2014 Indian general election in Karnataka

Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)

30 April 2014 & 7 May 2014 (phases 7 & 8)

28 seats
Turnout67.20% (8.38%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Mallikarjun Kharge H. D. Devegowda
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Leader's seat Shimoga Gulbarga Hassan
Last election 19 6 3
Seats won 17 9 2
Seat change 2 3 1
Percentage 43.00% 40.80% 11.00%

Seat results by constituency. As this is a FPTP election, seat totals are not determined proportional to each party's total vote share, but instead by the plurality in each constituency.

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
JP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Karnataka for 28 Lok Sabha seats was held in a single phase on 30 April and 7 May 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.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party B. S. Yediyurappa 28
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Mallikarjun Kharge 28
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Kumaraswamy 25

List of Candidates

Constituency
BJP INC JD(S)
1 Chikkodi BJP Ramesh Katti INC Prakash Hukkeri JD(S) Shrimant Patil
2 Belgaum BJP Suresh Angadi INC Lakshmi Hebbalkar JD(S) Bagwan Nasir Papulsab
3 Bagalkot BJP P. C. Gaddigoudar INC Ajay Kumar Sarnaik JD(S) Hunashyal Ravi
4 Bijapur BJP Ramesh Jigajinagi INC Prakash Rathod JD(S) K. Shivram
5 Gulbarga BJP Revu Naik Belamgi INC Mallikarjun Kharge JD(S) D. G. Sagar
6 Raichur BJP K. Shivanagouda Naik INC B. V. Nayak JD(S) D. B. Nayak
7 Bidar BJP Bhagwanth Khuba INC N. Dharam Singh JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur
8 Koppal BJP Karadi Sanganna Amarappa INC Basavaraj Hitnal
9 Bellary BJP B. Sriramulu INC N. Y. Hanumanthappa JD(S) R. Ravinayaka
10 Haveri BJP Udasi Shivakumar Channabasappa INC Saleem Ahmed JD(S) Ravi Menasinakai
11 Dharwad BJP Pralhad Joshi INC Vinay Kulkarni JD(S) Bankapur Hanumanthappa Mallappa
12 Uttara Kannada BJP Anantkumar Hegde INC Prashant R. Deshpande
13 Davanagere BJP G. M. Siddeswara INC S. S. Mallikarjun JD(S) Mahima J. Patel
14 Shimoga BJP B. S. Yeddyurappa INC Manjunath Bhandary JD(S) Geetha Shivarajkumar
15 Udupi Chikmagalur BJP Shobha Karandlaje INC K. Jayaprakash Hegde JD(S) V. Dhananjay Kumar
16 Hassan BJP C. H. Vijayashankar INC Manju A. M. JD(S) H. D. Deve Gowda
17 Dakshina Kannada BJP Nalin Kumar Kateel INC Janardhana Poojary
18 Chitradurga BJP Janardhana Swamy INC B. N. Chandrappa JD(S) Gullihatty D. Shekhar
19 Tumkur BJP G. S. Basavaraj INC S. P. Muddahanumegowda JD(S) A. Krishnappa
20 Mandya BJP Prof. B. Shivalingaiah INC Ramya JD(S) C. S. Puttaraju
21 Mysore BJP Pratap Simha INC Adagur H. Vishwanath JD(S) Chandrashekaraiah
22 Chamarajanagar BJP A. R. Krishnamurthy INC R. Dhruvanarayana JD(S) Kote M. Shivanna
23 Bangalore Rural BJP P. Muniraju Gowda INC D. K. Suresh JD(S) R. Prabhakara Reddy
24 Bangalore North BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda INC C. Narayanaswamy JD(S) Abdul Azeem
25 Bangalore Central BJP P. C. Mohan INC Rizwan Arshad JD(S) Nandini Alva
26 Bangalore South BJP Ananth Kumar INC Nandan Nilekani JD(S) Ruth Manorama
27 Chikkballapur BJP B. N. Bache Gowda INC M. Veerappa Moily JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy
28 Kolar BJP E. M. Narayanaswamy INC K. H. Muniyappa JD(S) Kolar Kesava

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] [karwar , Davanagere, Shimoga, Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan,
Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural,
Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar
67.2[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 Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine [1]

Constituency Wise Results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Chikkodi Prakash Hukkeri INC 474,373 44.27 Ramesh Katti BJP 471,370 43.99 3,003 0.28
2 Belgaum Suresh Angadi BJP 554,417 51.38 Lakshmi Hebbalkar INC 478,557 44.35 75,860 7.03
3 Bagalkot P. C. Gaddigoudar BJP 571,548 52.95 Ajay Kumar Sarnaik INC 454,988 42.15 116,560 10.80
4 Bijapur Ramesh Jigajinagi BJP 471,757 48.80 Prakash Rathod INC 401,938 41.57 69,819 7.23
5 Gulbarga Mallikarjun Kharge INC 507,193 50.82 Revu Naik Belamgi BJP 432,460 43.33 74,733 7.49
6 Raichur B. V. Nayak INC 443,659 45.78 K. Shivanagouda Naik BJP 442,160 45.63 1,499 0.15
7 Bidar Bhagwanth Khuba BJP 459,290 47.68 Dharam Singh INC 367,068 38.11 92,222 9.57
8 Koppal Karadi Sanganna Amarappa BJP 486,383 48.28 Basavaraj Hitnal INC 453,969 45.06 32,414 3.22
9 Bellary B. Sriramulu BJP 534,406 51.09 N. Y. Hanumanthappa INC 449,262 42.95 85,144 8.14
10 Haveri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi BJP 566,790 50.77 Saleem Ahmed INC 479,219 42.93 87,571 7.84
11 Dharwad Pralhad Joshi BJP 545,395 52.37 Vinay Kulkarni INC 431,738 41.45 113,657 10.92
12 Uttara Kannada Anantkumar Hegde BJP 546,939 54.61 Prashant R Deshpande INC 406,239 40.56 140,700 14.05
13 Davanagere G. M. Siddeshwara BJP 518,894 46.53 S. S. Mallikarjun INC 501,287 44.95 17,607 1.58
14 Shimoga B. S. Yediyurappa BJP 606,216 53.63 Manjunath Bhandary INC 242,911 21.49 363,305 32.14
15 Udupi Chikmagalur Shobha Karandlaje BJP 581,168 56.19 K. Jayaprakash Hegde INC 399,525 38.63 181,643 17.56
16 Hassan H. D. Devegowda JD(S) 509,841 44.43 A. Manju INC 409,379 35.67 100,462 8.76
17 Dakshina Kannada Nalin Kumar Kateel BJP 642,739 53.23 Janardhana Poojary INC 499,030 41.32 143,709 11.91
18 Chitradurga B. N. Chandrappa INC 467,511 42.59 Janardhana Swamy BJP 366,220 33.36 101,291 9.23
19 Tumkur S. P. Muddahanumegowda INC 429,868 39.01 G. S. Basavaraj BJP 355,827 32.29 74,041 6.72
20 Mandya C. S. Puttaraju JD(S) 524,370 43.95 Ramya INC 518,852 43.49 5,518 0.46
21 Mysore Pratap Simha BJP 503,908 43.45 Adagur H. Vishwanath INC 472,300 40.73 31,608 2.72
22 Chamarajanagar R. Dhruvanarayana INC 567,782 50.10 A. R. Krishnamurthy BJP 426,600 37.64 141,182 12.46
23 Bangalore Rural D. K. Suresh INC 652,723 44.84 P. Muniraju Gowda BJP 421,243 28.94 231,480 15.90
24 Bangalore North D. V. Sadananda Gowda BJP 718,326 52.91 C. Narayanaswamy INC 488,562 35.99 229,764 16.92
25 Bangalore Central P. C. Mohan BJP 557,130 51.85 Rizwan Arshad INC 419,630 39.05 137,500 12.80
26 Bangalore South Ananth Kumar BJP 633,816 56.88 Nandan Nilekani INC 405,241 36.37 228,575 20.51
27 Chikkballapur Veerappa Moily INC 424,800 33.61 B. N. Bache Gowda BJP 415,280 32.86 9,520 0.75
28 Kolar K. H. Muniyappa INC 418,926 37.16 Kolar Kesava JD(S) 371,076 32.92 47,850 4.24

Bye-election

  • By-elections were conducted after sitting MPs resigned to assume office as MLAs following the 2018 elections. The following were elected on 6 November 2018.
Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
9 Bellary (ST)[10] V. S. Ugrappa INC 628,365 59.99 J. Shantha BJP 385,204 36.78 243,161 23.21
14 Shimoga[11] B. Y. Raghavendra BJP 543,306 50.73 S. Madhu Bangarappa JD(S) 491,158 45.86 52,148 4.87
20 Mandya[12] L. R. Shivarame Gowda JD(S) 569,347 63.79 D. R. Siddaramaiah BJP 244,404 27.38 324,943 36.41

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2018 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 132 104
Indian National Congress 77 80
Janata Dal (Secular) 15 37
Others 0 3
Total 224

References

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