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 101–150 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
INDI	INCYASHVANTHARAYGOUDA VITTALAGOUDA PATIL	JD(S)B D PATIL (HANJAGI)	9,9385.91%	73.5%
JAGALUR	BJPS.V.RAMACHANDRA	INCH.P.RAJESH	29,22119.70%	78.9%
JAMKHANDI	INCSIDDU BHIMAPPA NYAMGOUD	BJPKULKARNI SHRIKANT SUBRAO	2,7951.82%	77.2%
JAYANAGAR	INCSowmya Reddy	BJPBn Prahlad	2,8872.59%	57.1%
JEVARGI	INCAJAY DHARAM SINGH	BJPDODDAPPAGOWDA S. PATIL NARIBOL	16,0569.93%	69.8%
K.R.PURA	INCB.A.BASAVARAJA	BJPN.S.NANDIESHA REDDY	32,72912.89%	58.0%
KADUR	BJPK S PRAKASH	JD(S)Y S V DATTA	15,3729.63%	81.8%
KAGWAD	INCSHRIMANT BALASAHEB PATIL	BJPBHARAMAGOUDA ALAGOUDA KAGE	32,94222.60%	81.5%
KALGHATGI	BJPC M NIMBANNAVAR	INCSANTOSH S LAD	25,99717.11%	81.4%
KAMPLI	INCJ N GANESH	BJPT H SURESH BABU	5,5553.35%	80.1%
KANAKAGIRI	BJPBASAVARAJ DADESUGUR	INCSHIVARAJ SANGAPPA TANGADAGI	14,2258.49%	79.8%
KANAKAPURA	INCD K SHIVAKUMAR	JD(S)NARAYANA GOWDA	79,90942.93%	84.5%
KAPU	BJPLALAJI .R. MENDON	INCVINAY KUMAR SORAKE	11,9178.25%	80.3%
KARKAL	BJPV. SUNIL KUMAR	INCGOPALA BHANDARY	42,56629.17%	81.5%
KARWAR	BJPROOPALI SANTOSH NAIK	JD(S)ANAND VASANT ASNOTIKAR	14,0648.78%	74.0%
KHANAPUR	INCDR. ANJALI HEMANT NIMBALKAR	BJPVITHAL HALAGEKAR	5,1333.33%	75.3%
KITTUR	BJPDODDAGOUDAR MAHANTESH BASAVANTARAY	INCINAMDAR DANAPPAGOUDA BASANAGOUDA	32,86222.13%	79.8%
KOLAR	JD(S)K.SRINIVASA GOWDA	INCSYED ZAMEER PASHA	44,25124.71%	80.5%
KOLAR GOLD FIELD	INCROOPAKALA.M	BJPASHWINI SAMPANGI	40,82729.25%	74.5%
KOLLEGAL	BSPN. MAHESH	INCA.R. KRISHNA MURTHY	19,45411.52%	80.8%
KOPPAL	INCK. RAGHAVENDRA BASAVARAJ HITNAL	BJPAMARESH SANGANNA KARADI	26,35114.58%	75.8%
KORATAGERE	INCDR. G. PARAMESHWARA	JD(S)P.R. SUDHAKAR LAL	7,6194.45%	85.8%
KRISHNARAJA	BJPS A RAMADAS	INCM K SOMASHEKAR	26,34717.93%	61.4%
KRISHNARAJANAGARA	JD(S)SA. RA. MAHESH	INCD. RAVISHANKAR	1,7791.02%	87.0%
KRISHNARAJPET	JD(S)NARAYANAGOWDA	INCK B CHANDRASHEKAR	17,1199.84%	86.3%
KUDACHI	BJPP.RAJEEV	INCAMIT SHAMA GHATAGE	15,00810.98%	77.3%
KUDLIGI	BJPN.Y. GOPALAKRISHNA	JD(S)N.T. BOMMANNA	10,8137.11%	78.2%
KUMTA	BJPDINAKAR KESHAV SHETTY	INCSHARADA MOHAN SHETTY	32,75022.40%	81.6%
KUNDAPURA	BJPHALADY SRINIVAS SHETTY	INCRAKESH MALLI	56,40535.55%	80.5%
KUNDGOL	INCCHANNABASAPPA SATHYAPPA SHIVALLI	BJPCHIKKANAGOUDRA SIDDANAGOUD ISHWARAGOD	6340.43%	79.9%
KUNIGAL	INCDR H.D. RANGANATH	BJPD KRISHNA KUMAR	5,6003.46%	85.9%
KUSHTAGI	INCAMAREGOUDA LINGANAGOUDA PATIL BAYYAPUR	BJPDODDANAGOUDA HANAMAGOUDA PATIL	18,03110.86%	74.2%
LINGSUGUR	INCD. S. HOOLAGERI	JD(S)BANDI.SIDDU	4,9463.01%	69.0%
MADDUR	JD(S)D.C.THAMMANNA	INCMADHU G MADEGOWDA	54,03031.40%	85.0%
MADHUGIRI	JD(S)M.V. VEERABHADRAIAH	INCKYATHASANDRA N.RAJANNA	18,57411.19%	87.3%
MADIKERI	BJPAPPACHU RANJAN M P	JD(S)B A JIVIJAYA	16,0159.45%	79.7%
MAGADI	JD(S)A. MANJUNATH	INCH.C. BALAKRISHNA	51,42526.48%	87.0%
MAHADEVAPURA	BJPARAVIND LIMBAVALI	INCA C SRINIVASA	17,7846.25%	60.4%
MAHALAKSHMI LAYOUT	JD(S)K. GOPALAIAH	BJPN.L. NARENDRA BABU	41,10025.71%	55.7%
MALAVALLI	JD(S)DR.K.ANNADANI	INCP.M.NARENDRASWAMY	26,76013.75%	82.7%
MALLESHWARAM	BJPDR. ASHWATH NARAYAN.C.N.	INCKENGAL SHREEPADHARENU	54,00043.67%	57.9%
MALUR	INCK.Y. NANJEGOWDA	JD(S)K.S.MANJUNATH GOWDA	17,91511.10%	89.5%
MANDYA	JD(S)M SRINIVAS	INCP RAVIKUMAR	21,60813.07%	74.6%
MANGALORE	INCU.T.ABDUL KHADER	BJPSANTHOSH KUMAR RAI BOLIYARU	19,73913.22%	78.5%
MANGALORE CITY NORTH	BJPDR.BHARATH SHETTY. Y	INCB.A.MOHIUDDIN BAVA	26,64815.13%	77.2%
MANGALORE CITY SOUTH	BJPD. VEDAVYASA KAMATH	INCJ. R. LOBO	16,0759.84%	70.9%
MANVI	JD(S)RAJA VENKATAPPA NAYAK	INDDR TANUSREE @ PREETI	15,81510.27%	64.6%
MASKI	INCPRATAPGOUDA PATIL	BJPBASANAGOWDA-TURVIHAL	2130.16%	69.9%
MAYAKONDA	BJPN. LINGANNA.	INCK.S.BASAVARAJ [BASAVANTHAPPA]	6,4584.16%	83.1%
MELUKOTE	JD(S)C S PUTTARAJU	SWIDARSHAN PUTTANNAIAH	22,22412.70%	90.7%

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.