2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

10–22 May 2008
All 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.68 pp ( 0.47 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Mallikarjun Kharge H. D. Kumaraswamy Party BJP INC JD(S) Leader's seat Shikaripura Chittapur Ramanagara Last election 79 65 58 Seats won 110 80 28 Seat change 31 15 30 Popular vote 8,857,754 9,091,364 4,959,252 Percentage 33.86% 34.76% 18.96% Swing 5.53 pp 0.51 pp 1.81 pp
Chief Minister before election HD Kumaraswamy JD(S) Elected Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa BJP

The 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in three phases on 10, 16 and 22 May 2008 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect a Government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 25 May and due to the use of electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the afternoon itself. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious winning 110 seats. Although the party fell short of a clear majority, it was able to form the government with the support of 6 independents. This was the first time BJP came to power on its own in Karnataka and any south Indian state.

Background

In the 2004 Karnataka elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 out of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition government with Dharam Singh of the Congress as Chief minister. However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead formed an alliance with the BJP and H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) became Chief minister. The arrangement was based on an agreement that Kumaraswamy would be the Chief Minister for the first 20 months and B.S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP would be Chief Minister for the next 20 months.

The alliance between the BJP and the JD(S) collapsed in October 2007 after Kumaraswamy refused to let Yeddyurappa take over as Chief minister as had been agreed upon in 2006. They briefly got together and formed a short-lived government headed by Yeddyurappa in November 2007 but it quickly collapsed due to disagreements over power-sharing. As a result, the state came under the president's rule and new elections were called for.

Schedule

Schedule by Districts

Schedule by Seats

The Election Commission of India announced that polling would be held in a three phases on 10th, 16th and 22 May and that results would be declared on 25 May.

It also declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the said announcement.

Event	Date
	Phase-I	Phase-II	Phase-III
No. of Assembly Constituencies	89	66	69
Date for nominations	16 April 2008	22 April 2008	26 April 2008
Last date for filing nominations	22 April 2008	29 April 2008	3 May 2008
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2008	30 April 2008	5 May 2008
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2008	2 May 2008	7 May 2008
Date of poll	10 May 2008	16 May 2008	22 May 2008
Hours of poll	7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Date of counting	25 May 2008
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 2008

Campaign

The state was the first in India to vote after the electoral constituencies had been redrawn based on new population data. The BJP campaigned on the high rate of inflation and criticized the national United Progressive Alliance government for being soft on terrorism. The party called on the voters to give the party a chance in Karnataka.

But the main election plank of the party was the betrayal of the JD (S) and the good budgets presented by Yeddyurappa when he was finance minister in the coalition government. The Congress party pledged to reign in prices, improve the infrastructure of the state, and provide a stable government.

Results

Vote share by party

  Indian National Congress (34.76%)

  Bharatiya Janata Party (33.86%)

  Janata Dal (Secular) (18.96%)

  Independent (6.92%)

  Other (5.5%)

Seat share by party

  Bharatiya Janata Party (49.11%)

  Indian National Congress (35.71%)

  Janata Dal (Secular) (12.50%)

  Independent (2.68%)

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	88,57,754	33.86	5.53	110	31
	Indian National Congress (INC)	90,91,364	34.76	0.51	80	15
	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	49,59,252	18.96	1.81	28	30
	Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	86,735	0.33	1.73	0	5
	Independents (IND)	18,10,525	6.92	0.06	6	7
	Others	13,50,675	5.17	1.54	0	4
Total		2,61,56,305	100.00		224	±0
Valid votes		2,61,56,305	99.94
Invalid votes		15,812	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		2,61,72,117	64.87
Abstentions		1,41,47,825	35.14
Registered voters		4,03,19,942

Results by district

Districts	Total	BJP	INC	JDS	Ind.
Belagavi	18	9	7	2	0
Bijapur	8	5	3	0	0
Kalaburagi	12	5	7	1	0
Bidar	6	2	3	1	0
Raichur	7	2	3	2	0
Koppal	5	2	1	1	1
Gadag	4	4	0	0	0
Dharwad	7	6	1	0	0
Uttara Kannada	6	2	2	2	0
Haveri	6	5	1	0	0
Ballari	9	8	1	0	0
Chitradurga	6	2	1	1	2
Davanagere	8	6	2	0	0
Shimoga	7	5	2	0	0
Udupi	5	4	1	0	0
Chikmagalur	5	4	1	0	0
Dakshina Kannada	8	4	4	0	0
Tumakuru	11	3	4	3	1
Chikkaballapur	5	0	4	1	0
Kolar	6	2	2	1	1
Bengaluru Urban	28	17	10	1	0
Bengaluru Rural	4	2	2	0	0
Ramanagara	4	0	2	2	0
Mandya	7	0	2	4	1
Hassan	7	0	2	5	0
Kodagu	2	2	0	0	0
Mysore	11	2	8	1	0
Chamarajanagar	4	0	4	0	0
Total	224	110	80	28	6

Results by constituency

Source:

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Belgaum District
1	Nippani	Kakaso Pandurang Patil		INC	46070	35.73	Shashikala Jolle		BJP	38583	29.92	7487
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri		INC	68575	54.83	Ramesh Jigajinagi		BJP	44505	35.58	24070
3	Athani	Laxman Savadi		BJP	56847	45.91	Kirana Kumar Patil		INC	35179	28.41	21668
4	Kagwad	Raju Kage		BJP	45286	41.95	Digvijaya Pawar Desai		INC	36304	33.63	8982
5	Kudachi	Shama Ghatage		INC	29481	31.69	Mahendra Tammannavar		BJP	28715	30.87	766
6	Raibag	Duryodhan Aihole		BJP	39378	40.69	Omprakash S Kanagali		INC	24818	25.65	14560
7	Hukkeri	Umesh Katti		JDS	63328	50.20	Appayyagouda Patil		INC	45692	36.22	17636
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		JDS	53206	41.81	Vivekrao Patil		BJP	47838	37.59	5368
9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	44989	36.10	Ashok Ningayya Pujari		JDS	37229	29.87	7760
10	Yemkanmardi	Satish Jarkiholi		INC	46132	42.47	Balagouda Patil		JDS	29351	27.02	16781
11	Belgaum Uttar	Fairoz Nuruddin Saith		INC	37527	33.93	Shankargouda I Patil		BJP	34154	30.88	3373
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil		BJP	45713	39.96	Kiran Krishnarao Sayanak		Ind	32723	28.61	12990
13	Belgaum Rural	Sanjay Patil		BJP	42208	31.73	Shivaputrappa Malagi		INC	33899	25.49	8309
14	Khanapur	Pralhad Remani		BJP	36288	31.71	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri		INC	24634	21.52	11654
15	Kittur	Marihal Suresh Shivarudrappa		BJP	48581	43.48	Danappagouda Inamdar		INC	44216	39.58	4365
16	Bailhongal	Jagdish Metgud		BJP	48988	46.85	Mahantesh Kaujlagi		INC	39748	38.01	9240
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwanath Mamani		BJP	48255	44.21	Subhash Koujalagi		INC	43678	40.02	4577
18	Ramdurg	Ashok Pattan		INC	49246	45.29	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	48862	44.94	384
Bagalkot district
19	Mudhol	Govind Karjol		BJP	51835	48.31	R. B. Timmapur		INC	44457	41.43	7378
20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi		BJP	62595	50.30	Umashree		INC	50351	40.46	12244
21	Jamkhandi	Shrikant Kulkarni		BJP	59930	54.86	Siddu Nyamagouda		INC	40240	36.83	19690
22	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	53474	43.32	Ajay Kumar Sarnaik		INC	50350	40.79	3124
23	Badami	Mahagundappa Kallappa Pattanshetti		BJP	53409	44.85	B B Chimmanakatti		INC	48302	40.56	5107
24	Bagalkot	Veerabhadrayya Charantimath		BJP	46452	42.02	H. Y. Meti		INC	37206	33.66	9246
25	Hungund	Doddanagowda Patil		BJP	53644	47.74	Vijayanand Kashappanavar		INC	48575	43.23	5069
Bijapur district
26	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	24065	24.97	Biradar Mangala Shantagoudru		BJP	21662	22.48	2403
27	Devar Hippargi	A. S. Patil (Nadahalli)		INC	54879	54.22	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		BJP	23986	23.70	30893
28	Basavana Bagevadi	S. K. Bellubbi		BJP	48481	46.53	Shivanand Patil		INC	34594	33.20	13887
29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil		INC	55525	50.90	Vijugouda Patil		JDS	38886	35.65	16639
30	Bijapur City	Appu Pattanshetty		BJP	34217	41.45	Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman		INC	16653	20.17	17564
31	Nagathan	Katakdhonda Vitthal Dhondiba		BJP	40225	37.66	Raju Alagur		INC	36018	33.72	4207
32	Indi	Bagali Sarvabhoum Satagouda		BJP	29456	27.95	Y. V. Patil		INC	28885	27.41	571
33	Sindagi	Ramesh Bhusanur		BJP	35227	33.93	Mallappa Managuli		JDS	20466	19.71	14761
Kalaburagi district
34	Afzalpur	Malikayya Guttedar		INC	50082	47.83	M. Y. Patil		BJP	42216	40.32	7866
35	Jevargi	Doddappagouda S. Patil Naribola		BJP	46531	40.28	Dharam Singh		INC	46461	40.22	70
36	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak		BJP	60542	47.37	Raja Venkatappa Nayak		INC	55961	43.79	4581
37	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		INC	47343	46.71	Shivshekharappagouda Shirwal		JDS	36207	35.72	11136
38	Yadgir	A. B. Maalakareddy		INC	36348	39.02	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal		BJP	31812	34.15	4536
39	Gurmitkal	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	35721	35.84	Naganagowda Kandukar		JDS	26513	26.60	9208
40	Chittapur	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	49837	52.13	Valmiki Nayak		BJP	32395	33.89	17442
41	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	41686	37.23	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	35762	31.94	5924
42	Chincholi	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	35491	42.10	Baburao Chauhan		INC	28580	33.90	6911
43	Gulbarga Rural	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	41239	38.73	Chandrika Parameshwar		INC	24116	22.65	17123
44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor		BJP	45380	46.01	Basavaraj Bhimalli		INC	31090	31.52	14290
45	Gulbarga Uttar	Qamar ul Islam		INC	54123	54.26	B. G. Patil		BJP	39168	39.27	14955
46	Aland	Subhash Guttedar		JDS	42473	37.51	B. R. Patil		INC	36689	32.35	5784
Bidar district
47	Basavakalyan	Basavaraj Patil Attur		BJP	39015	36.49	M G Muley		INC	31077	29.07	7938
48	Homnabad	Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil		INC	49603	42.97	Subhash Kallur		BJP	27867	24.14	21736
49	Bidar South	Bandeppa Kashempur		JDS	32054	32.93	Sanjay Kheny		BJP	30783	31.63	1271
50	Bidar	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		INC	33557	37.83	Rahim Khan		BSP	30627	34.53	2930
51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre		INC	64492	50.01	Prakash Khandre		BJP	43521	33.75	20971
52	Aurad	Prabhu Chauhan		BJP	56964	55.61	Narsingrao Suryawanshi		INC	29186	28.49	27778
Raichur district
53	Raichur Rural	Raja Rayappa Naik		INC	34432	32.92	Raja Rangappa Naik		JDS	32555	31.13	1877
54	Raichur	Syed Yasin		INC	28801	35.69	M. Earanna		JDS	20440	25.33	8361
55	Manvi	G. Hampayya Nayak Ballatgi		INC	38290	35.86	Gangadhar Nayak		BJP	35771	33.50	2519
56	Devadurga	K Shivana Gouda Naik		JDS	37226	41.82	Venkatesh Nayak		INC	32639	36.67	4587
57	Lingsugur	Manappa Vajjal		BJP	51017	53.29	A. Vasanthkumar		INC	31837	33.25	19180
58	Sindhanur	Venkat Rao Nadagouda		JDS	53621	47.40	Badarli Hampanagouda		INC	38747	34.25	14874
59	Maski	Pratap Gowda Patil		BJP	35711	42.26	Timmappa		INC	28068	33.21	7644
Koppal district
60	Kushtagi	Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur		INC	33699	32.70	K Sharanappa Vakeelaru		JDS	31929	30.98	1770
61	Kanakagiri	Shivaraj Tangadagi		Ind	32743	33.88	Bhavanimath Mukundarao		INC	30560	31.62	2183
62	Gangawati	Paranna Munavalli		BJP	37121	37.37	Iqbal Ansari		JDS	34236	34.47	2885
63	Yelburga	Eshanna Gulagannavar		BJP	59562	56.21	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	29781	28.10	29781
64	Koppal	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa		JDS	48372	40.57	K. Basavaraj Bheemappa Hitnal		INC	38027	31.89	10345
Gadag district
65	Shirahatti	Ramanna S Lamani		BJP	39859	38.41	H R Nayak		INC	29358	28.29	10501
66	Gadag	Bidarur Shrishailappa Veerupakshappa		BJP	54414	50.61	H. K. Patil		INC	45798	42.59	8616
67	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	50145	42.01	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil		INC	48315	40.47	1830
68	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	46824	43.38	B. R. Yavagal		Ind	29210	27.06	17614
Dharwad district
69	Navalgund	Shankar Patil Munenkoppa		BJP	49436	40.93	Gaddi Kallappa Nagappa		INC	32541	26.94	16895
70	Kundgol	Chikkangoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda		BJP	43307	39.03	C. S. Shivalli		INC	36931	33.28	6376
71	Dharwad	Seema Masuti		BJP	35417	31.75	Vinay Kulkarni		INC	34694	31.10	723
72	Hubli-Dharwad East	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi		BJP	41029	44.36	F. H. Jakkappanavar		INC	28861	31.20	12168
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	58747	54.75	Munavalli Shankranna Ishwarappa		INC	32738	30.51	26009
74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	60800	55.97	Jabbar Khan Honnali		INC	27453	25.27	33347
75	Kalghatgi	Santosh Lad		INC	49733	43.47	C. M. Nimbannavar		BJP	38091	33.30	11642
Uttara Kannada
76	Haliyal	Sunil V. Hegde		JDS	46031	46.31	R. V. Deshpande		INC	40606	40.85	5425
77	Karwar	Anand Asnotikar		INC	47477	40.86	Ganapati Ulvekar		Ind	27768	23.90	19709
78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		JDS	30792	28.76	Mohan Krishna Shetty		INC	30772	28.74	20
79	Bhatkal	J. D. Naik		INC	49079	44.72	Shivanand Naik		BJP	36913	33.64	12166
80	Sirsi	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	53438	45.40	Raveendranath Naik		INC	22705	19.29	30733
81	Yellapur	V. S. Patil		BJP	39109	37.46	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar		INC	36624	35.08	2485
Haveri district
82	Hangal	C. M Udasi		BJP	60025	48.70	Manohar Tahsildar		INC	54103	43.90	5922
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai		BJP	63780	51.76	Sayed Azeempeer Khadri		INC	50918	41.32	12862
84	Haveri (SC)	Neharu Olekara		BJP	41068	36.17	Rudrappa Lamani		Ind	23002	20.26	18066
85	Byadgi	Sureshgoudra Patil		BJP	59642	49.52	Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar		INC	48238	40.05	11404
86	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		INC	35322	30.97	U. B. Banakar		Ind	31132	27.29	4190
87	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna		BJP	59399	47.29	K. B. Koliwad		INC	56667	45.12	2732
Bellary district
88	Hoovina Hadagali	B. Chandra Naik		BJP	43992	48.27	P. T. Parameshwar Naik		INC	37474	41.12	6518
89	Hagaribommanahalli	K. Nemaraj Naik		BJP	51156	44.85	Bheema Naik L. B. P.		JDS	23865	20.92	27291
90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh		BJP	52418	48.49	H. R. Gaviappa		INC	25921	23.98	26497
91	Kampli	T. H. Suresh Babu		BJP	61388	50.96	Sanna Hanumakka		INC	39052	32.42	22336
92	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	43359	37.70	B. M. Nagaraj		INC	38535	33.50	4824
93	Bellary Rural	B. Sriramulu		BJP	61991	56.23	B. Ramprasad		INC	36275	32.91	25716
94	Bellary City	G. Somashekara Reddy		BJP	54831	47.42	Anil Lad		INC	53809	46.54	1022
95	Sandur	E. Tukaram		INC	49535	46.63	T. Nagaraj		BJP	28816	27.12	20719
96	Kudligi	B. Nagendra		BJP	54443	48.52	S. Venkatesh		INC	45686	40.72	8757
Chitradurga district
97	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC	51010	37.11	S. Thippeswamy		BJP	46044	33.45	4966
98	Challakere	Thippeswamy		BJP	42591	36.01	Shashi Kumar		INC	42302	35.77	289
99	Chitradurga	Basavarajan		JDS	55906	40.49	G. H. Thippareddy		INC	39584	28.67	16322
100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar		Ind	43078	31.94	Laxmikantha . N. R		BJP	26920	19.86	16158
101	Hosadurga	Gulihatti D. Shekar		Ind	41798	33.92	B. G. Govindappa		INC	40630	32.97	1168
102	Holalkere	M. Chandrappa		BJP	54209	40.66	H. Anjaneya		INC	38841	29.20	15368
Davanagere district
103	Jagalur	S. V. Ramachandra		INC	38664	36.79	H. P. Rajesh		BJP	35873	34.11	2791
104	Harapanahalli	G. Karunakara Reddy		BJP	69235	56.23	M. P. Prakash		INC	44017	35.75	25218
105	Harihar	B. P. Harish		BJP	47353	37.76	H. Shivappa		JDS	36297	28.95	11056
106	Davanagere North	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	75798	72.12	B. M. Sathish		JDS	21888	20.83	53910
107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		INC	41675	41.50	Yashwanth Rao Jadav		BJP	35317	35.17	6358
108	Mayakonda	M Basavaraja Naik		BJP	52132	46.50	Y. Ramappa		INC	35471	31.64	16661
109	Channagiri	K. Madal Virupakshappa		BJP	39526	34.80	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	38533	33.92	993
110	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	62483	48.43	D. G. Shantana Gowda		INC	56083	43.46	6400
Shimoga district
111	Shimoga Rural	K. G. Kumarswamy		BJP	56979	45.38	Kariyanna		INC	32714	26.05	24265
112	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara		INC	53257	42.50	Appaji M. J.		JDS	52770	42.11	487
113	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	58982	53.58	Ismail Khan		INC	26563	24.13	32419
114	Tirthahalli	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	57932	46.62	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	54106	43.54	3826
115	Shikaripura	B. S. Yeddyurappa		BJP	83491	66.22	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		SP	37564	29.79	45927
116	Sorab	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	53552	43.36	Kumar Bangarappa		INC	32499	26.31	21053
117	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna		BJP	57706	46.61	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	54861	44.32	2845
Udupi district
118	Byndoor	K. Laxminarayana		BJP	62196	48.64	K Gopala Poojary		INC	54226	42.40	7970
119	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	71695	57.49	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		INC	46612	37.37	25083
120	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	58920	50.02	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	56441	47.91	2481
121	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	45961	46.59	Vasantha V. Salian		INC	44994	45.61	967
122	Karkal	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	56529	50.69	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	54992	49.31	1537
Chikmagalur district
123	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	43646	40.36	D. B. Chandre Gowda		INC	41396	38.28	2250
124	Mudigere	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	34579	34.64	B. N. Chandrappa		INC	26084	26.13	8495
125	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	48915	41.02	S. L. Bhojegowda		JDS	33831	28.37	15084
126	Tarikere	D. S. Suresh		BJP	52167	47.38	T. V. Shivashankarappa		INC	33748	30.65	18419
127	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy		INC	39411	32.30	Y. S. V. Datta		JDS	36000	29.51	3411
Tumakuru district
128	Chiknayakanhalli	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	67046	46.69	K. S. Kiran Kumar		BJP	38002	26.47	29044
129	Tiptur	B. C. Nagesh		BJP	46034	37.91	K. Shadakshari		INC	39168	32.25	6866
130	Turuvekere	Jaggesh		INC	47849	37.49	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	38323	30.02	9526
131	Kunigal	B. B. Ramaswamy Gowda		INC	48160	39.92	D. Krishna Kumar		BJP	34366	28.48	13794
132	Tumkur City	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	39435	37.49	Rafiq Ahmed		INC	37486	35.64	1949
133	Tumkur Rural	B. Suresh Gowda		BJP	60904	50.08	H. Ningappa		JDS	32512	26.73	28392
134	Koratagere	G. Parameshwara		INC	49276	38.65	Chandraiah		JDS	37719	29.59	11557
135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		JDS	52302	42.11	C. V. Mahadevaiah		BJP	37630	30.30	14672
136	Sira	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	60793	45.02	B. Sathyanarayana		JDS	34297	25.40	26496
137	Pavagada	Venkataramanappa		Ind	43607	33.60	K.M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	29294	23.54	14313
138	Madhugiri	D. C. Gourishankar		JDS	51971	42.01	Kyatasandra N. Rajanna		INC	51408	41.55	563
Chikkaballapura district
139	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	39127	30.41	N. M. Ravinarayana Reddy		BJP	27959	21.73	11168
140	Bagepalli	N. Sampangi		INC	32244	25.86	G. V. Sreerama Reddy		CPI(M)	31306	25.10	938
141	Chikkaballapur	K. P. Bachche Gowda		JDS	49774	39.49	S. V. Ashwatanarayana Reddy		INC	26473	21.01	23301
142	Sidlaghatta	V. Muniyappa		INC	65939	49.95	M. Rajanna		JDS	59437	45.02	6502
143	Chintamani	M C Sudhakar		INC	58103	44.45	K. M. Krishna Reddy		JDS	56857	43.50	1246
Kolar district
144	Srinivasapur	G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy		JDS	70282	47.58	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	66613	45.10	3669
145	Mulbagal	Amaresh		INC	31254	27.42	N. Munianjanappa		JDS	29400	25.82	1854
146	Kolar Gold Field	Y. Sampangi		BJP	29643	28.44	S. Rajendiran		RPI	26323	25.26	3320
147	Bangarapet	M. Narayanaswamy		INC	49556	44.89	B. P. Venkatamuniyappa		BJP	42051	38.09	7505
148	Kolar	Varthur Prakash		Ind	66446	52.45	K. Srinivasa Gowda		INC	45417	35.85	21029
149	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty		BJP	78280	65.83	R. Prabhakar		JDS	25879	21.76	52401
Bangalore Urban district
150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath		BJP	60975	41.36	B. Chandrappa		INC	44953	30.49	16022
151	K. R. Pura	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy		BJP	66355	49.23	A. Krishnappa		INC	57563	42.02	8792
152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	60979	43.01	A. Ravi		BJP	51627	36.41	9352
153	Yeshwanthpur	Shobha Karandlaje		BJP	57643	38.29	S. T. Somashekhar		INC	56561	37.57	1082
154	Rajarajeshwari Nagar	M. Srinivas		BJP	60187	41.82	P. N. Krishnamurthy		INC	40595	28.21	19592
155	Dasarahalli	S. Muniraju		BJP	59004	46.30	K. C. Ashoka		INC	36849	28.91	22155
156	Mahalakshmi Layout	N. L. Narendra Babu		INC	42652	37.62	R. V. Hareesh		BJP	39427	34.77	3225
157	Malleshwaram	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	53794	52.13	M. R. Seetharam		INC	45611	44.20	8183
158	Hebbal	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	46708	48.89	H M Revanna		INC	41757	43.71	4951
159	Pulakeshinagar	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	39577	50.41	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy		JDS	21908	27.90	17669
160	Sarvagnanagar	K. J. George		INC	45488	42.14	R Shankar		BJP	22880	21.20	22608
161	C. V. Raman Nagar	S. Raghu		BJP	47369	53.03	K. C. Vijayakumar		INC	30714	34.38	16655
162	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		INC	43013	53.53	Nirmal Surana		BJP	32617	40.59	10396
163	Shanti Nagar	N. A. Haris		INC	42423	52.35	D. U. Mallikarjuna		BJP	28626	35.32	13797
164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	41188	41.01	P. C. Mohan		BJP	34242	34.09	6946
165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	49655	51.45	Padmavathi G		INC	34995	36.26	14660
166	Govindraj Nagar	V. Somanna		INC	53297	51.01	R. Ravindra		BJP	28935	27.69	24362
167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa		INC	70457	64.43	Pramila Nesargi		BJP	31832	29.11	38625
168	Chamrajpet	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan		JDS	43004	48.41	V. S. Shama Sundar		BJP	23414	26.36	19590
169	Chickpet	Hemachandra Sagar		BJP	40252	40.23	R. V. Devraj		INC	32971	32.95	7281
170	Basavanagudi	L. A. Ravi Subramanya		BJP	50294	52.21	K. Chandrashekar		INC	37094	38.50	13200
171	Padmanaba Nagar	R. Ashoka		BJP	61561	51.87	M. V. Prasad Babu		JDS	30285	25.52	31276
172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	46805	46.26	G. Prasad Reddy		BJP	44949	44.43	1856
173	Jayanagar	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		BJP	43164	48.43	M. Suresh		INC	20570	23.08	22594
174	Mahadevapura	Arvind Limbavali		BJP	76376	52.16	B. Shivanna		INC	63018	43.04	13358
175	Bommanahalli	M. Satish Reddy		BJP	62993	51.89	D. Kupendra Reddy		INC	49353	40.66	13640
176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa		BJP	71114	42.57	Sadananda M.		INC	36979	22.13	34135
177	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	62455	44.82	B. Gopal		INC	52593	37.74	9862
Bangalore Rural district
178	Hoskote	B. N. Bache Gowda		BJP	71069	50.07	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	67191	47.33	3878
179	Devanahalli	Venkataswamy		INC	57181	43.19	G. Chandranna		JDS	50559	38.19	6622
180	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy		INC	51724	41.32	C. Channigappa		JDS	47970	38.33	3754
181	Nelamangala	M. V. Nagaraju		BJP	37892	32.96	Anjanamurthy		INC	35741	31.09	2151
Ramanagara district
182	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna		JDS	75991	52.75	P. Nagaraju		BJP	51072	35.46	24919
183	Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	71700	56.09	M Rudresha		BJP	24440	19.12	47260
184	Kanakapura	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	68096	48.34	D. M. Vishwanath		JDS	60917	43.24	7179
185	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeeshwara		INC	69356	48.31	M. C. Ashwath		JDS	64426	44.88	4930
Mandya district
186	Malavalli	P. M. Narendraswamy		Ind	45288	31.40	K. Annadani		JDS	33369	23.14	11919
187	Maddur	M. S. Siddaraju		JDS	49954	36.85	D. C. Thammanna		INC	42364	31.25	7590
188	Melukote	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	66626	47.80	K. S. Puttannaiah		SKP	54681	39.23	11945
189	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	47265	36.39	Vidya Nagendra		BJP	36736	28.29	10529
190	Shrirangapattana	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda		JDS	52234	36.98	Ambareesh		INC	47074	33.32	5160
191	Nagamangala	Suresh Gowda		INC	69259	49.40	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		JDS	63766	45.48	5493
192	Krishnarajpet	K. B. Chandrashekar		INC	48556	35.72	Krishna		JDS	45500	33.47	3056
Hassan district
193	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda		JDS	65726	49.62	H. C. Srikantaiah		INC	56280	42.49	9446
194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	74025	53.12	G. V. Siddappa		INC	39799	28.56	34226
195	Belur	Y. N. Rudresha Gowda		INC	46451	39.02	B. Shivarudrappa		BJP	28630	24.05	17821
196	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JDS	52266	46.61	B. Shivaramu		INC	35462	31.62	16804
197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	52266	54.58	S. G. Anupama		INC	49842	35.13	2424
198	Arkalgud	A. Manju		INC	68257	46.96	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	59217	40.74	9040
199	Sakleshpur	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	49768	39.44	Nirvanaiah		BJP	36473	28.90	13295
Dakshina Kannada
200	Belthangady	K. Vasantha Bangera		INC	59528	46.13	K. Prabhakara Bangera		BJP	43425	33.65	16103
201	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	44744	40.31	K. P. Jagadish Adhikari		BJP	34841	31.39	9903
202	Mangalore City North	J. Krishna Palemar		BJP	70057	53.10	Mohiuddin Bava		INC	55631	42.16	14426
203	Mangalore City South	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	60133	50.52	Ivan D'Souza		INC	51373	43.16	8760
204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader		INC	50718	48.44	Padmanabha Kottary		BJP	43669	41.71	7049
205	Bantval	Ramanath Rai		INC	61560	45.52	B. Nagaraja Shetty		BJP	60309	44.60	1251
206	Puttur	Mallika Prasad		BJP	46605	37.77	B Jagannatha Shetty		INC	45180	36.61	1425
207	Sullia	Angara S.		BJP	61144	49.41	B. Raghu		INC	56822	45.91	4322
Kodagu district
208	Madikeri	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	60084	47.06	B. A. Jeevijaya		INC	53499	41.90	6585
209	Virajpet	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	48605	41.78	Veena Achaiah		INC	33532	28.82	15073
Mysore district
210	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		INC	38453	32.77	K. Mahadeva		JDS	37574	32.02	879
211	Krishnarajanagara	S. R. Mahesh		JDS	77322	53.68	Adagur H. Vishwanath		INC	56774	39.41	20548
212	Hunsuru	H. P. Manjunath		INC	57497	39.57	Chikkamadu S.		JDS	42456	29.22	15041
213	Heggadadevankote	Chikkanna		INC	43222	34.48	K. Chikkaveeranayaka		BJP	30680	24.47	12542
214	Nanjangud	Srinivasa Prasad		INC	42867	34.77	S. Mahadevaiah		BJP	42159	34.19	708
215	Chamundeshwari	M. Sathyanarayana		INC	55828	37.19	C. N. Manjegowda		BJP	41529	27.67	14299
216	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	63314	54.56	M. K. Somashekar		INC	43892	37.82	19422
217	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralinge Gowda		BJP	44243	41.94	Vasu		INC	34844	33.03	9399
218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	37789	37.06	S. Nagaraju		JDS	31104	30.50	6685
219	Varuna	Siddaramaiah		INC	71908	50.23	L. Revanasiddaiah		BJP	53071	37.07	18837
220	T. Narasipur	H. C. Mahadevappa		INC	42593	35.77	M. C. Sundareshan		JDS	28869	24.24	13724
Chamarajanagar district
221	Hanur	R. Narendra		INC	59523	47.30	Parimala Nagappa		BSP	36383	28.91	23140
222	Kollegal	R. Dhruvanarayana		INC	37384	28.72	S. Mahendar		BJP	25586	19.66	11798
223	Chamrajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty		INC	42017	33.93	M. Mahadev		BJP	39405	31.82	2612
224	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		INC	64824	45.15	C. S. Niranjan Kumar		BJP	62621	43.62	2203

Sources: Election Commission of India, Times of India, News 18, News Minute

Aftermath

Although the BJP fell 3 seats short of getting an absolute majority, B. S. Yeddyurappa was able to become chief minister with the support of 6 independent members of the assembly. He was sworn in as Chief minister on 30 May 2008 along with a 30 strong Cabinet, which included 5 of the 6 independents who had agreed to back the BJP. Jagadish Shettar was elected speaker on 5 June and a vote of confidence was passed by voice vote on 6 June after the opposition walked out.

External links

• Karnataka constituency results Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine