2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections

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By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were held in Karnataka on 5 December 2019, and results were announced on 9 December. As the ruling party, BJP needed to win 6 out of the 15 seats to maintain its majority. BJP won 12 seats, Congress won two, JD(S) failed to open its account, and one seat was won by a rebel BJP leader who contested as an independent.

Election schedule

Scheduled

By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were originally to be held on 21 October 2019 together with Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. The counting of votes was to be on 24 October 2019.[1][2][3]

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations 23 Sep 2019 Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations 30 Sep 2019 Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations 1 Oct 2019 Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 3 Oct 2019 Thursday
Date of poll 21 Oct 2019 Monday
Date of counting 24 Oct 2019 Thursday
Date before which the election shall be completed 24 Oct 2019 Sunday

Rescheduled

The Election Commission on 27 September rescheduled the by-elections to 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies to 5 December and will declare the results no later than 11 December.[4]

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations 11 Nov 2019 Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations 18 Nov 2019 Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations 19 Nov 2019 Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 21 Nov 2019 Thursday
Date of poll 5 Dec 2019 Thursday
Date of counting 9 Dec 2019 Monday
Date before which the election shall be completed 11 Dec 2019 Wednesday

List of Candidates

Constituency colspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Party color| colspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Party color| colspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Party color|
BJP INC JD(S)
3 Athani Template:Party name with colour Mahesh Kumathalli Template:Party name with colour Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli Did not contest
4 Kagwad Template:Party name with colour Shrimant Patil Template:Party name with colour Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage Template:Party name with colour Kallappa Paris Magennavar
9 Gokak Template:Party name with colour Ramesh Jarkiholi Template:Party name with colour Lakhan Laxmanrao Jarkiholi Did not contest
81 Yellapur Template:Party name with colour Arbail Shivaram Hebbar Template:Party name with colour Bhimanna T. Naik Template:Party name with colour Ravindra A. Naik
86 Hirekerur Template:Party name with colour B. C. Patil Template:Party name with colour B. H. Bannikod Did not contest
87 Ranibennur Template:Party name with colour Arunkumar Guttur Template:Party name with colour K. B. Koliwad Did not contest
90 Vijayanagara Template:Party name with colour Anand Singh Template:Party name with colour V. Y. Ghorpade Template:Party name with colour N. M. Nabi
141 Chikballapur Template:Party name with colour K. Sudhakar Template:Party name with colour M. Anjinappa Template:Party name with colour M. Radhakrishna
151 K. R. Pura Template:Party name with colour Byrati Basavaraj Template:Party name with colour M. Narayanaswamy Template:Party name with colour C. Krishnamurthy
153 Yeshvanthapura Template:Party name with colour S. T. Somashekhar Template:Party name with colour T. N. Javarayi Gowda Template:Party name with colour P. Nagaraj
156 Mahalakshmi Layout Template:Party name with colour K. Gopalaiah Template:Party name with colour M. Shivaraju Template:Party name with colour Girish K. Nashi
162 Shivajinagar Template:Party name with colour M. Saravana Template:Party name with colour Rizwan Arshad Template:Party name with colour Tanveer Ahmed Ullah
178 Hosakote Template:Party name with colour M. T. B. Nagaraj Template:Party name with colour Padmavathi Suresh Did not contest
192 Krishnarajpete Template:Party name with colour Narayana Gowda Template:Party name with colour K. B. Chandrashekar Template:Party name with colour B. L. Devaraj
212 Hunasuru Template:Party name with colour Adagur H. Vishwanath Template:Party name with colour H. P. Manjunath Template:Party name with colour Devarahalli Somashekara

Surveys and polls

Seat projections

Poll type Publishing Date Polling Agency bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Majority
BJP INC JD(S) Others
Exit polls[5] 5 December 2019 Karnataka Power TV 8-12 3-6 0-2 0-1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |1-5
BTV 9 3 2 1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |2
Public TV 8-10 3-5 1-2 0-1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |1-3

Results

Results by party

Party Vote Share Votes Seats
% +/-% No. +/- No. % +/-
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 50.32 Template:Increase18.82 1,291,049 Template:Increase457,696 12 80.00 Template:Increase12
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Indian National Congress (INC) 31.50 Template:Decrease13.96 808,114 Template:Decrease394,560 2 13.33 Template:Decrease9
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) 11.90 Template:Decrease4.87 305,307 Template:Decrease138,325 0 0.00 Template:Decrease3
Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) 0.43 Template:Increase0.43 10,928 Template:Increase10,928 0 0.00 Template:Steady0
Karnataka Rashtra Samithi (KRS) 0.11 Template:Increase0.11 2,714 Template:Increase2,714 0 0.00 Template:Steady0
style="background-color: Template:Party color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 0.09 Template:Increase0.09 2,417 Template:Increase2,417 0 0.00 Template:Steady0
style="background-color: Template:Party color"| Independent (IND) 4.27 Template:Increase2.01 109,530 Template:Increase49,852 1 6.67 Template:Increase1
Others 0.38 Template:Decrease2.84 9,671 Template:Increase75,531 0 0.00 Template:Decrease1
None of the Above (NOTA) 0.94 Template:Increase0.17 24,073 Template:Increase3,599
Soure: Karnataka CEO[6]

Results by constituency

S.No Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
1 3 Athani Mahesh Kumathalli bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 99,203 Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 59,214 style="background:Template:Party color" |39,989
2 4 Kagwad Shrimant Balasaheb Patil bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 76,952 Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 58,395 style="background:Template:Party color" |18,557
3 9 Gokak Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 87,450 Lakhan Laxmanrao Jarkiholi bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 58,444 style="background:Template:Party color" |29,006
4 81 Yellapur Arabail Hebbar Shivaram bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 80,442 Bhimanna T. Naik bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 49,034 style="background:Template:Party color" |31,408
5 86 Hirekerur B.C. Patil bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 85,562 Bannikod Basappa Hanumantappa bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 56,495 style="background:Template:Party color" |29,067
6 87 Ranebennur Arunkumar Guththur (M M P) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 95,438 K B Koliwad bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 72,216 style="background:Template:Party color" |23,222
7 90 Vijayanagara Anand Singh bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 85,477 V.Y. Ghorpade bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 55,352 style="background:Template:Party color" |30,125
8 141 Chikkaballapur K. Sudhakar bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 84,389 M. Anjanappa bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 49,588 style="background:Template:Party color" |34,801
9 151 Krishnarajapuram B.A.Basavaraja bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 1,39,879 M.Narayanaswamy bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 76,436 style="background:Template:Party color" |63,443
10 153 Yeshvanthapura S. T. Somashekar bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 1,44,722 T.N. Javarayi Gowda bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Janata Dal (Secular) 1,17,023 style="background:Template:Party color" |27,699
11 156 Mahalakshmi Layout K Gopalaiah bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 85,889 M. Shivaraju bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 31,503 style="background:Template:Party color" |54,386
12 162 Shivajinagar Rizwan Arshad bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 49,890 M. Saravana bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 36,369 style="background:Template:Party color" |13,521
13 178 Hoskote Sharath Kumar Bachegowda bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Independent 81,671 M T B Nagaraj bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 70,185 style="background:Template:Party color" |13,521
14 192 Krishnarajpet Narayan Gowda bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 66,094 B. L. Devaraj bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Janata Dal (Secular) 56,363 style="background:Template:Party color" |9,731
15 212 Hunsur H. P. Manjunath bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 92,725 Adagur H. Vishwanath bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 52,998 style="background:Template:Party color" |39,727

Gains by BJP

The bypolls were required after 15 MLAs, from Congress and Janata Dal (S), resigned to bring down Kumaraswamy's coalition government.

BJP won 12 of the available 15 seats. After Roshan Beg from Shivajinagar had resigned, BJP did not allow him to join them; Beg was unable to contest the bypoll and Congress retained the seat.

From Hoskote, MTB Nagaraj resigned his seat and joined BJP, who had nominated him from his former seat. Nagaraj was challenged by a BJP rebel, who won the seat.

From Hunsur (Hunasuru), Adagur Vishwanath had previously won on JD(S) ticket, defeating Manjunath of Congress. Vishwanath resigned and contested as a BJP candidate, however Manjunath managed to win the seat for Congress.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Highlights: Maharashtra, Haryana To Hold Polls On October 21, Results On October 24. NDTV.com(21 September 2019).
  2. ↑ Maharashtra & Haryana Vidhan Sabha Chunav Date 2019: विधानसभा चुनाव 2019 तारीख: महाराष्ट्र और हरियाणा में 21 अक्टूबर को होगा विधानसभा चुनाव, 24 को आएंगे नतीजे. Navbharat Times(21 September 2019).
  3. ↑ Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancy in the Parliamentary Constituency & State Legislative Assemblies of various States/UTs. Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ Karnataka byelections rescheduled; voting on December 5, results on December 9 | Bengaluru News. The Times of India(27 September 2019).
  5. ↑ Karnataka poll of polls: Exit polls predict lead for BJP in by-elections. India Today. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  6. ↑ Karnataka State Result Status. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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