Karnataka assembly election, May 2004
224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 65.12% turnout.
Seats
224
Candidates
1,715
101 women, 6 elected
Turnout
65.12%
2.51 cr of 3.86 cr
Leading party
BJP
79 of 224 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Karnataka
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 79 | +35 | 198 | 71,18,658 | 28.33% | +7.64 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 65 | -67 | 224 | 88,61,959 | 35.27% | -5.58 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 58 | +48 | 220 | 52,20,121 | 20.77% | +10.35 |
| INDIndependent | 13 | -6 | 442 | 17,24,480 | 6.86% | -5.13 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 5 | -13 | 26 | 5,17,904 | 2.06% | -11.47 |
| KNDPKNDP | 1 | +1 | 188 | 3,30,547 | 1.32% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | +1 | 5 | 92,081 | 0.37% | -0.02 |
| KCVPKCVP | 1 | +1 | 5 | 38,687 | 0.15% | -0.02 |
| RPIRPI | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25,379 | 0.10% | +0.02 |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 155 | 5,04,932 | 2.01% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4,37,564 | 1.74% | +0.80 |
| USYPUSYP | 0 | 0 | 65 | 65,121 | 0.26% | — |
| KRRSKRRS | 0 | 0 | 10 | 52,874 | 0.21% | -0.19 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 11 | 47,805 | 0.19% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26,223 | 0.10% | -0.02 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16,737 | 0.07% | -0.11 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11,028 | 0.04% | -0.01 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8,483 | 0.03% | — |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,746 | 0.02% | — |
| SPSPSardar Patel Siddhant Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,037 | 0.02% | — |
| LJNSPLJNSP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,775 | 0.02% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3,698 | 0.01% | — |
| PPOIPPOI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,866 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,323 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| PPIPyramid Party of India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,058 | 0.01% | — |
| USPUttarakhand Samanta Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,198 | 0.00% | — |
| ANCANC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,155 | 0.00% | — |
| AIFBSAIFBS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,099 | 0.00% | — |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 657 | 0.00% | — |
| MPMahanwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 343 | 0.00% | — |
| BPJPBPJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 0.00% | — |
| BPNSNPBPNSNP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 0.00% | — |
| ICSPICSP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 0.00% | — |
- BJP79 (35%)
- INC65 (29%)
- JD(S)58 (26%)
- IND13 (6%)
- JD(U)5 (2%)
- KNDP1 (0%)
- Others3 (1%)
- BJP79
- INC65
- JD(S)58
- IND13
- JD(U)5
- KNDP1
- Others3
- BJP79
- INC65
- JD(S)58
- IND13
- JD(U)5
- KNDP1
- CPM1
- KCVP1
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 224 results in Karnataka
Closest contest
SANTHEMARAHALLI
won by 1 (0.00%)
Biggest victory
VEMGAL
won by 75,359 (59.72%)
Highest turnout
SRINIVASAPUR
82.85%
Lowest turnout
SHANTHINAGAR
42.78%
Seat change
Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1999), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained74 (33%)
- Changed hands150 (67%)
74 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 150 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Karnataka, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- BJP
- INC
- JD(S)
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 151–200 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOODABIDRI | INCABHAYACHANDRA K | JD(S)AMARANATHA SHETTY K | 2,9493.58% | 69.5% |
| MUDDEBIHAL | INCSHANKARA RAO NADAGOUDAR A C | JD(S)DESHMUKH VIMALABAIJAGADEVARAO | 2,4272.92% | 61.6% |
| MUDHOL | BJPKARJOL GOVIND MAKTAPPA | INCTIMMAPUR RAMAPPA BALAPPA | 32,94226.18% | 68.2% |
| MUDIGERE | BJPKUMARASWAMY MP | INCMOTAMMA | 1,3381.55% | 70.3% |
| MULBAGAL | JD(S)SRINIVAS R | BJPSURANDRA Y | 15,47812.17% | 68.9% |
| MUNDARGI | INCPATIL SHIDLINGANAGOUDASHIDDANAGOUDA | JD(S)DANDIN B F | 19,21621.81% | 65.1% |
| NAGAMANGALA | JD(S)CHALUVARAYA SWAMY N (SWAMYGOUDA) | INCSHIVARAME GOUDA LR | 6,0875.45% | 74.9% |
| NANJANGUD | JD(S)JAYAKUMAR D T | INCMAHADEV M | 19,58518.24% | 76.0% |
| NARAGUND | BJPPATIL C C | INCYAVAGAL B R | 12,12215.19% | 70.7% |
| NARASIMHARAJA | INCTANVEER SAIT | JD(S)MARUTHI RAO PAWAR E | 24,60924.49% | 46.9% |
| NAVALGUND | BJPDR. SHIRIYANNAVAR RB | INCGADDI KALLAPPA NAGAPPA | 3,8394.44% | 67.7% |
| NELAMANGALA | INCANJANAMURTHY | BJPGURUPRASAD B | 4,5863.93% | 63.9% |
| NIPPANI | INCKAKASAHEB PANDURANGA PATIL | BJPJOSHI SUBHASHE SHRIDHAR | 4290.44% | 72.3% |
| PANDAVAPURA | JD(S)PUTTARAJU C S | INDPUTTANNAIAH K S | 1,5161.26% | 74.6% |
| PARASGAD | INDMAMANI VISHWANATHKARABASAPPA | INCKOUJALGI SUBHASH SIDDRAMAPPA | 1,4451.29% | 69.6% |
| PAVAGADA | JD(S)THIMMARAYAPPA K M | INCVENKATARAMANAPPA | 8,0786.03% | 72.7% |
| PERIYAPATNA | JD(S)VENKATESH K | INCCHANDRE GOWDA KS | 8,9856.60% | 77.7% |
| PUTTUR | BJPSHAKUNTHALA T SHETTY | INCSUDHAKAR SHETTY N | 11,1128.68% | 78.5% |
| RAIBAG | JD(U)SARIKAR BHEEMAPPA CHANNAPPA | INCLAXMAN YAMANAPPA KAMBLE | 10,1948.34% | 66.5% |
| RAICHUR | BJPAHUJA PAPAREDDY | INCSYED YASIN | 9,5969.03% | 55.0% |
| RAJAJINAGAR | INCNARENDRA BABU N L | BJPSURESH KUMAR S | 4,1222.84% | 50.6% |
| RAMANAGARAM | JD(S)KUMARASWAMY H D | INCLINGAPPA C M | 24,91619.40% | 65.5% |
| RAMDURG | BJPYADAWAD MAHADEVAPPASHIVALINGAPPA | INCASHOK MAHADEVAPPA PATTAN | 25,54124.47% | 68.1% |
| RANIBENNUR | BJPSHIVANNA G | INCKOLIWAD KRISHNAPPA BHIMAPPA | 16,08613.88% | 71.1% |
| RON | BJPKALAKAPPA GURUSHANTAPPABANDI | INCGURUPADAGOUDASANGAGANGOUDA PATIL | 8,0658.54% | 67.0% |
| SADALGA | INCPRAKASH BABANNA HUKKERI | BJPANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE | 19,30218.11% | 79.6% |
| SAGAR | BJPGOPALAKRISHNA BELUR BK | INCKAGODU THIMMAPPA | 15,00714.14% | 72.6% |
| SAKLESHPUR | JD(S)VISHWANATHA HM | INCSHIVAPPA BB | 21,79320.03% | 71.9% |
| SANDUR | JD(S)SANTHOSH S LAD | INCVENKATARAO GHORPADE | 35,54430.43% | 73.7% |
| SANKESHWAR | INCAPPAYAGOUDA BASAGOUDA PATIL | BJPRAJENDRA MALAGOUDA PATIL | 16,20816.95% | 72.3% |
| SANTHEMARAHALLI | INCDHRUVANARAYANA R | JD(S)KRISHNA MURTHY AR | 10.00% | 72.2% |
| SATHANUR | INCSHIVAKUMAR DK | JD(S)VISHWANATH DM | 13,92812.93% | 67.7% |
| SEDAM | INCDR SHARANAPRAKASH RUDRAPPAPATIL | JD(S)CHANDRASHEKAR REDDYDESHMUKH MADNA | 3,0113.17% | 60.9% |
| SHAHABAD | BJPSUNIL VALLAPURE | INCCHAVAN R B | 1,0180.95% | 50.5% |
| SHAHAPUR | JD(S)SHARANABASAPPA DARSHANAPUR | INCSHIVASHEKARAPPAGOUDA SIRWAL | 21,23018.26% | 60.4% |
| SHANTHINAGAR | BJPRAGHU S | INCMUNISWAMI M | 3,4784.71% | 42.8% |
| SHIGGAON | INDSINDHURA RAJASHEKAR | INCKHADRI SYED AJIMPEER KHADARBASHA | 8400.72% | 71.1% |
| SHIKARIPUR | BJPYEDIYURAPPA BS | INCSHEKARAPPA K | 19,95317.04% | 74.7% |
| SHIMOGA | BJPESHWARAPPA KS | INCCHANDRASHEKARAPPA HN | 19,24915.16% | 63.2% |
| SHIRHATTI | INCGADDADEVARAMATH GADDAYYASHIVAMURTHYYA | JD(U)GANGANNA MALLESHAPPAMAHANTASHETTAR | 2,9463.26% | 67.8% |
| SHIVAJINAGAR | BJPKATTASUBRAMANYA NAIDU | INCHARRYS NA | 4,37310.22% | 52.6% |
| SHORAPUR | KNDPNARASHIMA NAYAK (RAJA GOUDA) | INCRAJA VENKATAPPA NAIK | 2,8752.55% | 59.9% |
| SIDLAGHATTA | JD(S)MUNISHAMAPPA S | INCMUNIYAPPA V | 7,4476.15% | 80.6% |
| SINDGI | BJPASHOK GURAPPA SHABADI | JD(S)MANGULI HALAPPACHANAVEERAPPA | 9,0509.15% | 56.7% |
| SINDHNOOR | INCBADARLI HAMPANAGOUDA | JD(S)HANUMANAGOUDAAMARESHAPPAGOUDA | 48,72434.08% | 64.3% |
| SIRA | JD(S)SATHYANARAYANA B | INCSREENIVASAIAH (BHOONAHALLYSEENAPPA) | 8,0937.53% | 72.7% |
| SIRSI | BJPVIVEKNAND VAIDYA | INCJAIWANT PREMANAND | 14,15912.69% | 73.8% |
| SIRUGUPPA | BJPSOMALINGAPPA M S | JD(S)CHEDRASHEKARAIAH TM | 6,3164.47% | 65.8% |
| SOMWARPET | INCJIVIJAYA BA | BJPAPPACHURANJAN | 2,7972.66% | 72.6% |
| SORAB | INCKUMAR BANGARAPPA S | BJPMADHU BANGARAPPA S | 11,92911.60% | 76.7% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Karnataka alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Karnataka assembly election, May 2004?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 79 of 224 seats in Karnataka, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, May 2004?
Turnout was 65.12% — 2.51 cr of 3.86 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.
