rudresh INC B.K. Sangameshwara JD(S) Sharada Appajigowda
113 Shimoga BJP SN Channabasappa INC H.C. Yogesh JD(S) Ayanur Manjunath
114 Tirthahalli BJP Araga Jnanendra INC Kimmane Rathnakar JD(S) Raja Ram
115 Shikaripura BJP B. Y. Vijayendra INC G.B. Malatesh
116 Sorab BJP Kumar Bangarappa INC Madhu Bangarappa JD(S) Baasur Chandregowda
117 Sagar BJP Hartalu Halappa INC Belur Gopalkrishna JD(S) Zakir
Udupi 118 Byndoor BJP Gururaj Gantihole INC K Gopala Poojary JD(S) Mansoor Ibrahim
119 Kundapura BJP Kiran Kumar Kodgi INC M. Dinesh Hegde JD(S) Ramesh Kundapura
120 Udupi BJP Yashpal Suvarna INC Prasad Raj Kanchan JD(S) Dakshat R Shetty
121 Kapu BJP Gurme Suresh Shetty INC Vinay Kumar Sorake JD(S) Sabina Samad
122 Karkala BJP V. Sunil Kumar INC Uday Shetty JD(S) Srikanth Kochur
Chikmagalur 123 Sringeri BJP D. N. Jeevaraj INC T.D. Rajegowda JD(S) Sudhakar Shetty
124 Mudigere (SC) BJP Deepak Doddaiah INC Nayana Jyothi Jhawar JD(S) M.P. Kumaraswamy
125 Chikmagalur BJP C. T. Ravi INC H. D. Thammaiah JD(S) Thimmashetty
126 Tarikere BJP D. S. Suresh INC GH Srinivasa
127 Kadur BJP K. S. Prakash INC K S Anand JD(S) YSV Datta
Tumakuru 128 Chiknayakanhalli BJP J. C. Madhuswamy INC Kiran Kumar JD(S) C.B. Surersh Babu
129 Tiptur BJP B. C. Nagesh INC K. Shadakshari JD(S) Kantha Kumar
130 Turuvekere BJP Masala Jayaram INC Kanthraj B.M. JD(S) M.T. Krishnappa
131 Kunigal BJP D. Krishna Kumar INC H.D. Ranganath JD(S) D. Nagarajaiah
132 Tumkur City BJP G. B. Jyothi Ganesh INC Iqbal Ahmed JD(S) Govindaraju
133 Tumkur Rural BJP B. Suresh Gowda INC GH Shanumukkappa Yadav JD(S) D. C. Gourishankar
134 Koratagere (SC) BJP B. H. Anil Kumar INC G. Parameshwara JD(S) Sudhakar Lal
135 Gubbi BJP S. D. Dilip Kumar INC S. R. Srinivas JD(S) Nagaraja
136 Sira BJP C. M. Rajesh Gowda INC T. B. Jayachandra JD(S) R. Ugresh
137 Pavagada (SC) BJP Krishna Nayak INC H.V. Venkatesh JD(S) Thimmarayappa
138 Madhugiri BJP L. C. Nagaraj INC Kyatasandra N. Rajanna JD(S) Veerabhadraiah
Chikkaballapura 139 Gauribidanur BJP Shashidhar INC N. H. Shivashankara Reddy JD(S) Narasimhamurthy
140 Bagepalli BJP C Muniraju INC S.N. Subba Reddy
141 Chikkaballapur BJP K. Sudhakar INC Pradeep Eshwar Ayyar JD(S) K.P. Bachegowda
142 Sidlaghatta BJP Ramachandra Gowda INC B V Rajeev Gowda JD(S) B N Ravikumar
143 Chintamani BJP Venu Gopal INC M.C. Sudhakar JD(S) J. K. Krishna Reddy
Kolar 144 Srinivaspur BJP Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy INC K. R. Ramesh Kumar JD(S) G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy
145 Mulbagal (SC) BJP Shigehalli Sundar INC Dr BC Muddugangadhar JD(S) Samruddi Manjunath
146 Kolar Gold Field (SC) BJP Ashwini Sampangi INC Roopakala Shashidar JD(S) Ramesh Babu
147 Bangarapet (SC) BJP M. Narayanswamy INC S. N. Narayanaswamy JD(S) M. Mallesh Babu
148 Kolar BJP Varthur Prakash INC Kothur G. Manjunath JD(S) C. M. R. Srinath
149 Malur BJP K S Manjunath Gowda INC K. Y. Nanje Gowda JD(S) J. E. Ramegowda
Bangalore Urban 150 Yelahanka BJP S. R. Vishwanath INC Keshava Rajan B JD(S) M. Munegowda
151 K. R. Puram BJP Byrati Basavaraj INC DK Moahan
152 Byatarayanapura BJP Thammesh Gowda INC Krishna Byre Gowda JD(S) Venugopal
153 Yeshwantpur BJP S. T. Somashekhar INC S Balraj Gowda JD(S) Javarai Gowda
154 Rajarajeshwarinagar BJP Munirathna Naidu INC Kusuma H. JD(S) Dr. Narayan Swami
155 Dasarahalli BJP S. Muniraju INC Dhananjaya Gangadharaiah JD(S) I R. Manjunath
156 Mahalakshmi Layout BJP K. Gopalaiah INC Keshava Murthy JD(S) Rajanna
157 Malleshwaram BJP C. N. Ashwath Narayan INC Anoop Iyengar JD(S) Utkarsh
158 Hebbal BJP Jagadish Katta INC Byrathi Suresh JD(S) Mohid Altaf
159 Pulakeshinagar (SC) BJP Murali INC A. C. Srinivasa JD(S) Anuradha
160 Sarvagnanagar BJP Padmanabha Reddy INC K. J. George JD(S) Mohammed Mushtaq
161 C. V. Raman Nagar (SC) BJP S. Raghu INC S Anand Kumar
162 Shivajinagar BJP N. Chandra INC Rizwan Arshad
163 Shanti Nagar BJP Shiva Kumar INC Nalapad Ahmed Haris JD(S) Manjunath Gowda
164 Gandhi Nagar BJP A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda INC Dinesh Gundu Rao JD(S) V Narayanaswamy
165 Rajaji Nagar BJP S. Suresh Kumar INC Puttanna JD(S) Anjanappa
166 Govindraj Nagar BJP Umesh Shetty INC Priya Krishna JD(S) R Prakash
167 Vijay Nagar BJP H. Raveendra INC M. Krishnappa
168 Chamrajpet BJP Bhaskar Rao INC B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan JD(S) Govindaraja
169 Chickpet BJP Uday Garudachar INC R.V. Devaraju JD(S) Imran Pasha
170 Basavanagudi BJP L. A. Ravi Subramanya INC U.B. Venkatesh JD(S) Aramane Shankar
171 Padmanaba Nagar BJP R. Ashoka INC V Raghunath Naidu JD(S) B Manjunath
172 B.T.M. Layout BJP Sridhar Reddy INC Ramalinga Reddy JD(S) Venkatesh
173 Jayanagar BJP C. K. Ramamurthy INC Sowmya Reddy JD(S) Kale Gowda
174 Mahadevapura (SC) BJP Manjula Aravind Limbavali INC Nagesh T
175 Bommanahalli BJP Sathish Reddy INC Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda JD(S) Narayanaraju
176 Bangalore South BJP M Krishnappa INC R K Ramesh JD(S) Rajagopal Reddy
177 Anekal (SC) BJP Hullalli Srinivas INC B. Shivanna JD(S) KP Raju
Bangalore Rural 178 Hoskote BJP M. T. B. Nagaraj INC Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda
179 Devanahalli (SC) BJP Pilla Munishamappa INC K.H. Muniyappa JD(S) Nisarga Narayanaswamy
180 Doddaballapur BJP Dhiraj Muniraju INC T. Venkataramanaiah JD(S) Munegowda
181 Nelamangala (SC) BJP Sapthagiri Naik INC Srinivasaiah N JD(S) Srinivasamurthy
Ramanagara 182 Magadi BJP Prasad Gowda INC H.C. Balakrishna JD(S) A Manjunath
183 Ramanagara BJP Goutham Gowda INC Iqbal Hussain H A JD(S) Nikhil Kumaraswamy
184 Kanakapura BJP R. Ashoka INC D. K. Shivakumar JD(S) Nagaraju
185 Channapatna BJP C. P. Yogeshwar INC Gangadhar S. JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy
Mandya 186 Malavalli (SC) BJP G. Muniraju INC P.M. Narendra Swamy JD(S) K Annadani
187 Maddur BJP S. P. Swamy INC K.M. Uday JD(S) DC Thammanna
188 Melukote BJP Indresh Kumar JD(S) CS Puttaraju
189 Mandya BJP Ashok Jayaram INC P Ravikumar JD(S) B.R. Ramachandra
190 Shrirangapattana BJP Indavalu Sachidananda INC A.B. Ramesh Bandisidde Gowda JD(S) Ravindra Srikantaiah
191 Nagamangala BJP Sudha Shivaram INC N. Chaluvaraya Swamy JD(S) Suresh Gowda
192 Krishnarajapet BJP K.C. Narayanagowda INC B. L. Devaraj JD(S) HT Manjunath
Hassan 193 Shravanabelagola BJP Chidananda INC M. A. Gopalaswamy JD(S) C N Balakrishna
194 Arsikere BJP G. V. Basavaraja INC K. M. Shivalinge Gowda JD(S) N R Santhosh
195 Belur BJP Hullalli K Suresh INC B Shivaram JD(S) K S Lingesh
196 Hassan BJP J Preetham Gowda INC Banavasi Rangaswamy JD(S) HP Swaroop
197 Holenarasipur BJP Devaraje Gowda INC Shreyas M. Patel JD(S) H. D. Revanna
198 Arkalgud BJP Yoga Ramesh INC HP Shridhar Gowda JD(S) A Manju
199 Sakleshpur (SC) BJP Cement Manju INC Murali Mohan JD(S) H. K. Kumaraswamy
Dakshina Kannada 200 Belthangady BJP Harish Poonja INC Rakshith Shivaram JD(S) Ashroff Ali
201 Moodabidri BJP Umanath Kotian INC Mithun Rai JD(S) Amarashree
202 Mangalore City North BJP Bharath Shetty Y INC Inayath Ali JD(S) Mohiuddin Bawa
203 Mangalore City South BJP Vedavyas Kamath INC John Richard Lobo JD(S) Sumati Hegde
204 Mangalore BJP Sathish Kumpala INC U. T. Khader
205 Bantval BJP U Rajesh Naik INC Ramanath Rai JD(S) Prakash Rafael Gomes
206 Puttur BJP Asha Thimmappa INC Ashok Kumar Rai JD(S) Divya Prabha
207 Sullia (SC) BJP Bhagirathi Murulya INC Krishnappa G JD(S) Professor Venkatesh HN
Kodagu 208 Madikeri BJP M P Appachu Ranjan INC Mantar Gowda JD(S) M N Muthappa
209 Virajpet BJP K G Bopaiah INC A.S. Ponnanna JD(S) Mansoor Ali
Mysore 210 Periyapatna BJP C. H. Vijayashankar INC K. Venkatesh JD(S) K Mahadev
211 Krishnarajanagara BJP Venkatesh Hosalli INC D. Ravishankar JD(S) S. R. Mahesh
212 Hunsur BJP Devarahalli Somashekhar INC H.P. Manjunath JD(S) Harish Gowda
213 Heggadadevankote (ST) BJP Krishna Naik INC Anil Kumar C JD(S) P. Jayaprakash
214 Nanjangud (SC) BJP B. Harshavardhan INC Darshan Dhurvyanarayana
215 Chamundeshwari BJP Kaveesh Gowda INC Mavinahalli S Siddegowda JD(S) G. T. Devegowda
216 Krishnaraja BJP T. S. Srivatsa INC M.K. Somashekar JD(S) KV Mallesh
217 Chamaraja BJP L. Nagendra INC K. Harish Gowda JD(S) H.K. Ramesh
218 Narasimharaja BJP Sandesh Swami INC Tanveer Sait JD(S) Abdul Kader Shahid
219 Varuna BJP V. Somanna INC Siddaramaiah JD(S) Bharti Shankar
220 T. Narasipur (SC) BJP M. Revanna INC H. C. Mahadevappa JD(S) Ashwinkumar
Chamarajanagar 221 Hanur BJP Preetham Nagappa INC R. Narendra JD(S) Manjunath
222 Kollegal (SC) BJP N. Mahesh INC A. R. Krishna Murthy JD(S) Puttaswamy
223 Chamarajanagar BJP V. Somanna INC C. Puttaranga Shetty JD(S) Mallikarjun Swamy
224 Gundlupet BJP C.S. Niranjan Kumar INC H.M. Ganesh Parasad JD(S) Kadabur Manjunath

Issues

Belagavi border dispute

Tensions concerning the Belagavi border dispute intensified in early December 2022 as a delegation of Maharashtra politicians proposed to travel to Belagavi district to demand the merger of some villages in Karnataka with Maharashtra, with politicians from Maharashtra making provocative statements. The border row escalated into violence after vehicles from both states were attacked and damaged in Belgaon and Pune in mid-December.

The issue has resurfaced ahead of assembly elections. Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has demanded the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for failing in his duties to protect the state.

Corruption

In July 2021, D. Kempanna, president of the Karnataka State Contractors' Association wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging large-scale corruption in the award and implementation of civil contracts in Karnataka. In the letter, he alleged that contractors were being forced to pay a 40% commission to officials at the BJP government, cutting across departments, for projects. Congress started a campaign PayCM to widely publicize these allegations.

Contractor Santhosh Patil (aged 40) who accused then-state cabinet minister K. S. Eshwarappa of harassing him for commissions committed suicide at Shambhavi Hotel in Udupi on 12 April 2022. He alleged that the BJP leader had been harassing him for commissions to clear the bills for contracts he had implemented for the government over a year ago. Eshwarappa had to resign as cabinet minister following the incident, and has retired from electoral politics.

In August 2022, two associations representing 13,000 schools in Karnataka wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government of corruption. "Unscientific, irrational, discriminatory and noncompliance norms are applied to only unaided private schools and huge corruption is in place," the letter read. The school associations urged PM Modi to look into the allegations and launch an inquiry into the affairs of the Karnataka education ministry.

In order to "expose" the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the opposition Congress party has determined to make the Bitcoin scam an election issue in the 2023 elections.

When the merchandise was exported via Goa, depriving Karnataka of its tax revenue, the state exchequer lost roughly Rs 60 crore while the excise scam cost about Rs 200 crore, according to Priyank Kharge.

Congress party also released a 'corruption rate card' in English and Kannada languages, alleging the ruling BJP of looting ₹1,50,000 crore during last four years. The Election Commission issued a notice to Congress over these ads asked to provide evidence to support the claims.

Communal polarization

According to political analysts Phani Rajanna and Sandeep Shastri, with Karnataka polls nearing, the BJP is raking up more and more communal issues to divide people and polarise the votes. This has been shown by communal tensions started by right-wing Hindutva groups on hijab, halal, azan, boycott of Muslim-run shops, and moral policing of Muslims and Christians, which have been linked to the Bommai government.

The BJP has focused its campaign around communal issues, drawing stark criticism from the opposition Congress, which accused it of neglecting governance issues.

Reservation controversy

Caste politics have once again risen to the forefront following the just completed elections in five states. The tone for the assembly elections the next year is being set by the regrouping of various caste lobbies in their fight for reservation. The Karnataka government has courted controversy with its orders to take away 4% OBC quota from Muslims and redistributing them to Lingayats and Vokkaligas. In addition the government has expressed support for internal reservation for Scheduled Castes into SC right, SC left and SC 'touchable' and SC other. Communities such as the Banjara have protested this move as depriving them of a share.

Farm laws

While various caste groups are working to make the controversial farm rules that the government passed two years ago the main topic for the forthcoming assembly elections, farmer organisations are getting ready to resurrect the issue.

Nandini vs Amul

In Karnataka, a war brewing between two major milk cooperatives in the country has spilled over into a political slugfest ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. The Amul vs Nandini row has created a stir in the state, with opposition mainly Congress leaders and pro-Kannada groups attacking the government for allowing Amul to sell fresh milk and curd in Bengaluru. The critics believe that entry of Amul in the fresh milk market could spell trouble for Karnataka's local brand, Nandini.

Controversies

Remarks on 'Love jihad'

On 3 January 2023, BJP Karnataka state president Nalin Kumar Kateel in a party meet at Mangalore said that people should prioritise the issue of "Love jihad" over "road, gutter, drain and other small issues". His comments were criticised by Congress leaders and several state BJP leaders also expressed unhappiness over the remarks.

Provocative statements by Amit Shah

On 26 April 2023, BJP top leader Amit Shah said, "If the Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high and Karnataka will be afflicted with riots". In response, Indian National Congress filed a police complaint against Amit Shah for provocative statements and promoting enmity.

Supreme Court remarks on his speeches

On 9 May 2023, the Supreme Court termed Amit Shah's public speeches on scrapping of the 4 per cent quota for Muslims during the campaign in Karnataka when the matter was pending in the court, as "inappropriate" and alleged that the speeches amounted to "contempt of court proceedings".

Collection and sale of voter data

The Indian National Congress made allegations that Chilume Trust, an NGO in Bengaluru, had amassed voter personal data, including caste, age, gender, work and education information, Aadhaar cards, phone numbers and more. The Congress alleged that BJP assigned party workers through the NGO to collect such information, and names of legitimate voters of the opposition party were deleted and that names of 'fake voters' were added to ensure more votes for the BJP. The Congress also demanded resignation of Chief Minister over the matter.

In December 2022, the NGO was blacklisted by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru's civic body, and a police complaint was filed against them for breach of trust. Subsequently, a probe was launched against the activities of the trust.

In April 2023, another company was found to be selling voter data of at least 6.5 lakh voters through an online portal. The Election Commission of India is investigating whether the data has been used for calling the voters and bribing them. An FIR has been lodged by Bengaluru Police against the online portal following a complaint made by an independent candidate who was approached by the seller.

BJP MLA C. N. Ashwath Narayan sent voters messages containing information (their names, voter ID card number, relatives' names and the booth address) from their voter ID cards on WhatsApp. This led to outrage among the voters questioning the legality of the practice and violation of their privacy.

Kharge remark on PM Modi

During an election campaign in Kalaburagi, Congress president and Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge made a remark against PM Narendra Modi, calling him a 'poisonous snake'. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai criticized the Congress leader and said that the comment will instead benefit BJP. BJP called it Congress's 'hate politics' and also demanded FIR against Congress leader.

Congress manifesto promise to ban Bajrang Dal

The Indian National Congress released its state manifesto, saying that it will put a ban on the right-wing Hindu nationalist militant organisation Bajrang Dal for spreading hatred and communalism if elected to power. In response, Bajrang Dal and BJP workers protested by chanting Hanuman Chalisa and burning Congress flags, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad issued a defamation notice to the Congress president Kharge.

Conspiracy to assassinate Kharge

Congress has claimed that BJP has been planning to assassinate Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family. Congress released an alleged audio clip on 6 May 2023 in which Manikanta Rathod, BJP candidate from Chittapur, could be heard abusing Kharge and talking about eliminating him and his family.

Questions on fairness of Election Commission

The Election Commission ignored the complaints by the Congress party on various statements by BJP leaders which lead to allegations of the EC being biased and favouring the BJP.

The Election commission asked Congress to provide evidence behind their newspaper advertisements claiming specific allegations of corruption by the BJP's Karnataka government and also issued a notice for Sonia Gandhi's alleged mention of the word "sovereignty" in a public speech. However no action was taken by the Election Commission on complaints raised by Congress against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly invoking Hindu gods in his rallies and alleging Congress of a terror conspiracy.

Sonia Gandhi speech

Referring to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's speech, Prime Minister Modi had alleged Congress of "openly advocating" Karnataka's secession from the Indian Union, called for an FIR against her and sought derecognition of the Congress party by the Election Commission. However, Sonia did not use the word "sovereignty" or its Hindi translation "samprabhuta" in her speech, but the word was instead mentioned in a tweet by the Congress.

In response, the Congress submitted a breach of privilege notice in Lok Sabha against PM Modi for the alleged "misrepresentation" of Sonia's speech.

Campaigns

Bharatiya Janata Party

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and former chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa started the "Jana Sankalpa Yatra" for the Bharatiya Janata Party on 11 October 2022, coinciding with the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress' Rahul Gandhi in the state. The yatra would cover 52 assembly constituencies.

BJP's campaign was centred around the prime minister Narendra Modi, who addressed 19 public rallies and 6 roadshows in the state, the schemes of the Central government and how the government in the state would make collaboration easy with the center. BJP did not announce a Chief Minister candidate and did not project a local leader as a face of the campaign. The party banked on Hindutva to divide voters along the communal lines before the polls when it was in the power in the state. It created controversies like 2022 Karnataka hijab row, scrapping of 4% Muslim reservation quota, twisting historical facts around Tipu Sultan, banning cattle slaughter etc. In most of the election campaigning, the party put Hindutva to the back possibly due to their realization that the religious polarisation was not working.

In the last days of campaigning period, Prime Minister Modi conducted road rallies, ignoring major issues in the country such as large scale unrest in Manipur, terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and wrestlers' protests against MP of his party. Modi also referenced the controversial film The Kerala Story as "a new face of terrorism" even after the Kerala High court acknowledged the movie is not based on real events. His rallies were marked with slogans of 'Jai Bajrang Bali' after Congress pledged to ban organisations that spread hatred and named Bajrang Dal in their manifesto. The campaign attempted to equate Bajrang Dal with Bajrang Bali (Lord Hanuman) while Congress maintained the two are different. Many commuters found themselves stranded in traffic caused by blocking of roads due to the roadshows.

Manifesto

BJP announced their manifesto on 1 May 2023.

The manifesto was divided into six sections- Anna (food security), Abhaya (social welfare), Akshara (education), Aarogya (health), Abhivrudhhi (development) and Aadaaya (income).

Some highlights of BJP manifesto are:

  • Implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
  • Introduction of NRC
  • Three free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families
  • Half litre of Nandini milk every day to BPL families
  • Forming Atal Aahara Kendras for "affordable, quality and hygienic food"
  • Monthly free 5 kg millets and 5 kg wheat

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress campaign was marked by allegations of corruption by the BJP government in the state, putting the BJP on the defensive. The five guarantees and the groundwork ensured outreach of the party among the voters, finding resonance especially among women who outnumber male voters in about 50% of the seats. The party deployed local-level leaders Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, Parameshwar, MB Patil, UT Khader, KJ George and the AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress also took risk by mentioning ban of Bajrang Dal in its manifesto hoping to consolidate minority votes which could potentially go to JDS, a move which gave BJP some fuel in last few days of campaigning.

The Indian National Congress kickstarted its campaign with the entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka on 30 September 2022. The yatra had huge crowds throughout the state, galvanising the party cadre and increasing morale of party workers, according to political experts. Police started cracking down on Congress' PayCM campaign against the alleged corruption in the Bommai ministry upon the entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. In the yatra, Rahul Gandhi stressed issues such as the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the state BJP government and the importance of regional languages, especially Kannada.

In September 2022, the Congress set up QR codes of "PayCM" in many parts of Bengaluru. These posters had Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai's dotted face with the caption "40% Accepted Here...Scan this QR code to make CM PAY for Corruption" as a knockoff of the QR code of Paytm. These posters referred to the allegations that Bommai's BJP government took bribes in awarding public contracts and recruitments. These QR codes took scanners to a website people could report corruption and make complains at a designated website.

A 10-point platform for the Coastal region was released by the Congress Party for the Assembly elections. It focuses on generating employment, luring capital, growing tourism, and fostering social peace.

Manifesto

On 2 May 2023, Congress released its manifesto and named it Sarva Janangada Shanthiya Thota (Peaceful garden of all communities).

Some of the main promises made in the Congress manifesto are:

  • Investment of ₹1.5 lakh crore for the completion of pending irrigation projects
  • Investment of ₹1.5 lakh crore in agriculture
  • ₹50,000 crore investment in village infrastructure
  • Providing free bus rides for all women and girls (known as the, "Uchita Prayāna" scheme).
  • Providing ₹3000 allowance for every unemployed youth with graduation degree and ₹1500 allowance for diploma holders all over the state (known as, "Yuva nidhi" scheme).
  • Reimplementation of the Old Pension Scheme, which it did in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Himachal pradesh.
  • Increase of reservation for SC/ST/OBC from 50% to 75%
  • Restoration of 4% Muslim quota, over and above their OBC quota which was removed by the BJP
  • ₹2,000 a month to the female head of families (known as, "Gruha Lakshmi" scheme).
  • 200 units of electricity free to every household (known as, "Gruha Jyothi" scheme).
  • Free 10 kg of rice per person per month to Below Poverty Line families (known as the, "Anna Bhāgya" scheme)
  • ₹10,000 crore for minorities welfare and preservation of places of worship
  • ₹1,000 crore for Senior Citizen Welfare Fund
  • Fill 250,000 vacant government posts
  • New State Education Policy
  • Strict action against people/organizations spreading hatred, potentially banning Popular Front of India and Bajrang Dal
  • Introduction of new policy to tackle voter data leaks

Janata Dal (Secular)

The Janata Dal (Secular) kickstarted the Pancharatna Yatra in Mulabagilu on 1 November 2022. A road campaign across the Old Mysore region, it has been witnessing a huge turnout in the southern region of the state.

Former chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy led the campaign "Pancharatna Yatra" outlined the party's five guarantees. The party pushed its regional appeal with the slogan "a vote to JD(S) is a vote to Kannadiga". Former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda was also a very powerful factor in catching votes for the JD(S). Compared to big national parties BJP and Congress, JD(S) had limited resources and focused only on 45 seats.

Manifesto

JD(S) released its manifesto on 27 April 2023.

  • ₹ 6,000 allowance for six months to pregnant women
  • ₹ 2,000 monthly financial assistance for families of agricultural labourers
  • ₹ 2,000 monthly allowance for auto drivers and registered security guards
  • High tech hospitals and schools in all 6,006 GPs
  • Free bicycle for 6.8 lakh high school students
  • Electric moped of 60,000 girl students of first grade colleges
  • Leather cluster in Belagavi, silk clusters in Ramanagara and Chikkaballapur
  • Ancillary industry unit in each taluk
  • Five free LPG cylinders per year
  • Provision to increase the incentive for milk producers by ₹2
  • Amusement park in association with Disney world in Mysuru
  • Loan waiver for women and self help groups
  • Restoration of 4% Muslim quota that was scrapped
  • Boost to irrigation projects such as Upper Bhadra and Upper Krishna
  • Implementation of Medakatu, Mahadayi and Yettinahole projects
  • Promise to save the Nandini brand

Surveys

Opinion polls

Active Parties
  Indian National Congress
  Bharatiya Janata Party
  Janata Dal (Secular)
  Others
Polling firm/Commissioner Sample Size Date published Lead
INC BJP JD(S) Others
South First-People's Pulse 4,585 4 January 2023 40% 36% 16% 8% 4%
ABP News-CVoter 24,759 29 March 2023 40.1% 34.7% 17.9% 7.3% 5.4%
South First-People's Pulse 5,600 13 April 2023 41% 36% 16% 7% 5%
Zee News-Matrize 2,92,000 1 May 2023 40% 42% 15% 3% 2%
ABP News-CVoter 73,774 6 May 2023 40.2% 36% 16.1% 7.7% 4.2%
South First-People's Pulse 3,360 7 May 2023 41.4% 36% 16% 6.6% 5.4%
Polling firm/Commissioner Sample Size Date published Majority
INC BJP JD(S) Others
South First-People's Pulse 4,585 4 January 2023 101 91 29 3 Hung
ABP-CVoter 24,759 29 March 2023 115-127 68-80 23-35 0-2 INC
South First-People's Pulse 5,600 13 April 2023 95-105 90-100 25-30 1-2 Hung
Zee News-Matrize 2,92,000 1 May 2023 79-91 103-115 26-36 1-3 Hung
ABP-CVoter 73,774 6 May 2023 110-122 73-85 21-29 2-6 INC
South First-People's Pulse 3,360 7 May 2023 105-117 81-93 24-29 1-3 Hung

Exit polls

Exit polls were published on 10 May 2023.

Source:
Polling firm/Commissioner Majority
INC BJP JD(S) Others
ABP News-C Voter 100-112 83-95 21-29 2-6 Hung
India Today-Axis My India 122-140 62-80 20-25 0-3 INC
India TV-CNX 110-120 80-90 20-24 1-3 INC
News 24-Today's Chanakya 120 92 12 0 INC
News Nation-CGS 86 114 21 3 BJP
Republic TV -P MARQ 94-108 85-100 24-32 2-6 Hung
Suvarna News -Jan Ki Baat 91-106 94-117 14-24 0-2 Hung
Times Now-ETG 113 85 23 3 INC
TV 9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat 99-109 88-98 21-26 0-4 Hung
Zee News-Matrize 103-118 79-94 25-33 2-5 Hung
Poll of Polls 109 91 22 2 Hung
Actual Results 135 66 19 4 INC

Results

Vote Share

Vote share by party

  Indian National Congress (42.88%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (36.00%)
  Janata Dal (Secular) (13.29%)
  Other (7.83%)

Seat Share

Seat share by party

  Indian National Congress (60.27%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (29.46%)
  Janata Dal (Secular) (8.48%)
  Other (1.79%)

Result by Party

Party INC BJP JD(S) Oth
Seats 135 66 19 4
Results
2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Indian National Congress 1,67,89,305 42.88 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 4.74 223 135 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 55
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,40,96,604 36.00 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.35 224 66 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 38
Janata Dal (Secular) 52,05,690 13.3 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  5.01 209 19 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 18
Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha 2,48,284 0.63 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.63 46 1 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  1
Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha 95,978 0.25 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.2 8 1 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election  1
Independents 15,93,517 4.07 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.17 898 2 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 1
Others 10,05,683 2.18 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.32 669 0 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 2
NOTA 2,69,764 0.69 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 0.21 224
Total 3,91,55,182 100%
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout 3,91,55,182 73.84
Abstentions 1,30,18,397 26.16
Registered voters 5,31,31,579

Results by district

District Seats INC BJP JD(S) Others
Belagavi 18 11 7 0 0
Bagalakot 7 5 2 0 0
Vijayapura 8 6 1 1 0
Kalaburagi 9 7 2 0 0
Yadagir 4 3 0 1 0
Bidar 6 2 4 0 0
Raichur 7 4 2 1 0
Koppal 5 3 1 0 1
Gadag 4 2 2 0 0
Dharwad 7 4 3 0 0
Uttara Kannada 6 4 2 0 0
Haveri 6 5 1 0 0
Vijayanagara 5 2 1 1 1
Ballari 5 5 0 0 0
Chitradurga 6 5 1 0 0
Davanagere 7 6 1 0 0
Shivamogga 7 3 3 1 0
Udupi 5 0 5 0 0
Chikkamagaluru 5 5 0 0 0
Tumakuru 11 7 2 2 0
Chikkaballapura 5 3 0 1 1
Kolar 6 4 0 2 0
Bengaluru Urban 28 12 16 0 0
Bengaluru Rural 4 3 1 0 0
Ramanagara 4 3 0 1 0
Mandya 7 5 0 1 1
Hassan 7 1 2 4 0
Dakshina Kannada 8 2 6 0 0
Kodagu 2 2 0 0 0
Mysuru 11 8 1 2 0
Chamarajanagara 4 3 0 1 0
Total 224 135 66 19 4

Results by constituency

Source:
District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Belagavi 1 Nippani Shashikala Jolle BJP 73,348 39.14 Uttam Raosaheb Patil NCP 66,056 35.25 7,292
2 Chikkodi-Sadalga Ganesh Hukkeri INC 128,349 69.82 Ramesh Katti BJP 49,840 27.11 78,509
3 Athani Laxman Savadi INC 131,404 68.34 Mahesh Kumathalli BJP 55,282 28.75 76,122
4 Kagwad Raju Kage INC 83,887 51.45 Shrimant Patil BJP 74,560 46.00 9,327
5 Kudachi (SC) Mahendra Tammannavar INC 85,321 56.87 P. Rajeev BJP 60,078 40.04 25,243
6 Raibag (SC) Duryodhan Aihole BJP 57,500 34.79 Shambhu Kallolikar Ind 54,930 33.23 2,570
7 Hukkeri Nikhil Umesh Katti BJP 103,574 61.69 A. B. Patil INC 42,551 36.34 61,023
8 Arabhavi Balachandra Jarkiholi BJP 115,402 60.70 Bhimappa Gadad Ind 43862 23.07 71,540
9 Gokak Ramesh Jarkiholi BJP 105,313 55.31 Mahantesh Kadadi INC 79,901 41.97 25,412
10 Yemkanmardi (ST) Satish Jarkiholi INC 100,290 60.25 Basavaraj Hundri BJP 43,079 25.88 57,211
11 Belgaum Uttar Asif Sait INC 69,184 46.28 Ravi B. Patil BJP 64,953 43.45 4,231
12 Belgaum Dakshin Abhay Patil BJP 77,094 48.45 Ramkant Konduskar Ind 64,786 40.72 12,308
13 Belgaum Rural Lakshmi Hebbalkar INC 107,619 52.61 Nagesh Manolkar BJP 51,603 25.23 56,016
14 Khanapur Vithal Somanna Halagekar BJP 91,834 57.04 Anjali Nimbalkar INC 37,205 23.11 54,629
15 Kittur Babasaheb Patil INC 77,536 49.49 Mahantesh Doddagoudar BJP 74,543 47.58 2,993
16 Bailhongal Mahantesh Koujalagi INC 58,408 38.28 Jagdish Metgud BJP 55,630 36.46 2,778
17 Saundatti Yellamma Vishwas Vaidya INC 71,224 43.61 Ratna Mamani BJP 56,529 34.61 14,695
18 Ramdurg Ashok Pattan INC 80,294 52.13 Chikka Revanna BJP 68,564 44.51 11,730
Bagalkot 19 Mudhol (SC) R. B. Timmapur INC 77,298 48.69 Govind Karjol BJP 59,963 37.77 17,335
20 Terdal Siddu Savadi BJP 77,265 43.01 Siddappa Ramappa Konnur INC 66,529 37.03 10,745
21 Jamkhandi Jagadish Gudagunti BJP 81,937 48.86 Anand Siddu Nyamagouda INC 77,221 46.05 4,716
22 Bilgi J. T. Patil INC 95,652 51.75 Murugesh Nirani BJP 84,523 45.73 11,129
23 Badami Bhimsen Chimmanakatti INC 65,845 38.95 Shanthagouda Thirthgouda Patil BJP 56,120 33.20 9,725
24 Bagalkot H. Y. Meti INC 79,336 46.57 Veerabhadrayya Charantimath BJP 73,458 43.12 5,878
25 Hungund Shivashankrappa Kashappanavar INC 78,434 47.43 Doddanagouda G. Patil BJP 48,427 29.29 30,007
Vijayapura 26 Muddebihal C. S. Nadagouda INC 79,483 51.27 A. S. Patil BJP 71,846 46.35 7,637
27 Devar Hippargi Rajugouda Patil JD(S) 65,952 43.39 Somanagouda Patil BJP 45,777 30.12 20,175
28 Basavana Bagevadi Shivanand Patil INC 68,126 43.00 S. K. Bellubbi BJP 43,263 27.30 24,863
29 Babaleshwar M. B. Patil INC 93,923 52.42 Vijugouda Patil BJP 78,707 43.92 15,216
30 Bijapur City Basangouda Patil Yatnal BJP 94,211 51.47 Abdul Hameed Mushrif INC 85,978 46.97 8,233
31 Nagathan (SC) Vittal Katakadhond INC 78,990 43.75 Sanjeev Aihole BJP 48,275 26.68 30,815
32 Indi Yashavanta Rayagoud V Patil INC 71,785 39.69 B. D. Patil JD(S) 61,456 33.98 10,329
33 Sindagi Ashok M. Managuli INC 87,621 50.53 Ramesh Bhusanur BJP 79,813 46.03 7,808
Kalaburagi 34 Afzalpur M. Y. Patil INC 55,598 35.14 Nitin Guttedar Ind 51,719 32.26 4,594
35 Jevargi Ajay Singh INC 70,810 42.30 Doddappagouda Shivalingappa Gouda JD(S) 60,532 36.16 10,278
Yadgir 36 Shorapur (ST) Raja Venkatappa Nayak INC 113,559 54.72 Narasimha Nayak BJP 88,336 42.57 25,223
37 Shahapur Sharanabasappa Darshanapur INC 78,353 47.00 Ameenreddy Patil BJP 52,326 31.39 26,027
38 Yadgir Channareddy Patil Tunnur INC 53,802 34.71 Venkatreddy Mudnal BJP 50,129 32.34 3,673
39 Gurmitkal Sharanagouda Kandakur JD(S) 72,297 44.54 Baburao Chinchansur INC 69,718 42.95 2,579
Kalaburagi 40 Chittapur (SC) Priyank Kharge INC 81,323 53.08 Manikanta Rathod BJP 67,683 44.18 13,640
41 Sedam Sharan Prakash Patil INC 93,377 53.06 Rajkumar Patil BJP 49,816 28.31 43,561
42 Chincholi (SC) Avinash Jadhav BJP 69,963 46.66 Subash V. Rathod INC 69,105 46.09 858
43 Gulbarga Rural (SC) Basawaraj Mattimud BJP 84,466 52.10 Revu Naik Belamgi INC 71,839 44.31 12,627
44 Gulbarga Dakshin Allamprabhu Patil INC 87,345 54.74 Dattatraya C. Patil Revoor BJP 66,297 41.55 21,048
45 Gulbarga Uttar Kaneez Fathima INC 80,973 45.28 Chandrakant B. Patil BJP 78,261 43.76 2,712
46 Aland B. R. Patil INC 89,508 51.27 Subhash Guttedar BJP 79,160 45.34 10,348
Bidar 47 Basavakalyan Sharanu Salagar BJP 92,920 52.80 Vijay Singh INC 78,505 44.61 14,415
48 Humnabad Siddu Patil BJP 75,515 42.23 Rajashekar Patil INC 73,921 41.34 1,594
49 Bidar South Shailendra Bedale BJP 49,872 32.51 Ashok Kheny INC 48,609 31.69 1,263
50 Bidar Rahim Khan INC 69,165 46.03 Suryakanth Nagamarpalli JD(S) 58,385 38.85 10,780
51 Bhalki Eshwara Khandre INC 99,451 56.90 Prakash Khandre BJP 71,745 41.05 27,706
52 Aurad (SC) Prabhu Chauhan BJP 81,382 51.31 Bhimsain Rao Shinde INC 71,813 45.28 9,569
Raichur 53 Raichur Rural (ST) Basanagouda Daddal INC 89,140 51.42 Tipparaju Hawaldar BJP 75,283 43.43 13,857
54 Raichur Shivaraj Patil BJP 69,655 47.96 Mohammed Shalam INC 65,923 45.39 3,732
55 Manvi (ST) G. Hampayya Nayak INC 66,922 42.43 A. Bhagavantaray BJP 59,203 37.53 7,719
56 Devadurga (ST) Karemma Nayak JD(S) 99,544 56.75 K. Shivanagouda Naik BJP 65,288 37.22 34,256
57 Lingsugur (SC) Manappa D.Vajjal BJP 58,769 33.73 D. S. Hulageri INC 55,960 32.12 2,809
58 Sindhanur Hampanagouda Badarli INC 73,645 41.98 K. Kariyappa BJP 51,703 29.47 21,942
59 Maski (ST) Basanagouda Turvihal INC 79,566 52.76 Pratapagouda Patil BJP 66,513 44.11 13,053
Koppal 60 Kushtagi Doddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil BJP 92,915 50.75 Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur INC 83,269 45.48 9,646
61 Kanakagiri (SC) Shivaraj Tangadagi INC 106,164 60.13 Basavaraj Dadesugur BJP 63,532 35.98 42,632
62 Gangawati G. Janardhana Reddy KRPP 66,213 41.42 Iqbal Ansari INC 57,947 36.25 8,266
63 Yelburga Basavaraj Rayareddy INC 94,330 53.29 Halappa Achar BJP 77,149 43.59 17,181
64 Koppal K. Raghavendra Basavaraj Hitnal INC 90,430 46.43 Karadi Manjula BJP 54,170 27.82 36,260
Gadag 65 Shirahatti (SC) Chandru Lamani BJP 74,489 45.43 Ramakrishna Shidlingappa Doddamani Ind 45,969 28.03 28,520
66 Gadag H. K. Patil INC 89,958 52.84 Anil P. Menasinakai BJP 74,828 43.96 15,130
67 Ron Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil INC 94,865 53.24 Kalakappa Bandi BJP 70,177 39.38 24,688
68 Nargund C. C. Patil BJP 72,835 48.48 B. R. Yavagal INC 71,044 47.29 1,791
Dharwad 69 Navalgund N. H. Konaraddi INC 86,081 53.16 Shankar Patil Munenakoppa BJP 63,882 39.45 22,199
70 Kundgol M. R. Patil BJP 76,105 49.07 Kusuma Shivalli INC 40,764 26.28 35,341
71 Dharwad Vinay Kulkarni INC 89,333 53.92 Amrut Desai BJP 71,296 43.04 18,037
72 Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) Abbayya Prasad INC 85,426 57.47 Kranthi Kiran BJP 53,056 35.69 32,370
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central Mahesh Tenginakai BJP 95,064 59.27 Jagadish Shettar INC 60,775 37.89 34,289
74 Hubli-Dharwad West Aravind Bellad BJP 101,410 59.45 Deepak Chinchore INC 62,717 36.77 38,693
75 Kalghatgi Santosh Lad INC 85,761 52.86 Chabbi Nagaraj BJP 71,404 44.01 14,357
Uttara Kannada 76 Haliyal R. V. Deshpande INC 57,240 40.08 Sunil Hegade BJP 53,617 37.54 3,623
77 Karwar Satish Krishna Sail INC 77,445 47.15 Roopali Naik BJP 75,307 45.84 2,138
78 Kumta Dinakar Keshav Shetty BJP 59,965 40.37 Suraj Naik Soni JD(S) 59,289 39.92 676
79 Bhatkal M. S. Vaidya INC 100,442 57.45 Sunil Biliya Naik BJP 67,771 38.76 32,671
80 Sirsi Bhimanna T. Naik INC 76,887 47.89 Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri BJP 68,175 42.47 8,712
81 Yellapur Arabil Shivaram Hebbar BJP 74,699 49.69 V. S. Patil INC 70,695 47.02 4,004
Haveri 82 Hangal Srinivas Mane INC 94,590 52.76 Shivaraj Sajjanar BJP 72,645 40.52 21,945
83 Shiggaon Basavaraj Bommai BJP 100,016 54.95 Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan INC 64,038 35.18 35,978
84 Haveri (SC) Rudrappa Lamani INC 93,827 51.73 Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar BJP 81,912 45.16 11,915
85 Byadgi Basavaraj Shivannanavar INC 97,740 55.58 Ballari Virupakshappa Rudrappa BJP 73,899 42.02 23,841
86 Hirekerur U. B. Banakar INC 85,378 53.53 B. C. Patil BJP 70,358 44.11 15,020
87 Ranebennur Prakash Koliwad INC 71,830 37.21 Arunkumar Guththur BJP 62,030 32.14 9,800
Vijayanagara 88 Hoovina Hadagali (SC) Krishna Nayaka BJP 73,200 48.81 P. T. Parameshwar Naik INC 71,756 47.85 1,444
89 Hagaribommanahalli (SC) K. Nemaraja Naik JD(S) 84,023 44.44 L. P. B. Bheemanaik INC 72,679 38.44 11,344
90 Vijayanagara H. R. Gaviyappa INC 104,863 57.99 Siddharth Singha Thakur BJP 71,140 39.34 33,723
Ballari 91 Kampli (ST) J. N. Ganesh INC 100,424 55.21 T. H. Suresh Babu BJP 76,333 41.97 24,091
92 Siruguppa (ST) B. M. Nagaraja INC 90,862 54.05 M. S. Somalingappa BJP 53,830 32.02 37,032
93 Bellary (ST) B. Nagendra INC 103,836 56.84 B. Sriramulu BJP 74,536 40.80 29,300
94 Bellary City Nara Bharath Reddy INC 86,440 48.47 Gali Lakshmi Aruna KRPP 48,577 27.24 37,863
95 Sandur (ST) E. Tukaram INC 85,223 49.31 Shilpa Raghavendra BJP 49,701 28.76 35,532
Vijayanagara 96 Kudligi (ST) N. T. Srinivas INC 104,753 63.95 Lokesh V. Nayaka BJP 50,403 30.77 54,350
Chitradurga 97 Molakalmuru (ST) N. Y. Gopalakrishna INC 109,459 53.81 S. Thippeswamy BJP 87,310 42.92 22,149
98 Challakere (ST) T. Raghumurthy INC 67,952 38.16 M. Ravish Kumar JD(S) 51,502 28.92 16,450
99 Chitradurga K. C. Veerendra Puppy INC 122,021 59.84 G. H. Thippareddy BJP 68,721 33.70 53,300
100 Hiriyur D. Sudhakar INC 92,050 46.02 K. Poornima BJP 61,728 30.86 30,322
101 Hosadurga B. G. Govindappa INC 81,050 48.36 S. Lingamurthy BJP 48,234 28.78 32,816
102 Holalkere (SC) M. Chandrappa BJP 88,732 45.02 H. Anjaneya INC 83,050 42.14 5,682
Davanagere 103 Jagalur (ST) B. Devendrappa INC 50,765 32.44 S. V. Ramachandra BJP 49,891 31.88 874
Vijayanagara 104 Harapanahalli Latha Mallikarjun Ind 70,194 39.56 G. Karunakara Reddy BJP 56,349 31.76 13,845
Davanagere 105 Harihar B. P. Harish BJP 63,924 37.94 N. H. Srinivasa INC 59,620 35.39 4,304
106 Davanagere North S. S. Mallikarjun INC 94,019 56.00 Lokikere Nagaraj BJP 69,547 41.42 24,472
107 Davanagere South Shamanuru Shivashankarappa INC 84,298 57.59 B. G. Ajay Kumar BJP 56,410 38.54 27,888
108 Mayakonda (SC) K. S. Basavanthappa INC 70,916 43.83 B. M. Pushpa Vageeshaswamy Ind 37,614 23.25 33,614
109 Channagiri Basavaraju V. Shivaganga INC 78,263 47.03 Madal Mallikarjuna Ind 61,828 37.16 16,435
110 Honnali D. G. Shanthana Gowda INC 92,392 54.31 M. P. Renukacharya BJP 74,832 43.99 17,560
Shimoga 111 Shimoga Rural (SC) Sharada Puryanaik JD(S) 86,340 47.74 K. B. Ashok Naik BJP 71,198 39.37 15,142
112 Bhadravati B. K. Sanagameshwara INC 66,208 42.63 Sharada Appaji JD(S) 63,503 40.89 2,705
113 Shimoga Channabasappa BJP 96,490 53.66 H. C. Yogesh INC 68,816 38.27 27,674
114 Tirthahalli Araga Jnanendra BJP 84,563 52.28 Kimmane Rathnakar INC 72,322 44.71 12,241
115 Shikaripura B. Y. Vijayendra BJP 81,810 49.07 S. P. Nagarajagowda Ind 70,802 42.27 11,008
116 Sorab Madhu Bangarappa INC 98,912 60.30 Kumar Bangarappa BJP 54,650 33.32 44,262
117 Sagar Belur Gopalkrishna INC 88,988 53.46 Hartalu Halappa BJP 72,966 43.83 16,022
Udupi 118 Byndoor Gururaj Gantihole BJP 98,628 53.12 K Gopala Poojary INC 82,475 44.42 16,153
119 Kundapura Kiran Kumar Kodgi BJP 102,424 61.16 Dinesh Hegde Molahalli INC 60,868 36.35 41,556
120 Udupi Yashpal A. Suvarna BJP 97,079 58.46 Prasadraj Kanchan INC 64,303 38.72 32,776
121 Kapu Gurme Suresh Shetty BJP 80,559 53.23 Vinay Kumar Sorake INC 67,555 44.63 13,004
122 Karkala V. Sunil Kumar BJP 77,028 49.11 Udaya Shetty Muniyal INC 72,426 46.18 4,602
Chikmagalur 123 Sringeri T. D. Rajegowda INC 59,171 41.79 D. N. Jeevaraj BJP 58,970 41.65 201
124 Mudigere (SC) Nayana Motamma INC 50,843 38.00 Deepak Doddaiah BJP 50,121 37.46 722
125 Chikmagalur H. D. Thammaiah INC 85,054 50.01 C. T. Ravi BJP 79,128 46.53 5,926
126 Tarikere G. H. Srinivasa INC 63,086 40.93 D. S. Suresh BJP 50,955 33.06 12,131
127 Kadur K. S. Anand INC 75,476 44.60 Belli Prakash BJP 63,469 37.50 12,007
Tumakuru 128 Chiknayakanhalli C. B. Suresh Babu JD(S) 71,036 37.65 J. C. Madhu Swamy BJP 60,994 32.33 10,042
129 Tiptur K. Shadakshari INC 71,999 46.13 B. C. Nagesh BJP 54,347 34.82 17,652
130 Turuvekere M. T. Krishnappa JD(S) 68,163 42.51 Masala Jayaram BJP 58,240 36.32 9,923
131 Kunigal H. D. Ranganath INC 74,724 42.88 D. Krishnakumar BJP 48,151 27.63 26,573
132 Tumkur City G. B. Jyothi Ganesh BJP 59,165 33.79 N. Govindaraju JD(S) 55,967 31.97 3,198
133 Tumkur Rural B. Suresh Gowda BJP 89,191 48.90 D. C. Gowri Shankar JD(S) 84,597 46.38 4,594
134 Koratagere (SC) G. Parameshwara INC 79,099 45.31 P. R. Sudhakara Lal JD(S) 64,752 37.09 14,347
135 Gubbi S. R. Srinivas INC 60,520 37.79 S. D. Dilipkumar BJP 51,979 32.46 8,541
136 Sira T. B. Jayachandra INC 86,084 45.14 R. Ugresh JD(S) 56,834 29.80 29,250
137 Pavagada (SC) H. V. Venkatesh INC 83,062 49.62 K. M. Thimmarayappa JD(S) 72,181 43.12 10,881
138 Madhugiri Kyathasandra N. Rajanna INC 91,166 54.72 M. V. Veerabhadraiah JD(S) 55,643 33.40 35,523
Chikkaballapura 139 Gauribidanur K. Puttaswamy Gowda (KHP) Ind 83,837 46.37 N. H. Shivashankara Reddy INC 46,551 25.75 37,286
140 Bagepalli S. N. Subbareddy INC 82,128 47.37 C. Muniraju BJP 62,949 36.31 19,179
141 Chikkaballapur Pradeep Eshwar INC 86,224 46.65 K. Sudhakar BJP 75,582 40.90 10,642
142 Sidlaghatta B. N. Ravi Kumar JD(S) 68,932 38.89 Puttu Anjinappa Ind 52,160 29.43 16,772
143 Chintamani M. C. Sudhakar INC 97,324 51.05 J. K. Krishna Reddy JD(S) 68,272 35.81 29,052
Kolar 144 Srinivaspur G. K. Venkatashivareddy JD(S) 95,463 49.99 K. R. Ramesh Kumar INC 85,020 44.52 10,443
145 Mulbagal (SC) Samruddhi V. Manjunath JD(S) 94,254 53.40 V. Adinarayana INC 67,986 38.52 26,268
146 Kolar Gold Field (SC) M. Roopakala INC 81,569 55.10 Ashwini Sampangi BJP 31,102 21.01 50,467
147 Bangarapet (SC) S. N. Narayanaswamy INC 77,292 47.04 M. Mallesh Babu JD(S) 72,581 44.18 4,711
148 Kolar Kothur G. Manjunatha INC 83,990 43.56 C. M. R. Srinath JD(S) 53,229 27.61 30,761
149 Malur K. Y. Nanjegowda INC 50,955 29.40 K. S. Manjunathagowda BJP 50,707 29.26 248
Bangalore Urban 150 Yelahanka S. R. Vishwanath BJP 141,538 51.50 Keshava Rajanna B. INC 77,428 28.18 64,110
151 Krishnarajapuram Byrati Basavaraj BJP 139,925 51.93 D.K. Mohan INC 115,624 42.91 24,301
152 Byatarayanapura Krishna Byre Gowda INC 160,182 54.43 Thammesh Gowda H.C. BJP 121,978 41.45 38,204
153 Yeshwantpur S. T. Somashekhar BJP 169,149 47.26 T.N. Javarayi Gowda JD(S) 154,031 43.04 15,118
154 Rajarajeshwarinagar Munirathna BJP 127,980 48.72 Kusuma H. INC 116,138 44.21 11,842
155 Dasarahalli S. Muniraju BJP 91,289 39.75 R. Manjunatha JD(S) 82,095 35.75 9,194
156 Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah BJP 96,424 60.60 Keshavamurthy S. INC 45,259 28.45 51,165
157 Malleshwaram C. N. Ashwath Narayan BJP 80,606 63.72 Anoop Iyengar INC 39,304 31.07 41,302
158 Hebbal Byrathi Suresh INC 91,838 57.71 Katta Jagdeesh Naidu BJP 61,084 38.39 30,754
159 Pulakeshinagar (SC) A. C. Srinivasa INC 87,316 66.72 Akhanda Srinivas Murthy BSP 25,106 19.18 62,210
160 Sarvagnanagar K. J. George INC 118,783 61.04 Padmanabha Reddy BJP 63,015 32.38 55,768
161 C. V. Raman Nagar (SC) S. Raghu BJP 69,228 53.53 Anand Kumar S. INC 52,833 40.85 16,395
162 Shivajinagar Rizwan Arshad INC 64,913 58.77 Chandra N. BJP 41,719 37.77 23,194
163 Shanti Nagar N. A. Haris INC 61,030 50.87 K. Shivakumar BJP 53,905 44.93 7,125
164 Gandhi Nagar Dinesh Gundu Rao INC 54,118 40.81 A.R. Sapthagiri Gowda BJP 54,013 40.73 105
165 Rajaji Nagar S. Suresh Kumar BJP 58,624 49.60 Puttanna INC 50,564 42.78 8,060
166 Govindraj Nagar Priya Krishna INC 82,134 50.87 K. Umesh Shetty BJP 69,618 43.12 12,516
167 Vijay Nagar M. Krishnappa INC 80,157 50.50 H. Ravindra BJP 72,833 45.89 7,324
168 Chamrajpet B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan INC 77,631 62.22 Bhaskar Rao BJP 23,678 18.98 53,953
169 Chickpet Uday Garudachar BJP 57,299 44.48 R.V. Devraj INC 45,186 35.07 12,113
170 Basavanagudi L. A. Ravi Subramanya BJP 78,854 61.47 U.B. Venkatesh INC 23,876 18.61 54,978
171 Padmanabhanagar R. Ashoka BJP 98,750 61.72 V. Raghunatha Naidu INC 43,575 27.24 55,175
172 B.T.M. Layout Ramalinga Reddy INC 68,557 50.70 K.R. Sridhara BJP 59,335 43.88 9,222
173 Jayanagar C. K. Ramamurthy BJP 57,797 47.87 Sowmya Reddy INC 57,781 47.85 16
174 Mahadevapura (SC) Manjula S. BJP 181,731 54.31 H. Nagesh INC 137,230 41.01 44,501
175 Bommanahalli M. Satish Reddy BJP 113,574 52.82 Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda INC 89,359 41.56 24,215
176 Bangalore South M. Krishnappa BJP 196,220 59.35 R. K. Ramesh INC 146,521 38.35 49,699
177 Anekal (SC) B. Shivanna INC 134,797 53.55 Srinivas C. Hullahalli BJP 103,472 41.11 31,325
Bangalore Rural 178 Hoskote Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda INC 107,220 50.13 M. T. B. Nagaraj BJP 102,145 47.75 5,075
179 Devanahalli (SC) K. H. Muniyappa INC 73,058 40.46 L. N. Nisarga Narayanaswamy JD(S) 68,427 37.90 4,631
180 Doddaballapur Dheeraj Muniraj BJP 85,144 46.69 T. Venkatesh INC 53,391 29.28 31,753
181 Nelamangala (SC) N. Shreenivasaiah INC 84,229 48.72 K. Srinivasamurthy JD(S) 52,251 30.22 31,978
Ramanagara 182 Magadi H. C. Balakrishna INC 94,650 46.74 A. Manjunath JD(S) 82,811 40.89 11,839
183 Ramanagaram H. A. Iqbal Hussain INC 87,690 47.98 Nikhil Kumaraswamy JD(S) 76,975 42.12 10,715
184 Kanakapura D.K. Shivakumar INC 143,023 74.58 Nagaraju JD(S) 20,631 11.08 1,22,392
185 Channapatna H. D. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 96,592 48.83 C. P. Yogeshwara BJP 80,677 40.79 15,915
Mandya 186 Malavalli (SC) P. M. Narendraswamy INC 106,498 53.79 K. Annadani JD(S) 59,652 30.13 46,846
187 Maddur K. M. Udaya INC 87,019 47.45 D. C. Thammanna JD(S) 62,906 34.30 24,113
188 Melukote Darshan Puttannaiah SKP 91,151 49.57 C. S. Puttaraju JD(S) 80,289 43.66 10,862
189 Mandya Ravikumar Gowda INC 61,411 35.18 B. R. Ramachandra JD(S) 59,392 34.03 2,019
190 Shrirangapattana A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda INC 72,817 39.32 Ravindra Srikantaiah JD(S) 61,680 33.31 11,137
191 Nagamangala N. Chaluvaraya Swamy INC 90,634 47.17 Suresh Gowda JD(S) 86,220 44.87 4,414
192 Krishnarajapet H. T. Manju JD(S) 80,646 42.55 B. I. Devaraja INC 58,302 30.76 22,344
Hassan 193 Shravanabelagola C. N. Balakrishna JD(S) 85,668 48.93 M. A. Gopalaswamy INC 79,023 45.14 6,645
194 Arsikere K. M. Shivalinge Gowda INC 98,375 52.86 N. R. Santosh JD(S) 78,198 42.02 20,177
195 Belur H. K. Suresh BJP 63,571 38.76 B. Shivaramu INC 55,835 34.04 7,736
196 Hassan Swaroop Prakash JD(S) 85,176 49.80 Preetham J. Gowda BJP 77,322 45.21 7,854
197 Holenarasipur H. D. Revanna JD(S) 88,103 47.51 Shreyas M. Patel INC 84,951 45.81 3,152
198 Arkalgud A. Manju JD(S) 74,643 38.49 M. T. Krishnegowda Ind 55,038 28.38 19,605
199 Sakleshpur (SC) Cement Manju BJP 58,604 35.54 H. K. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 56,548 34.29 2,056
Dakshina Kannada 200 Belthangady Harish Poonja BJP 101,004 53.44 Rakshith Shivaram INC 82,788 43.80 18,216
201 Moodabidri Umanatha Kotian BJP 86,925 54.77 Mithun Rai INC 64,457 40.61 22,468
202 Mangalore City North Bharath Shetty Y BJP 103,531 56.77 Inayath Ali INC 70,609 38.72 32,922
203 Mangalore City South D. Vedavyas Kamath BJP 91,437 56.46 John Richard Lobo INC 67,475 41.67 23,962
204 Mangalore U. T. Khader INC 83,219 52.01 Satish Kumpala BJP 60,429 37.77 22,790
205 Bantval U Rajesh Naik BJP 93,324 50.29 Ramanath Rai INC 85,042 45.83 8,282
206 Puttur Ashok Kumar Rai INC 66,607 38.55 Arun Kumar Puthila Ind 62,458 36.15 4,149
207 Sullia (SC) Bhageerathi Murulya BJP 93,911 57.01 G. Krishnappa Ramakunja INC 53,037 38.27 40,874
Kodagu 208 Madikeri Mantar Gowda INC 84,879 47.84 Appachu Ranjan BJP 80,466 45.36 4,413
209 Virajpet A. S. Ponnanna INC 83,791 49.94 K. G. Bopaiah BJP 79,500 47.38 4,291
Mysore 210 Periyapatna K. Venkatesh INC 85,944 52.02 K. Mahadeva JD(S) 66,269 40.11 19,675
211 Krishnarajanagara D. Ravishankar INC 104,502 55.34 S. R. Mahesh JD(S) 78,863 41.76 25,639
212 Hunsur G. D. Harish Gowda JD(S) 94,666 47.11 H. P. Manjunath INC 92,254 45.91 2,412
213 Heggadadevankote (ST) Anil Chikkamadhu INC 84,359 46.26 K. M. Krishnanayaka BJP 49,420 27.10 34,939
214 Nanjangud (SC) Darshan Dhruvanarayana INC 109,125 62.05 B. Harshavardhan BJP 61,518 34.98 47,607
215 Chamundeshwari G. T. Devegowda JD(S) 104,873 42.44 S. Siddegowda INC 79,373 32.12 25,500
216 Krishnaraja T. S. Srivatsa BJP 73,670 49.01 M. K. Somashekar INC 66,457 44.21 7,213
217 Chamaraja K. Harish Gowda INC 72,931 48.42 L. Nagendra BJP 68,837 45.70 4,094
218 Narasimharaja Tanveer Sait INC 83,480 45.14 S. Satheesh Sandesh Swamy BJP 52,360 28.31 31,120
219 Varuna Siddaramaiah INC 116,856 60.43 V. Somanna BJP 70,811 36.94 46,045
220 T. Narasipur (SC) H. C. Mahadevappa INC 77,884 48.00 M. Ashvin Kumar JD(S) 59,265 36.53 18,619
Chamarajanagar 221 Hanur M. R. Manjunath JD(S) 75,632 41.93 R. Narendra INC 57,978 32.14 17,654
222 Kollegal (SC) A. R. Krishnamurthy INC 108,363 64.59 N. Mahesh BJP 48,844 29.11 38,481
223 Chamarajanagar C. Puttarangashetty INC 83,858 48.46 V. Somanna BJP 76,325 44.10 7,533
224 Gundlupet H. M. Ganesh Prasad INC 107,794 57.34 C. S. Niranjan Kumar BJP 71,119 37.83 36,675

Aftermath

Indian National Congress won with a thumping majority, and Siddaramaiah, the MLA from Varuna Constituency in Mysuru district, staked a claim to form government, becoming Chief Minister-designate, and met Governor Thawarchand Gehlot. D. K. Shivakumar, MLA from Kanakapura Constituency in Ramanagara district was designated as Deputy Chief Minister, while another 8 MLAs took their oath on 20 May 2023.

Election expenditure

Following the election, it was revealed in expenditure reports to the Election Commission of India that the BJP spent ₹196.70 crore ($23.7 million) in poll-related expenses during the election, 43% higher than the Congress's expenditure of ₹136.90 crore ($16.5 million). The report includes money spent on advertisements, travel expenditures of star campaigners, surveys, and candidates.

It was also revealed that in 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign the BJP had spent ₹122.68 crore, while the Congress had spent ₹38.48 crore.[1]

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