2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

Template:For Template:Infobox election The 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place on 20 April and 26 April 2004 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 13 May 2004. None of the parties were able to win a majority and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 79 seats.^[1]^[2] Subsequently, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government with Dharam Singh as the chief minister. This was the first ever coalition government in the state.^[3]

Background

in 1999 election, Indian National Congress secured a majority by winning 132 seats out of 224 seats in the assembly after which S. M. Krishna became the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Bharatiya Janata Party becoming the opposition party for the second time securing 44 seats and the two factions of the Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) led by outgoing Chief Minister J. H. Patel and Janata Dal (Secular) led by former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda securing 18 and 10 seats respectively.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.^[4]

Poll event^[5]	Phase
Poll event^[5]	1	2
Date of announcement	29 February 2004
Notification date	24 March 2004	31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination	31 March 2004	7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination	2 April 2004	8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination	5 April 2004	10 April 2004
Date of poll	20 April 2004	26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes	13 May 2004
No. of constituencies	120	104

Parties and Alliances

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	B. S. Yediyurappa	198
Template:Party color cell	Janata Dal (United)	File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg		26

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
Template:Party color cell	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:Hand INC.svg	S. M. Krishna	224

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
Template:Party color cell	Janata Dal (Secular)	File:JD(S) Flag.png	File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg	H. D. Deve Gowda	220

Results

Party-wise

File:India Karnataka Vidhan Sabha 2004.svg
Parties		Popular vote			Seats
Parties		Votes	%	+pp	Contested	Won	+/-
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Bharatiya Janata Party	71,18,658	28.33	Template:Up7.64	198	79	Template:Up35
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Indian National Congress	88,61,959	35.27	Template:Down5.57	224	65	Template:Down67
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Janata Dal (Secular)	52,20,121	20.77	Template:Up10.35	220	58	Template:Up48
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Janata Dal (United)	5,17,904	2.06	Template:Down11.47	26	5	Template:Down13
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Independent	17,24,480	6.86	Template:Down5.14	405	13	Template:Down6
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Others	17,02,468	6.71	Template:Up4.19	642	4	Template:Up3

Total		2,51,29,066	100.00		1715	224	±0

Valid votes		2,51,29,066	99.93
Invalid votes		16,524	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		2,51,45,590	65.17
Abstentions		1,34,41,164	34.83
Registered voters		3,85,86,754

Successful candidates

#	Constituency	Winner				Runner-up				Margin
#	Constituency	Candidate	Party		Votes	Runner-up	Party		Votes	Margin
Bidar district
1	Aurad	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,621	Gundappa Vakil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	34,300	11,321
2	Bhalki	Prakash Khandre	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	52,652	Eshwara Khandre	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,711	9,941
3	Hulsoor (SC)	Rajendra Varma	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	29,285	Babu Honnanaik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	27,850	1,435
4	Bidar	Bandeppa Kashempur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	67,019	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	39,784	27,235
5	Humnabad	Merajuddin Patel	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	35,755	Rajshekahar Basawaraj Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,586	2,169
6	Basavakalyan	Mallikarjun Khuba	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	29,557	Basavaraj Patil Attur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	22,132	7,425
Gulbarga district
7	Chincholi	Vaijnath Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	36,184	Kailashnath Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,067	5,117
8	Kamalapur (SC)	Revu Naik Belamgi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	28,607	Ramakrishna G	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	23,740	4,867
9	Aland	B. R. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	50,818	Subhash Guttedar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,989	14,829
10	Gulbarga	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	78,845	Qamar ul Islam	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	74,645	4,200
11	Shahabad (SC)	Sunil Vallyapure	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,625	Baburao Chavan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,607	1,018
12	Afzalpur	M. Y. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	53,122	Malikayya Guttedar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	34,654	18,468
13	Chittapur	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	40,871	Baburao Chinchansur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	23,921	16,950
14	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	26,424	Rajkumar Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	21,892	4,532
15	Jevargi	Dharam Singh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,235	Shivalingappa Patil Naribole	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	42,504	2,731
16	Gurmitkal (SC)	Mallikarjun Kharge	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	37,006	Akaashi Basavaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	18,459	18,547
17	Yadgir	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	37,222	A B Malakraddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	25,788	11,434
18	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	59,310	Shivashekarappagouda Sirwal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,080	21,230
19	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gowda)	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	KNP	43,608	Raja Venkatappa Naik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,733	2,875
Raichur district
20	Devadurga (SC)	Alkod Hanumanthappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	33,460	Manappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	20,125	13,335
21	Raichur	Ahuja Papareddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,784	Syed Yasin	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,188	9,596
22	Kalmala	Muniyappa Muddappa B	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	30,915	Shankaragouda Harvi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	27,444	3,471
23	Manvi	N. S. Boseraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,620	Basavanagouda Byagawat	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	28,513	10,107
24	Lingsugur	Amaregowda Patil Bayyapur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	49,211	Anwari Basavaraj Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,692	3,519
25	Sindhanur	Hampanagouda Badarli	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	79,001	Hanumanagouda Amareshappagouda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	30,277	48,724
Koppal district
26	Kushtagi	Doddanagouda H. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	44,492	Sharanappa Vakeelaru	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	34,526	9,966
27	Yelburga	Basavaraj Rayareddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	49,401	Eshanna Gulagannavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	43,729	5,672
28	Kanakagiri	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,712	Mallikarjuna Nagappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,136	5,576
29	Gangawati	Iqbal Ansari	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,486	Giregouda Advocate H	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	36,044	3,442
30	Koppal	Basavaraj Hitnal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,228	Karadi Sanganna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	41,880	5,348
Bellary district
31	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	49,160	T. M. Chandrashekaraiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	42,844	6,316
32	Kurugodu	Suryanarayana Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	56,517	Ramalingappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	37,246	19,271
33	Bellary	B. Sriramulu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	53,354	M Diwakara Babu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	46,643	6,711
34	Hospet	H. R Gaviappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	31,440	G. Shankara Goud	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	23,737	7,703
35	Sandur	Santosh Lad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	65,600	Venkatarao Ghorpade	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,022	35,578
36	Kudligi	Anil Lad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	58,977	Siraj Sheikh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,796	17,181
37	Kottur	T. Bhagirathi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,593	N. T. Bommanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	26,781	2,812
38	Hoovina Hadagali	M. P. Prakash	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	61,863	V. B. Halappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	28,077	33,786
Davanagere district
39	Harapanahalli (SC)	P. T. Parameshwar Naik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,158	Narayana Das	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	30,164	7,994
40	Harihar	Y. Nagappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,366	H. Shivappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,797	569
41	Davanagere	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	63,499	Yashawantha Rao	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	41,366	22,133
42	Mayakonda	S. A. Ravindranath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	62,290	R. S. Shekharappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	53,193	9,097
Chitradurga district
43	Bharamasagara (SC)	H. Anjaneya	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	47,673	M. Chandrappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,104	16,569
44	Chitradurga	G. H. Thippareddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	53,386	S. K. Basavarajan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	51,420	1,966
Davanagere district
45	Jagalur	T. Gurusiddanagowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,530	G. H. Ashwath Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,767	6,763
Chitradurga district
46	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,592	G M Thippeswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	27,155	6,437
47	Challakere	D. Sudhakar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,550	Basavaraj Mandi Mutt	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	20,199	27,351
48	Hiriyur (SC)	D. Manjunath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	43,749	G. S. Manjunath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,310	12,439
49	Holalkere	A. V. Umapathi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	48,179	G. S. Manjunath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	33,836	14,343
50	Hosadurga	B. G. Govindappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	49,780	Elkal Vijaya Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	29,052	20,728
Tumakuru district
51	Pavagada (SC)	K. M. Thimmarayappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	53,136	Venkataramanappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,058	8,078
52	Sira	B. Satyanarayana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	33,166	Sreenivasaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	25,073	8,093
53	Kalambella	K. S. Kiran Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	50,108	T. B. Jayachandra	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,873	17,235
54	Bellavi (SC)	K. N. Rajanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	35,099	C. V. Mahadevaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	33,595	1,504
55	Madhugiri (SC)	G. Parameshwara	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,039	Kenchamaraiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	29,826	17,213
56	Koratagere	C. Channigappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	41,826	Veeranna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	38,832	2,994
57	Tumkur	Sogadu Shivanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	59,977	Shafi Ahmed	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	51,332	8,645
58	Kunigal	H. Ningappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	52,370	S. P. Muddahanumegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,280	19,090
59	Huliyurdurga	D. Nagarajaya	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	27,848	Anusuyamma	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	23,106	4,742
60	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	40,431	G. S. Shivananjappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	28,854	11,577
61	Turuvekere	M. T. Krishnappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,934	M. D. Lakshminarayana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	30,776	9,158
62	Tiptur	B. Nanjamari	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	46,996	K. ShadaksharI	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,173	16,823
63	Chikkanayakanahalli	J. C. Madhu Swamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	43,040	C. B. Suresh Babu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	41,412	1,628
Kolar district
64	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	49,636	Jyothireddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	41,611	8,025
65	Chikballapur (SC)	S. M. Muniyappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,993	M. Shivananda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	35,613	10,380
66	Sidlaghatta	S. Munishamappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	60,322	V. Muniyappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	52,875	7,447
67	Bagepalli	G. V. Sreeramareddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	CPM	57,132	N Sampangi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,997	11,135
68	Chintamani	M. C. Sudhakar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	65,256	K. M. Krishna Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	57,156	8,100
69	Srinivasapur	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	65,041	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	56,431	8,610
70	Mulbagal	R. Srinivas	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	48,250	Y. Surendra	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,772	15,478
71	Kolar Gold Field (SC)	S. Rajendran	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	RPI	23,098	Bhakthavathsalam	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	ADMK	13,991	9,107
72	Bethamangala	B. P Venkatamuniyappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	41,117	M. Narayana Swamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	40,570	547
73	Kolar	K. Srinivas Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	54,755	M. S. Anand	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	31,004	23,751
74	Vemagal	Krishna Byre Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	95,563	S. N. Srirama	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	20,204	75,359
75	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	69,120	A. Nagaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,264	26,856
Bangalore Urban district
76	Malleshwaram	M. R. Seetharam	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,029	C. N. Ashwath Narayan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	37,252	9,777
77	Rajaji Nagar	N. L. Narendra Babu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	67,899	S. Suresh Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	63,777	4,122
78	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,797	V. Nagaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	12,529	28,268
79	Chickpet	P. C. Mohan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	21,404	Sathya Narayana Swamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	19,167	2,237
80	Binnypet	V. Somanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	77,657	Aswathnarayana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	50,737	26,920
81	Chamrajpet	S. M. Krishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	27,695	Mukhyamantri Chandru	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	14,010	13,685
82	Basavanagudi	K. Chandrashekhar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,600	K. N. Subbareddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	36,280	8,320
83	Jayanagar	Ramalinga Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	54,078	B. N. Vijaya Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	51,428	2,650
84	Shanti Nagar (SC)	S. Raghu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	33,483	M. Muniswami	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,005	3,478
85	Shivajinagar	Katta Subramanya Naidu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	22,001	N. A. Haris	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	17,628	4,373
86	Bharathinagar	Nirmal Surana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	27,867	J. Alexander	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	22,986	4,881
87	Jayamahal	R. Roshan Baig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,757	Mumtaz Ali Khan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	21,877	19,880
88	Yelahanka (SC)	B. Prasanna Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	144,806	C. Munikrishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	130,494	14,312
89	Uttarahalli	R. Ashoka	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	313,309	S. T. Somashekhar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	229,308	84,001
90	Varthur	A. Krishnappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	127,490	Ashwatha Narayana Reddy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	114,352	13,138
Bangalore Rural district
91	Kanakapura	P. G. R Sindhia	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	52,740	Narayana Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	43,791	8,949
92	Sathanur	D. K. Shivakumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	51,603	D. M. Vishwanath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	37,675	13,928
93	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeshwara	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	64,162	M. C. Ashwath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	47,993	16,169
94	Ramanagar	H. D. Kumaraswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	69,554	C. M. Lingappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,638	24,916
95	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	49,197	H. M. Revanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	37,921	11,276
96	Nelamangala (SC)	Anjanamurthy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	37,578	B. Guruprasad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,992	4,586
97	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	59,954	V. Krishnappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	46,898	13,056
98	Devanahalli (SC)	G. Chandranna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	61,344	Muninarasimhaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	34,000	27,344
99	Hosakote	M. T. B. Nagaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	75,808	B. N. Bache Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	74,935	873
Bangalore Urban district
100	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	63,023	B Shivanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	60,847	2,176
Mandya district
101	Nagamangala	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	54,847	L. R. Shivarame Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	48,760	6,087
102	Maddur	D. C. Thammanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,991	M. S. Siddaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	28,256	10,735
103	Kiragavalu	M. K. Nagamani	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	53,590	Madhu G Madegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,029	15,561
104	Malavalli (SC)	K. Annadani	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	38,860	P. M. Narendraswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	27,630	11,230
105	Mandya	M. Srinivas	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	46,985	M. S. Atmananda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,105	14,880
106	Keragodu	H. B. Ramu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	39,842	G. B. Shiva Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	27,366	12,476
107	Shrirangapattana	Vijayalakshmamma Bandisiddegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	27,371	K. S. Nanjundegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	KRRS	26,113	1,258
108	Pandavapura	C. S. Puttaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	44,165	K. S. Puttannaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	42,649	1,516
109	Krishnarajpete	Krishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	34,738	K. B. Chandrashekar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,234	5,504
Chamarajanagar district
110	Hanur	Parimala Nagappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	61,626	R. Narendra	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	48,613	13,013
111	Kollegal (SC)	S. Balraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	27,736	S. Jayanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	24,408	3,328
Mysore district
112	Bannur	Sunitha Veerappa Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	33,522	Chikkamada Nayaka	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	27,859	5,663
113	T. Narasipur (SC)	H. C. Mahadevappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	37,956	M. Srinivasaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	23,699	14,257
114	Krishnaraja	M.K. Somashekar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	25,439	S. A. Ramadas	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	22,045	3,394
115	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralingegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,193	Sandesh Nagaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	23,416	14,777
116	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	54,462	Maruthi Rao Pawar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	29,853	24,609
117	Chamundeshwari	Siddaramaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	90,727	L. Revanasiddaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	58,382	32,345
118	Nanjangud	D. T. Jayakumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	46,068	M. Mahadev	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	26,483	19,585
Chamarajanagar district
119	Santhemarahalli (SC)	R. Dhruvanarayana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,752	A. R. Krishna Murthy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	40,751	1
120	Chamarajanagar	Vatal Nagaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	KCVP	37,072	B. P. Manjula	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	26,589	10,483
121	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	55,076	H. S. Nanjappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,057	11,019
Mysore district
122	Heggadadevankote (SC)	M. P. Venkatesh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	50,729	N. Nagaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,412	12,317
123	Hunsur	G. T. Devegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	60,258	S. Chikkamadu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	46,126	14,132
124	Krishnarajanagara	Mahadeva	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	40,341	H. Vishwanath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,018	323
125	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,357	K. S. Chandre Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,372	8,985
Kodagu district
126	Virajpet (ST)	H. D. Basavaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	35,550	Suma Vasantha	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	27,484	8,066
127	Madikeri	K. G. Bopaiah	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	31,610	Dambekodi S Madappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	23,446	8,164
128	Somwarpet	B. A. Jeevijaya	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	46,560	Appachu Ranjan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	43,763	2,797
Hassan district
129	Belur (SC)	H. K. Kumaraswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	31,438	D Mallesh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	26,489	4,949
130	Arsikere	A. S. Basavaraju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	36,867	G. V. Siddappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,418	6,449
131	Gandasi	B Shivaramu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	52,781	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	52,763	18
132	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	70,461	H. S. Vijay Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,585	34,876
133	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	64,664	G. Puttaswamy Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,070	32,594
134	Arkalgud	A. T. Ramaswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	47,131	A. Manju	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,192	2,939
135	Hassan	H. S. Prakash	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	63,527	K. M. Rajegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,804	27,723
136	Sakleshpur	H. M. Vishwanath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	41,704	B. B. Shivappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	19,911	21,793
Dakshina Kannada
137	Sullia (SC)	Angara S.	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	61,480	Dr Raghu	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,395	17,085
138	Puttur	Shakunthala T. Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	65,119	Sudhakar Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	54,007	11,112
139	Vittla	Padmanabha Kottari	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	60,250	K. M. Ibrahim	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	59,859	391
140	Belthangady	Prabhakar Bangera	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	48,102	Harish Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,281	12,821
141	Bantval	B. Nagaraja Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	54,860	Ramanath Rai	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	48,934	5,926
142	Mangalore	N. Yogish Bhat	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	29,928	Lancelot Pinto	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	24,827	5,101
143	Ullal	U. T. Fareed	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,839	Chandrashekar Uchil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	40,491	7,348
144	Surathkal	J. Krishna Palemar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	57,808	Vijaya Kumar Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	54,496	3,312
Udupi district
145	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	33,611	Vasantha V. Salian	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,221	1,390
146	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	36,341	U. R. Sabhapati	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	34,808	1,533
147	Brahmavar	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	39,521	Pramod Madhwaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	27,348	12,173
148	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	58,923	Ashok Kumar Hegde	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	39,258	19,665
149	Byndoor	K Gopala Poojary	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,627	K. Lakshminarayana	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	44,375	3,252
150	Karkala	V. Sunil Kumar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	52,061	H. Gopal Bhandary	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,149	9,912
Dakshina Kannada
151	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,926	K. Amarnath Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	26,977	2,949
Chikmagalur district
152	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	47,263	D. B. Chandregowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,042	18,221
153	Mudigere (SC)	M. P. Kumaraswamy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	27,148	Motamma	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	25,810	1,338
154	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	57,165	C. R. Sageer Ahmed	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,292	24,873
155	Birur	S. L. Dharmegowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	33,164	K. B. Mallikarjuna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,031	1,133
156	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	43,433	Marulasiddappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	36,144	7,289
157	Tarikere	T. H. Shivashankarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	47,593	H. Omkarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	27,919	19,674
Davanagere district
158	Channagiri	Mahima J Patel	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	42,837	Vadnal Rajanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,154	10,683
Shimoga district
159	Holehonnur	G. Basavanneppa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	50,071	Kariyanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	43,769	6,302
160	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	52,572	M. J. Appaji Gowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,141	17,431
Davanagere district
161	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,593	D. G. Shanthanagowda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	39,119	7,474
Shimoga district
162	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	69,015	H. N. Chandrashekarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	49,766	19,249
163	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	47,843	Kimmane Rathnakar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	46,468	1,375
164	Hosanagar	Hartalu Halappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	49,086	G. D. Narayanappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,235	16,851
165	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	57,455	Kagodu Thimmappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,282	15,173
166	Sorab	Kumar Bangarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	44,677	Madhu Bangarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,748	11,929
167	Shikaripura	B. S. Yediyurappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	64,972	K. Shekarappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,019	19,953
Uttara Kannada
168	Sirsi (SC)	Viveknand Vaidya	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	47,811	Jaiwant Premanand	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,652	14,159
169	Bhatkal	Shivanand Naik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,471	J. D. Naik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,301	4,170
170	Kumta	Mohan Krishna Shetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	34,738	Shashibhushan E Hegde	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	31,273	3,465
171	Ankola	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,787	Shantaram Hegde	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,709	16,078
172	Karwar	Gangadhar Nagesh Bhat	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	36,397	Prabhakar Rane	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	20,165	16,232
173	Haliyal	R. V. Deshpande	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	55,974	V. S. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	41,765	14,209
Dharwad district
174	Dharwad Rural	Vinay Kulkarni	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	33,744	A. B. Desai	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	30,514	3,230
175	Dharwad	S. R. Morey	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	43,334	Chandrakant Bellad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	37,584	5,750
176	Hubli City	Jabbarkhan Honnalli	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,971	Ashok Katwe	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	40,155	1,816
177	Hubli Rural	Jagadish Shettar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	58,501	Anil Kumar Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,965	26,536
178	Kalghatgi	Siddanagouda Chikkanagoudra	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	28,065	Babusab K Kashimanavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JP	26,107	1,958
179	Kundgol	Akki Mallikarjunappa Shahadevappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	28,184	C. S. Shivalli	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	23,942	4,242
Haveri district
180	Shiggaon	Sindhura Rajashekar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	41,811	Sayed Azimpeer Khadri	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,971	840
181	Hangal	C. M. Udasi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	61,167	Manohar Tahasildar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	43,080	18,087
182	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,237	U. B. Banakar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	34,247	4,990
183	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	57,123	K. B. Koliwad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,037	16,086
184	Byadgi (SC)	Nehru Olekar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	52,686	Rudrappa Lamani	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,408	11,278
185	Haveri	Shivaraj Sajjanar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	53,482	Basavaraj Shivannanavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	51,286	2,196
Gadag district
186	Shirahatti	Shivamurthayya Gaddadevaramath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	34,151	Ganganna Mahantashettar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	31,205	2,946
187	Mundargi	Shidlinganagouda Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,287	B. F. Dandin	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	21,071	19,216
188	Gadag	D. R. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	50,580	S. B. Sankannavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	35,376	15,204
189	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,733	Gurupadagouda Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,668	8,065
190	Nargund	C. C. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	43,382	B. R. Yavagal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,260	12,122
Dharwad district
191	Navalgund	R. B. Shiriyannavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	30,195	Kallappa Nagappa Gaddi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	26,356	3,839
Belgaum District
192	Ramdurg	Mahadevappa Yadawad	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	56,585	Ashok Pattan	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,044	25,541
193	Parasgad	Vishwanath Mamani	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	38,451	Subhash Koujalgi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	37,006	1,445
194	Bailhongal	Jagadish Metgud	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	48,208	Mahantesh Koujalgi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	36,633	11,575
195	Kittur	Suresh Marihal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	49,970	Danappagouda Inamdar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	35,265	14,705
196	Khanapur	Digambar Yashwantrao Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	19,115	Vaishali Ashok Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	18,747	368
197	Belgaum	Ramesh Kudachi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,198	Vilas Pawar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	31,181	1,017
198	Uchagaon	Manohar Kinikar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	42,483	Sambhaji Laxman Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	31,277	11,206
199	Hire Bagewadi	Abhay Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,854	Shivaputrappa Malagi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	29,156	3,698
200	Gokak (ST)	Ramesh Jarkiholi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	56,768	Mallappa Muttennavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	40,593	16,175
201	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	62,054	Veeranna Koujalgi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	42,604	19,450
202	Hukkeri	Shashikanth Naik	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,969	Umesh Katti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	46,148	821
203	Sankeshwar	Appayagouda Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	52,036	Rajendra Malagouda Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	35,828	16,208
204	Nippani	Kakasaheb Panduranga Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	40,222	Subhash Shridhar Joshi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	39,793	429
205	Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	58,039	Annasaheb Jolle	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,737	19,302
206	Chikkodi (SC)	Hakkyagol Dattu Yellappa	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,663	S. S. Bhimannavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,121	2,542
207	Raibag (SC)	Bheemappa Sarikar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	54,049	Laxman Kamble	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	43,855	10,194
208	Kagwad	Raju Kage	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	44,529	Kiran Kumar Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	41,077	3,452
209	Athani	Laxman Savadi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	59,578	Dongaragaon Shahajan Ismail	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	28,325	31,253
Bagalkot district
210	Jamkhandi	Siddu Savadi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	73,223	Ramappa Kaluti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	39,902	33,321
211	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	68,136	J. T. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	50,811	17,325
212	Mudhol (SC)	Govind Karjol	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	71,814	R. B. Timmapur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	38,872	32,942
213	Bagalkot	Veeranna Charantimath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	34,597	Pralhad Pujari	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	29,075	5,522
214	Badami	Mahagundappa Pattanshetti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	52,678	B B Chimmanakatti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,677	19,001
215	Guledgud	H. Y. Meti	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	30,832	Rajashekhar Sheelavant	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	29,426	1,406
216	Hungund	Doddanagouda Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	50,617	Gouramma Kashappanavar	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,193	18,424
Bijapur district
217	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	30,203	Vimalabai Deshmukh	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	27,776	2,427
218	Huvina Hipparagi	Shivputrappa Desai	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	39,224	B. S. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	32,927	6,297
219	Basavana Bagevadi	Shivanand Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	50,238	S. K. Bellubbi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	46,933	3,305
220	Tikota	M. B. Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	48,274	Rudragoudar Sahebagouda	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDU	19,040	29,234
221	Bijapur	Appu Pattanshetty	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	70,001	Ustad Maheboob Patel	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	45,968	24,033
222	Ballolli (SC)	R. K. Rathod	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	39,915	H. R. Alagur	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	28,873	11,042
223	Indi	Ravikant Patil	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ind	42,984	B. G. Patil Halasangi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	INC	33,652	9,332
224	Sindagi	Ashok Shabadi	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	BJP	38,853	M. C. Managuli	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	JDS	29,803	9,050

Government formation

In the elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government. Dharam Singh of the Congress was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 28 May 2004.^[6] However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead forged an alliance with the BJP. A new government was formed with H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) as Chief minister and B. S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP as his deputy.^[7]

References

↑ Key highlights of General Elections, 2004 to State Election of Karnataka. Election Commission of India.
↑ State has hung Assembly; BJP largest group. The Hindu(14 May 2004).
↑ Dharam Singh to lead coalition government. The Hindu(28 May 2004).
↑ General Election Schedule 2004.
↑ Counting of votes for AP assembly begins(11 May 2004).
↑ Dharam Singh to be sworn in CM today. The Hindu(28 May 2004).
↑ BJP makes southern Indian debut. BBC Online(2006-02-03).

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[results-1] Key highlights of General Elections, 2004 to State Election of Karnataka. Election Commission of India.

[2] State has hung Assembly; BJP largest group. The Hindu(14 May 2004).

[3] Dharam Singh to lead coalition government. The Hindu(28 May 2004).

[4] General Election Schedule 2004.

[5] Counting of votes for AP assembly begins(11 May 2004).

[6] Dharam Singh to be sworn in CM today. The Hindu(28 May 2004).

[debut-7] BJP makes southern Indian debut. BBC Online(2006-02-03).

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