Karnataka assembly election, May 2008
224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 64.80% turnout.
Seats
224
Candidates
2,242
107 women, 3 elected
Turnout
64.80%
2.62 cr of 4.04 cr
Leading party
BJP
110 of 224 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Karnataka
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 110 | +31 | 224 | 88,57,754 | 33.86% | +5.54 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 80 | +15 | 222 | 90,91,364 | 34.76% | -0.51 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 28 | -30 | 219 | 49,59,252 | 18.96% | -1.81 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | -7 | 944 | 18,10,525 | 6.92% | +0.06 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 217 | 7,16,770 | 2.74% | +1.00 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 120 | 2,42,941 | 0.93% | +0.88 |
| SKPSKP | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1,04,278 | 0.40% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | -5 | 72 | 86,735 | 0.33% | -1.73 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | -1 | 9 | 61,687 | 0.24% | -0.13 |
| SUPSUP | 0 | 0 | 29 | 41,116 | 0.16% | — |
| RAHSRAHS | 0 | 0 | 36 | 30,738 | 0.12% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29,831 | 0.11% | +0.01 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 35 | 29,520 | 0.11% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | -1 | 4 | 27,362 | 0.10% | 0.00 |
| KCVPKCVP | 0 | -1 | 6 | 13,738 | 0.05% | -0.10 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10,259 | 0.04% | +0.03 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9,088 | 0.03% | -0.03 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7,765 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| ANCANC | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5,266 | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| IUMLIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4,500 | 0.02% | — |
| LKPTLKPT | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3,369 | 0.01% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,455 | 0.01% | -0.18 |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,320 | 0.01% | — |
| BPJPBPJP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,833 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| NDEPNDEP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,769 | 0.01% | — |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,052 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| KPKannada Paksha | 0 | 0 | 3 | 773 | 0.00% | — |
| ABMSDABMSD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 663 | 0.00% | — |
| IJPIJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 639 | 0.00% | — |
| SVPSanjhi Virasat Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 551 | 0.00% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 0.00% | — |
| TSNRPTSNRP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 0.00% | — |
- BJP110 (49%)
- INC80 (36%)
- JD(S)28 (13%)
- IND6 (3%)
- BJP110
- INC80
- JD(S)28
- IND6
- BJP110
- INC80
- JD(S)28
- IND6
Constituency performance
From the 224 results in Karnataka
Closest contest
KUMTA
won by 20 (0.02%)
Biggest victory
DAVANAGERE NORTH
won by 53,910 (51.29%)
Highest turnout
HOSAKOTE
89.35%
Lowest turnout
SARVAGNANAGAR
35.40%
Seat change
Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2004), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat224 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 224 did not exist at the previous election.
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 1–50 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFZALPUR | INCMALIKAYYA VENKAIAH GUTTEDAR | BJPM.Y. PATIL | 7,8667.51% | 58.8% |
| ALAND | JD(S)GUTTEDAR SUBASH RUKMAYYA | INCB.R. PATIL | 5,8315.16% | 61.6% |
| ANEKAL | BJPA NARAYANASWAMY | INCB GOPAL | 9,8627.08% | 58.5% |
| ARABHAVI | JD(S)BALACHANDRA LAXMANRAO JARAKIHOLI | BJPVIVEKRAO VASANTRAO PATIL | 5,3684.22% | 74.1% |
| ARKALGUD | INCMANJU. A | JD(S)A. T. RAMASWAMY | 9,0406.22% | 81.6% |
| ARSIKERE | JD(S)K. M. SHIVALINGEGOWDA | INCG. V. SIDDAPPA | 34,22624.56% | 78.0% |
| ATHANI | BJPLAXMAN SANGAPPA SAVADI | INCKIRANA KUMAR TATYAGOUDA PATIL | 21,66817.50% | 73.2% |
| AURAD | BJPPRABHU CHAVHAN | INCNARSINGRAO SURYAWANSHI | 27,77827.12% | 58.1% |
| B.T.M LAYOUT | INCRAMALINGA REDDY | BJPG. PRASAD REDDY | 1,8571.84% | 46.8% |
| BABALESHWAR | INCM.B.PATIL | JD(S)VIJUGOUDA PATIL | 16,63915.25% | 67.2% |
| BADAMI | BJPMAHAGUNDAPPA KALLAPPA PATTANSHETTY | INCBALAPPA BHIMAPPA CHIMMANKATTI | 5,1074.29% | 65.8% |
| BAGALKOT | BJPCHARANTIMATH VIRANNA CHANDRASHEKHARAYYA. | INCMETI HULLAPPA YAMANAPPA | 9,2468.36% | 62.4% |
| BAGEPALLI | INCSAMPANGI N | CPMG.V. SRIRAMA REDDY | 9380.75% | 78.7% |
| BAILHONGAL | BJPMETGUD VIRUPAXI (JAGADISH) CHANNAPPA | INCKOUJALAGI MAHANTESH SHIVANAND | 9,2408.84% | 71.6% |
| BANGALORE SOUTH | BJPM KRISHNAPPA | INCSADANANDA M | 34,13520.43% | 44.0% |
| BANGARAPET | INCNARAYANASWAMY M. | BJPVENKATAMUNIYAPPA B.P. | 7,5056.80% | 72.9% |
| BANTVAL | INCB.RAMANATHA RAI | BJPNAGARAJ SHETTY B | 1,2510.93% | 78.2% |
| BASAVAKALYAN | BJPBASAVARAJ PATIL ATTUR | INCM G MULEY | 7,9387.42% | 56.2% |
| BASAVANA BAGEVADI | BJPBELLUBBI SANGAPPA KALLAPPA | INCSHIVANAND PATIL | 13,88713.33% | 64.7% |
| BASAVANAGUDI | BJPRAVISUBRAMANYA L.A | INCK.CHANDRASHEKAR | 13,20013.70% | 42.6% |
| BELGAUM DAKSHIN | BJPABHAY PATIL | INDKIRAN KRISHNARAO SAYANAK | 12,99011.36% | 63.6% |
| BELGAUM RURAL | BJPSANJAY B PATIL | INCMALAGI SHIVAPUTRAPPA CHANABASAPPA | 8,3096.25% | 71.1% |
| BELGAUM UTTAR | INCFEROZ NURUDDIN SAIT | BJPSHANKARGOUDA I PATIL | 3,3733.05% | 61.7% |
| BELLARY | BJPB.SREERAMULU | INCB.RAMPRASAD | 25,71623.33% | 59.8% |
| BELLARY CITY | BJPGALI SOMASHEKAR REDDY | INCANIL H.LAD | 1,0220.88% | 52.0% |
| BELTHANGADY | INCK.VASANTHA BANGERA | BJPK.PRABHAKARA BANGERA | 16,10312.48% | 74.6% |
| BELUR | INCRUDRESH GOWDA. Y. N | BJPSHIVARUDRAPPA. B. | 17,82114.97% | 74.7% |
| BHADRAVATI | INCB.K.SANGAMESHWARA | JD(S)APPAJI.M.J | 4870.39% | 63.8% |
| BHALKI | INCESHWARA BHIMANNA KHANDRE | BJPPRAKASH KHANDRE | 20,97116.26% | 66.3% |
| BHATKAL | INCJ D NAIK | BJPNAIK SHIVANANDA NARAYANA | 12,16611.09% | 63.5% |
| BIDAR | INCGURUPADAPPA NAGMARPALLY | BSPRAHEEM KHAN | 2,9303.30% | 47.9% |
| BIDAR SOUTH | JD(S)BANDEPPA KHASHEMPUR | BJPSANJAY KHENY | 1,2711.31% | 58.5% |
| BIJAPUR CITY | BJPAPPASAHEB (APPU) MALLAPPA PATTANASHETTI | INCHORTI SAHEBMODDIN ABDULARAHIMAN | 17,56421.27% | 48.7% |
| BILGI | BJPMURUGESH RUDRAPPA NIRANI | INCAJAYKUMAR SARANAYAK | 3,1242.53% | 71.1% |
| BOMMANAHALLI | BJPSATISH REDDY.M | INCKUPENDRA REDDY.D | 13,64011.24% | 44.4% |
| BYADGI | BJPPATIL SURESHAGOUDRA BASALINGAGOUDRA | INCSHIVANNANAVAR BASAVARAJ NEELAPPA | 11,4049.47% | 73.9% |
| BYATARAYANAPURA | INCKRISHNA BYREGOWDA | BJPA RAVI | 9,3526.60% | 53.2% |
| BYNDOOR | BJPK. LAXMINARAYANA | INCK. GOPALA POOJARY | 7,9706.23% | 76.5% |
| C.V. RAMAN NAGAR | BJPS. RAGHU | INCK.C VIJAYAKUMAR | 16,65518.64% | 40.7% |
| CHALLAKERE | BJPTHIPPESWAMY | INCSHASHI KUMAR | 2890.24% | 65.6% |
| CHAMARAJA | BJPH.S.SHANKARALINGEGOWDA | INCVASU | 9,3998.91% | 51.2% |
| CHAMARAJANAGAR | INCC.PUTTARANGASHETTY | BJPM.MAHADEV | 2,6122.11% | 72.3% |
| CHAMRAJPET | JD(S)B.Z.ZAMEER AHMED KHAN | BJPV.S.SHAMA SUNDAR | 19,59022.05% | 40.9% |
| CHAMUNDESHWARI | INCM. SATYANARAYANA | BJPMANJEGOWDA C.N. | 14,2999.53% | 67.0% |
| CHANNAGIRI | BJPK.MADAL VIRUPAKSHAPPA | INCVADNAL RAJANNA | 9930.87% | 73.2% |
| CHANNAPATNA | INCC.P.YOGESHWARA | JD(S)M C ASHWATH | 4,9303.43% | 78.1% |
| CHICKPET | BJPDR. HEMACHANDRA SAGAR | INCR.V.DEVARAJ | 7,2817.28% | 47.1% |
| CHIKKABALLAPUR | JD(S)K P BACHCHE GOWDA | INCS.V. ASHWATHANARAYANA REDDY | 23,30118.49% | 78.8% |
| CHIKKODI-SADALGA | INCHUKKERI PRAKASH BABANNA | BJPJIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA | 24,07019.25% | 74.2% |
| CHIKMAGALUR | BJPC.T RAVI | JD(S)S.L.BHOJEGOWDA | 15,08412.65% | 68.0% |
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 2008?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 110 of 224 seats in Karnataka, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, May 2008?
Turnout was 64.80% — 2.62 cr of 4.04 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.
