Elections in Karnataka

Elections in Karnataka, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Karnataka creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main Political Parties in Karnataka

INC: Indian National Congress, INC(I) or Cong(I): Indira Congress, NCO or INC(O): Organizational Congress (of Morarji Desai, Nijalingappa, Sajiva Reddy group)
BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJS or JS: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (precursor of BJP)
Janatha Party/Dal, JD(S) of Deve Gowda and his son Kumaraswamy, JD(U) and Lok Shakti of Ramkrishna Hegde, Karnataka Vedike (ulta-right Kannada movement)
PSP: Praja Socialist Party, SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI: Communist Party of India, CPM: CPI(Marxist)
Swatantra Party, RPI: Republican Party of India, MES: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti

Lok Sabha elections

It is worth noting that the 1951-1971 election are results from Mysore State.

Year	Lok Sabha Election	Winning Party/Coalition/Party-wise Details
1951	First Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress: 10 out of 11. (Mysore State) ^[1]
1957	Second Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress: 22/25 (Mysore State)
1962	Third Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1971	Fifth time pass	Indian National Congress
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	Total: 28. Congress: 26/28. Janata Party, a.k.a. BLD: 2.
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	Congress(Indira): 27/28, Janata Party: 1
1984	Eighth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress: 24/28, Janatha Party: 4
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress: 27/28, Janata Dal: 1
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress: 23/28, BJP: 4, Janata: 1
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	United Front (JD): 16/28, BJP: 6, Congress: 5.
1998	12-th Lok Sabha	From 1998 onwards, see detailed results below.

More detailed Lok Sabha results from 1998 :
1998: Total Seats: 28. BJP: 13, Hegde's Lok Shakti: 3, JD: 3, Congress: 9
1999: Congress: 18/28; NDA: 10 (BJP + Hegde's JD(U): 7+3=10); Deve Gowda's JS(S): Zero
2004: BJP: 18, Congress: 8, JD(S): 2
2009: BJP: 19, Congress: 6, JD(S): 3
2014: Total: 28. BJP: 17/28, Congress: 9, JD(S): 2

Vidhan Sabha elections

1952 Vidhan Sabha. (Mysore State) Total: 99. Congress: 74/99, BJS: Zero, KMPP: 8, CPI: 1, Ind: 11. ^[2]
1957 Vidhan Sabha. Total: 208. Congress: 150. PSP: 15. ^[3]
1962 Vidhan Sabha. Total: 208. Congress: 138, PSP: 20, Swatantra: 9, MES: 6, CPI: 3, Ind: 27. (CMs: S R Kanthi, Nijalingappa)
1967 Vidhan Sabha. Total: 216. Congress: 126, PSP: 20, SSP: 6, Swatantra: 16, Jan Sangh: 4, CPI: 1, CMP:1, RPI: 1, Ind: 41. (CMs: Nijalingappa, Veerendra Patil)
1972 Vidhan Sabha. Total: 216. Congress: 165, NCO: 24, Jan Sangh: Zero, CPI: 3, Ind: 20. (CM: Devaraj Urs) ^[4]
1978 Total: 224. Congress(I): 149/224, Janatha Party: 59 (CMs: Devaraj Urs, Gundu Rao)
1983 Total: 224. Janata+BJP: 95+18, Congress(I): 82, Ind: 22 (Janata Party CM: Ramakrishna Hegde)
1985 Janata Party: 139/224, Cong: 65, BJP: 2 (Janata Party Chief Ministers: Ramakrishna Hegde, S R Bommai)
1989 Congress: 178/224, Janata Dal: 24, BJP: 4 (Congress CMs: Veerendra Patil, Bangarappa, Veerappa Moily)
1994 Janata Dal: 115, BJP: 40, Congress: 34 (Janata Dal Chief Ministers: H D Deve Gowda, J H Patel)
1999 Total Seats: 224. Congress: 132, BJP: 44, JD(S): 10. (Chief Minister: S M Krishna)
2004 Total Seats: 224. BJP: 79, Congress: 65, JD(S): 58. Chief Ministers: Dharam Singh (INC, w JD(S) support), H D Kumaraswamy (JD(S), w BJP support), Yeddyurappa for 7 days (BJP w JD(S) support disputed)
2008 BJP: 110/224, Congress: 80, JD(S): 28. Chief Ministers, all from BJP: (Yeddyurappa, Sadanand Gowda, Jagdish Shettar)
2013 Congress: 122/224, BJP: 40, JD(S): 40. Chief Minister: (Siddaramaih of Congress)

External links

Election Commission of India

References

↑ "Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52". Election Commission of India.
↑ "Statistical Report on Karnataka/Mysore Vidhan Sabha Elections 1952" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
↑ "Statistical Report on Karnataka/Mysore Vidhan Sabha Elections 1957". Election Commission of India.
↑ "Statistical Report on Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Elections 1972". Election Commission of India.

Elections in Karnataka

Legislative Assembly elections	1951 1957 1962 1967 1972 1978 1983 1985 1989 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013

General elections	1951–52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

Elections in India

General elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1945 1951–52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 next

State elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1946 1952 1954 1955 1957 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also: Elections in Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

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