Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)

Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)

17 April

28 seats   First party Second party Third party   Party BJP INC JD(S) Seats won 17 9 2

Karnataka

The Indian general election, 2014 polls in Karnataka for 28 Lok Sabha seats was held in a single phase on 17 April 2014.^[1] As of 14 February 2014, the total voter strength of Karnataka is 44,694,658.^[2]

The Main political parties are Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal.

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency	Sample size
				INC	BJP	JD(S)	AAP	Others
Aug–Oct 2013	[3]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	24,284	13	12	3	0	0
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014	[4]	India Today-CVoter	21,792	12	13	0	0	3
Jan–Feb 2014	[5]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	14,000	14	11	2	1	0
March 2014	[6]	NDTV- Hansa Research	46,571	6	20	2	0	0
March–April 2014	[7]	CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS	825	12–18	7–13	1 – 4 (Including Others)	0	1 – 4 (Including JD(S))
April 2014	[8]	NDTV- Hansa Research	24,000	14	12	3	0	0

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below^[1] –

Polling Day	Phase	Date	Constituencies	Voting Percentage
1	5	17 April	Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shimoga, Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar	65[9]

Results

BJP won 17 seats. INC won 9 seats and JD (S) won 2 seats.

17	9	2
BJP	INC	JD(S)

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	43.00%	−1.37	17	2
Indian National Congress	40.80%	+3.15	9	3
Janata Dal (Secular)	11.00%	−2.57%	2	1
Others	5.2%	+0.79	+0

Source: http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS10.htm?st=S10 ^[1]

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References

1. "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. "Karnataka General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
3. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
4. "NDA may win over 200 seats as Modi's popularity soars further: India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll : North, News – India Today". India Today. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
5. "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
6. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
7. "Karnataka tracker: Congress to win 12–18 seats, BJP 7–13, others 1–4". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
8. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
9. "Fifth phase of elections: About 65 per cent voter turn out in Karnataka". Indian Express. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.