Karnataka assembly election, May 2018

224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 73.97% turnout.

Seats

224

Candidates

2,655

219 women, 7 elected

Turnout

73.97%

3.68 cr of 4.97 cr

Leading party

BJP

104 of 224 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	104	+64	224	1,33,19,528	36.24%	+16.35
INC Indian National Congress	80	-42	222	1,39,86,528	38.06%	+1.46
JD(S)JD(S)	37	-3	201	67,27,484	18.31%	-1.88
IND Independent	1	-8	1142	14,41,744	3.92%	-3.46
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1	+1	18	1,08,592	0.30%	-0.61
KPJP KPJP	1	+1	32	74,599	0.20%	—
AIMEP AIMEP	0	0	176	98,362	0.27%	—
BPJP BPJP	0	0	4	83,071	0.23%	+0.22
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	19	81,191	0.22%	-0.04
SWI SWI	0	0	11	79,400	0.22%	—
SDPI Social Democratic Party of India	0	0	3	45,781	0.12%	-0.19
NMC NMC	0	0	14	42,877	0.12%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	28	41,638	0.11%	-0.11
INCP INCP	0	0	32	26,002	0.07%	—
AAAP Aam Aadmi Party	0	0	28	23,441	0.06%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	8	21,809	0.06%	+0.02
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	37	13,970	0.04%	+0.04
PPP Praja Prasthanam Party	0	0	13	13,529	0.04%	—
BJSC BJSC	0	0	21	11,140	0.03%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	14	10,465	0.03%	-0.03
SP Samajwadi Party	0	-1	24	10,385	0.03%	-0.31
SAJPL SAJPL	0	0	25	10,348	0.03%	—
BRPP BRPP	0	0	16	9,795	0.03%	+0.02
RPIA RPIA	0	0	25	9,649	0.03%	0.00
JSMPK JSMPK	0	0	19	9,430	0.03%	—
RPSN RPSN	0	0	29	9,249	0.03%	—
KRRS KRRS	0	0	7	8,198	0.02%	0.00
JPK JPK	0	0	13	5,996	0.02%	—
KCVP KCVP	0	0	1	5,977	0.02%	-0.05
KJP KJP	0	-6	18	5,731	0.02%	-9.77
SJPA Samajwadi Jan Parishad	0	0	10	5,456	0.01%	-0.01
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	2	4,871	0.01%	-0.07
RMVP RMVP	0	0	17	4,810	0.01%	—
PPOI PPOI	0	0	10	4,702	0.01%	-0.01
AMPEP AMPEP	0	0	14	4,266	0.01%	—
BBKD BBKD	0	0	11	4,243	0.01%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	8	4,070	0.01%	-0.01
ASP Aadim Samaj Party	0	0	11	4,040	0.01%	—
SUCI SUCI	0	0	5	4,039	0.01%	-0.01
KP Kannada Paksha	0	0	12	3,771	0.01%	—

BJP104 (46%)
INC80 (36%)
JD(S)37 (17%)
IND1 (0%)
BSP1 (0%)
KPJP1 (0%)

BJP104
INC80
JD(S)37
IND1
BSP1
KPJP1

BJP104
INC80
JD(S)37
IND1
BSP1
KPJP1

Constituency performance

From the 224 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

MASKI

won by 213 (0.16%)

Biggest victory

PULAKESHINAGAR

won by 81,626 (64.56%)

Highest turnout

HOSAKOTE

91.67%

Lowest turnout

BOMMANAHALLI

48.27%

Seat change

Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2013), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained94 (42%)
Changed hands130 (58%)

94 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 130 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 1–50 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AFZALPUR	INCM Y PATIL	BJPMALIKAYYA GUTTEDAR	10,5947.08%	68.5%
ALAND	BJPGUTTEDAR SUBHASH RUKMAYYA	INCB R PATIL	6970.43%	69.9%
ANEKAL	INCB.SHIVANNA	BJPA.NARAYANASWAMY	8,6273.79%	65.4%
ARABHAVI	BJPBALACHANDRA LAKSHMANARAO JARAKIHOLI	JD(S)BHIMAPPA GUNDAPPA GADAD	47,32826.75%	77.5%
ARKALGUD	JD(S)A. T. RAMASWAMY	INCMANJU .A	10,6535.64%	89.9%
ARSIKERE	JD(S)K.M SHIVALINGE GOWDA	INCG.B.SHASHIDHARA	43,68925.26%	84.4%
ATHANI	INCMAHESH IRANAGOUDA KUMATHALLI	BJPLAXMAN SANGAPPA SAVADI	2,3311.37%	81.2%
AURAD	BJPPRABHU CHAUHAN	INCVIJAYKUMAR	10,5927.19%	69.1%
B.T.M LAYOUT	INCRAMALINGA REDDY	BJPLALLESH REDDY	20,47815.06%	51.5%
BABALESHWAR	INCMALLANAGOUD BASANAGOUD PATIL	BJPVIJAYAKUMAR SIDRAMGOUDA PATIL	29,71517.31%	82.1%
BADAMI	INCSIDDARAMAIAH	BJPB SREERAMULU	1,6961.03%	76.3%
BAGALKOT	BJPVEERABHADRAYYA (VEERANNA) CHARANTIMATH	INCMETI HULLAPPA YAMANAPPA	15,9349.87%	71.5%
BAGEPALLI	INCS.N. SUBBAREDDY(CHINNAKAYALAPALLI)	CPMG.V. SREERAMAREDDY	14,0138.52%	84.5%
BAILHONGAL	INCKOUJALAGI. MAHANTESH. SHIVANAND.	INDJAGDISH. CHANNAPPA METGUD	5,1223.54%	79.3%
BANGALORE SOUTH	BJPM KRISHNAPPA	INCR K RAMESH	30,4179.18%	57.0%
BANGARAPET	INCS.N.NARAYANASWAMY K.M	JD(S)M.MALLESH BABU	21,57113.75%	82.9%
BANTVAL	BJPRAJESH NAIK U.	INCB RAMANATHA RAI	15,9718.75%	84.5%
BASAVAKALYAN	INCB. NARAYANRAO	BJPMALLIKARJUN SON OF SIDRAMAPPA KHUBA	17,27211.89%	65.7%
BASAVANA BAGEVADI	INCSHIVANAND PATIL	JD(S)SOMANAGOUDA(APPUGOUDA) B PATIL(MANAGULI)	3,1862.16%	75.0%
BASAVANAGUDI	BJPRAVISUBRAMANYA.L.A	JD(S)K.BAGEGOWDA	38,00929.23%	54.5%
BELGAUM DAKSHIN	BJPABHAY PATIL	INCM D LAKSHMINARAYAN (ANNAYYA)	58,69240.00%	63.6%
BELGAUM RURAL	INCLAXMI R HEBBALKAR	BJPSANJAY B PATIL	51,72427.75%	79.6%
BELGAUM UTTAR	BJPANIL S BENAKE	INCFAIROZ NURUDDIN SAITH	17,26711.71%	64.2%
BELLARY	INCB NAGENDRA	BJPSANNA PAKKIRAPPA	2,6791.64%	75.9%
BELLARY CITY	BJPG. SOMASEKHARA REDDY	INCANIL.H. LAD	16,15510.68%	66.3%
BELTHANGADY	BJPHARISH POONJA	INCK.VASANTHA BANGERA	22,97412.80%	83.9%
BELUR	JD(S)LINGESHA. K.S.	BJPH.K. SURESH	19,69012.93%	81.6%
BHADRAVATI	INCB.K.SANGAMESHWARA.	JD(S)APPAJI.M.J.	11,5677.57%	76.0%
BHALKI	INCESHWAR KHANDRE	BJPD K SIDRAM	21,43812.83%	75.1%
BHATKAL	BJPSUNIL BILIYA NAIK	INCMANKAL VAIDYA	5,9303.57%	78.0%
BIDAR	INCRAHIM KHAN	BJPSURAYAKANTH NAGMARPALLI	10,2457.29%	65.5%
BIDAR SOUTH	JD(S)BANDEPPA	BJPDR SHAILENDRA BELDALE	12,7429.17%	70.6%
BIJAPUR CITY	BJPBASANAGOUD .R. PATIL (YATNAL)	INCABDUL HAMEED MUSHRIF	6,4134.23%	62.8%
BILGI	BJPMURUGESH RUDRAPPA NIRANI	INCJAGADISH TIMMANAGOUDA PATIL	4,8112.78%	80.9%
BOMMANAHALLI	BJPSATHISH REDDY M	INCSUSHMA RAJAGOPALA REDDY	47,16224.12%	48.3%
BYADGI	BJPBALLARY VIRUPAKSHAPPA RUDRAPPA	INCS.R.PATIL	21,27112.75%	84.6%
BYATARAYANAPURA	INCKRISHNA BYREGOWDA	BJPA RAVI	5,6712.24%	60.5%
BYNDOOR	BJPB. M. SUKUMAR SHETTY	INCK. GOPALA POOJARY	24,39313.80%	80.7%
C.V. RAMAN NAGAR	BJPS. RAGHU	INCR. SAMPATH RAJ	12,2279.26%	50.7%
CHALLAKERE	INCT RAGHUMURTHY	JD(S)RAVEESH KUMAR	13,5398.01%	81.8%
CHAMARAJA	BJPL. NAGENDRA	INCVASU	14,93610.63%	61.5%
CHAMARAJANAGAR	INCC PUTTARANGASHETTY	BJPK R MALLIKARJUNAPPA	4,9132.94%	81.9%
CHAMRAJPET	INCB.Z. ZAMEER AHMED KHAN	BJPM LAKSHMINARAYANA	33,13727.57%	55.4%
CHAMUNDESHWARI	JD(S)G.T.DEVEGOWDA	INCSIDDARAMAIAH	36,04215.93%	78.3%
CHANNAGIRI	BJPK MADALU VIRUPAKSHAPPA	INCVADNAL RAJANNA	25,78016.31%	81.5%
CHANNAPATNA	JD(S)H D KUMARA SWAMY	BJPC P YOGEESHWARA	21,53011.39%	87.3%
CHICKPET	BJPUDAY B.GARUDACHAR	INCR.V.DEVRAJ	7,9346.15%	59.5%
CHIKKABALLAPUR	INCDR. K. SUDHAKAR	JD(S)K.P.BACHEGOWDA	30,43117.54%	88.6%
CHIKKODI-SADALGA	INCGANESH PRAKASH HUKKERI	BJPANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE	10,5695.90%	86.9%
CHIKMAGALUR	BJPC T RAVI	INCSHANKAR B L	26,31416.33%	77.3%

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.