2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

10 May 2023
All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	53,131,579
Turnout	73.84% ( 1.34%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   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 55 38 18 Popular vote 16,789,272 14,096,529 5,205,489 Percentage 42.88% 36.00% 13.29% Swing 4.74% 0.35% 5.01%
Structure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Basavaraj Bommai BJP Elected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah INC

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.

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

See also: 2019 Karnataka political crisis

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			Basavaraj Bommai		224

  Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Siddaramaiah		223

  Janata Dal (Secular)

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Kumaraswamy		209

Others

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

Main article: 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest

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

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress	1,67,89,305	42.88	4.74	223	135	55
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,40,96,604	36.00	0.35	224	66	38
	Janata Dal (Secular)	52,05,690	13.3	5.01	209	19	18
	Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha	2,48,284	0.63	0.63	46	1	1
	Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha	95,978	0.25	0.2	8	1	1
	Independents	15,93,517	4.07	0.17	898	2	1
	Others	10,05,683	2.18	0.32	669	0	2
	NOTA	2,69,764	0.69	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]

See also

• 2023 elections in India
• Elections in Karnataka
• Caste politics in Karnataka
• Operation Kamala in Karnataka
• 2019 Karnataka political crisis
• Second Siddaramaiah ministry

External links

• Election Commission of India - Karnataka Election Results
• Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka