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 151–200 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOLAKALMURU | INCN.Y.GOPALA KRISHNA | BJPS THIPPESWAMY | 5,0763.67% | 71.9% |
| MOODABIDRI | INCK.ABHAYACHANDRA | BJPK.P.JAGADISH ADHIKARI | 9,9038.92% | 72.5% |
| MUDDEBIHAL | INCAPPAJI CHANNABASAVARAJ SHANKARARAO NADAGOUDA | BJPBIRADAR MANGALA SHANTAGOUDRU | 2,4032.49% | 61.1% |
| MUDHOL | BJPGOVIND.M.KARJOL | INCTIMMAPUR RAMAPPA BALAPPA | 7,3786.88% | 71.8% |
| MUDIGERE | BJPM.P.KUMARA SWAMY | INCB.N CHANDRAPPA | 8,4958.51% | 70.1% |
| MULBAGAL | INCAMARESH | JD(S)N.MUNIANJAPPA | 1,8281.60% | 68.5% |
| NAGAMANGALA | INCSURESH GOWDA | JD(S)N.CHALUVARAYASWAMY (SWAMY GOWDA) | 5,4933.92% | 77.3% |
| NAGTHAN | BJPKATAKDHOND VITTHAL DHONDIBA | INCH.R.ALGUR (RAJU) | 4,2073.94% | 55.5% |
| NANJANGUD | INCV.SRINIVASA PRASAD | BJPS.MAHADEVAIAH | 7080.57% | 71.9% |
| NARASIMHARAJA | INCTANVEER SAIT | JD(S)S.NAGARAJU (SANDESH) | 6,6856.56% | 50.2% |
| NARGUND | BJPC C PATIL | INDB R YAVAGAL | 17,61416.32% | 71.3% |
| NAVALGUND | BJPSHANKAR PATIL MUNENAKOPPA | INCGADDI KALLAPPA NAGAPPA | 16,89513.99% | 69.6% |
| NELAMANGALA | BJPM.V.NAGARAJU | INCANJANAMURTHY | 2,1511.87% | 70.1% |
| NIPPANI | INCKAKASO PANDURANG PATIL | BJPJOLLE SHASHIKALA ANNASAHEB | 7,4875.81% | 74.0% |
| PADMANABA NAGAR | BJPR.ASHOKA | JD(S)M.V.PRASAD BABU (KABBADI BABU) | 31,27626.35% | 53.0% |
| PAVAGADA | INDVENKATARAMANAPPA | JD(S)K.M. THIMMARAYAPPA | 13,04710.06% | 73.1% |
| PERIYAPATNA | INCK. VENKATESH | JD(S)K. MAHADEVA | 8790.75% | 79.3% |
| PULAKESHINAGAR | INCB. PRASANNA KUMAR | JD(S)R.SRINIVASA MURTHY | 17,66922.50% | 42.3% |
| PUTTUR | BJPMALLIKA PRASADA | INCBONDALA JAGANNATHA SHETTY | 1,4251.15% | 76.6% |
| RAICHUR | INCSYED YASIN | JD(S)M.EARANNA | 8,36110.36% | 45.3% |
| RAICHUR RURAL | INCRAJA RAYAPPA NAIK | JD(S)RAJA RANGAPPA NAIK | 1,8771.79% | 56.3% |
| RAJAJI NAGAR | BJPSURESH KUMAR S. | INCPADMAVATHI G. | 14,66015.19% | 52.7% |
| RAJARAJESHWARINAGAR | BJPM.SRINIVAS | INCP.N.KRISHNAMURTHY | 19,59213.61% | 47.7% |
| RAMANAGARAM | JD(S)H D KUMARA SWAMY | BJPM RUDRESHA | 47,26036.97% | 73.5% |
| RAMDURG | INCASHOK MAHADEVAPPA PATTAN | BJPMAHADEVAPPA SHIVALINGAPPA YADAWAD | 3840.35% | 72.2% |
| RANIBENNUR | BJPG.SHIVANNA | INCK.B.KOLIWAD | 2,7322.18% | 69.9% |
| RAYBAG | BJPAIHOLE DHURYODHAN MAHALINGAPPA | INCOMPRAKASH S KANAGALI | 14,56015.05% | 66.0% |
| RON | BJPKALAKAPPA GURUSHANTAPPA BANDI | INCGURUPADAGOUDA SANGANAGOUDA PATIL | 1,8301.53% | 67.0% |
| SAGAR | BJPGOPALKRISHNA BELURU | INCKAGODU THIMMAPPA | 2,8452.30% | 70.3% |
| SAKLESHPUR | JD(S)H. K. KUMARASWAMY | BJPNIRVANAIAH | 13,29510.54% | 75.2% |
| SANDUR | INCE. TUKARAM | BJPT. NAGARAJ | 20,71919.50% | 76.8% |
| SARVAGNANAGAR | INCK.J.GEORGE | BJPR.SHANKAR | 22,60820.94% | 35.4% |
| SAUNDATTI YELLAMMA | BJPMAMANI VISHWANATH CHANDRASHEKAR | INCKOUJALAGI SUBHASH SHIDRAMAPPA | 4,5774.19% | 74.3% |
| SEDAM | INCDR. SHARAN PRAKASH RUDRAPPA PATIL | BJPRAJKUMAR PATIL TELKUR | 5,9245.29% | 65.2% |
| SHAHAPUR | INCSHARANABASAPPA DARSHNAPUR | JD(S)SHIVSHEKHARAPPAGOUDA SHIRWAL | 11,13610.99% | 58.2% |
| SHANTI NAGAR | INCN.A HARIS | BJPD.U MALLIKARJUNA | 13,79717.03% | 44.0% |
| SHIGGAON | BJPBASAVARAJ BOMMAI | INCKHADRI SAYYAD AZEEMPER KHADAR BASHA | 12,86210.44% | 71.8% |
| SHIKARIPURA | BJPB.S.YEDDYURAPPA | SPS.BANGARAPPA | 45,92736.43% | 78.4% |
| SHIMOGA | BJPK.S.ESHWARAPPA | INCISMAIL KHAN | 32,41929.45% | 56.8% |
| SHIMOGA RURAL | BJPK.G.KUMARASWAMY | INCKARIYANNA | 24,26519.32% | 70.3% |
| SHIRAHATTI | BJPRAMANNA S LAMANI | INCH R NAYAK | 10,50110.12% | 62.9% |
| SHIVAJINAGAR | INCR.RHOSHAN BAIG | BJPNIRMAL SURANA | 10,39612.94% | 47.9% |
| SHORAPUR | BJPNARASIMHA NAYAK(RAJU GOUDA) | INCRAJA VENKATAPPA NAIK | 4,5813.58% | 59.1% |
| SHRAVANABELAGOLA | JD(S)C. S. PUTTE GOWDA | INCH. C. SHRIKANTAIAH ALIAS ANNAIAH | 9,4467.13% | 75.1% |
| SHRIRANGAPATTANA | JD(S)A.B.RAMESHA BANDISIDDEGOWDA | INCAMBARESH @ AMARNATH | 5,1603.65% | 77.8% |
| SIDLAGHATTA | INCV MUNIYAPPA | JD(S)M RAJANNA | 6,5024.92% | 82.4% |
| SINDGI | BJPBHUSANUR RAMESH BALAPPA | JD(S)MANAGULI MALLAPPA CHANVEERAPPA | 14,76114.22% | 62.5% |
| SINDHANUR | JD(S)NADAGOUDA VENKATARAO | INCBADARLI HAMPANAGOUDA | 14,87413.15% | 58.6% |
| SIRA | INCT.B.JAYACHANDRA | JD(S)B. SATHYANARAYANA | 26,49619.62% | 77.5% |
| SIRSI | BJPKAGERI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE | INCNAIK RAVEENDRANATH NARAYAN | 30,73326.11% | 73.8% |
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.
