Karnataka assembly election, May 2018
224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 73.97% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Karnataka
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 104 | +64 | 224 | 1,33,19,528 | 36.24% | +16.35 |
| INCIndian 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 |
| INDIndependent | 1 | -8 | 1142 | 14,41,744 | 3.92% | -3.46 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 1 | +1 | 18 | 1,08,592 | 0.30% | -0.61 |
| KPJPKPJP | 1 | +1 | 32 | 74,599 | 0.20% | — |
| AIMEPAIMEP | 0 | 0 | 176 | 98,362 | 0.27% | — |
| BPJPBPJP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83,071 | 0.23% | +0.22 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 81,191 | 0.22% | -0.04 |
| SWISWI | 0 | 0 | 11 | 79,400 | 0.22% | — |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45,781 | 0.12% | -0.19 |
| NMCNMC | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42,877 | 0.12% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 28 | 41,638 | 0.11% | -0.11 |
| INCPINCP | 0 | 0 | 32 | 26,002 | 0.07% | — |
| AAAPAam Aadmi Party | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23,441 | 0.06% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21,809 | 0.06% | +0.02 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13,970 | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| PPPPraja Prasthanam Party | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13,529 | 0.04% | — |
| BJSCBJSC | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11,140 | 0.03% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10,465 | 0.03% | -0.03 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | -1 | 24 | 10,385 | 0.03% | -0.31 |
| SAJPLSAJPL | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10,348 | 0.03% | — |
| BRPPBRPP | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9,795 | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9,649 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| JSMPKJSMPK | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9,430 | 0.03% | — |
| RPSNRPSN | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9,249 | 0.03% | — |
| KRRSKRRS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8,198 | 0.02% | 0.00 |
| JPKJPK | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5,996 | 0.02% | — |
| KCVPKCVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5,977 | 0.02% | -0.05 |
| KJPKJP | 0 | -6 | 18 | 5,731 | 0.02% | -9.77 |
| SJPASamajwadi Jan Parishad | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5,456 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,871 | 0.01% | -0.07 |
| RMVPRMVP | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4,810 | 0.01% | — |
| PPOIPPOI | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4,702 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| AMPEPAMPEP | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4,266 | 0.01% | — |
| BBKDBBKD | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4,243 | 0.01% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4,070 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| ASPAadim Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4,040 | 0.01% | — |
| SUCISUCI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4,039 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| KPKannada 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
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
- BJP
- INC
- JD(S)
- IND
Assembly seat results
All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–224 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIRUGUPPA | BJPM.S. SOMALINGAPPA | INCB. MURALI KRISHNA | 21,27113.98% | 76.3% |
| SORAB | BJPS.KUMARA BANGARAPPA | JD(S)S.MADHU BANGARAPPA | 13,2868.51% | 85.8% |
| SRINGERI | INCT D RAJEGOWDA | BJPD N JEEVARAJ | 1,9891.45% | 84.5% |
| SRINIVASPUR | INCK R RAMESH KUMAR | JD(S)G K VENKATASHIVAREDDY | 10,5525.72% | 90.3% |
| SULLIA | BJPANGARA.S | INCDR.B.RAGHU | 26,06815.48% | 86.2% |
| T.NARASIPUR | JD(S)ASHVIN KUMAR.M | INCDR. H.C.MAHADEVAPPA | 28,47818.34% | 79.1% |
| TARIKERE | BJPD S SURESH | INDG H SRINIVASA | 11,6877.81% | 83.0% |
| TERDAL | BJPSIDDU SAVADI | INCUMASHREE | 20,88912.07% | 80.0% |
| TIPTUR | BJPB.C. NAGESH | INCK. SHADAKSHARI | 25,56316.87% | 84.5% |
| TIRTHAHALLI | BJPARAGA JNANENDRA | INCKIMMANE RATHNAKARA | 21,95513.99% | 87.3% |
| TUMKUR CITY | BJPG.B. JYOTHI GANESH | JD(S)N. GOVINDARAJU | 5,2933.12% | 66.3% |
| TUMKUR RURAL | JD(S)D C GOWRISHANKAR | BJPB SURESH GOWDA | 5,6403.27% | 86.3% |
| TURUVEKERE | BJPJAYARAM A S | JD(S)M T KRISHNAPPA | 2,0491.33% | 85.0% |
| UDUPI | BJPK RAGHUPATHI BHAT | INCPRAMOD MADHWARAJ | 12,0447.42% | 79.7% |
| VARUNA | INCYATHINDRA S | BJPT BASAVARAJU | 58,61633.49% | 81.9% |
| VIJAY NAGAR | INCM. KRISHNAPPA | BJPH. RAVINDRA | 2,7751.77% | 51.2% |
| VIJAYANAGARA | INCANAND SINGH | BJPH.R.GAVIYAPPA | 8,2284.95% | 75.3% |
| VIRAJPET | BJPK G BOPAIAH | INCARUN MACHAIAH C S | 13,3538.46% | 74.0% |
| YADGIR | BJPVENKATREDDY MUDNAL | INCDR.A B MAALAKARADDY | 12,8818.92% | 62.5% |
| YELAHANKA | BJPS.R.VISHWANATH | JD(S)A M HANUMANTHEGOWDA | 42,50317.34% | 65.5% |
| YELBURGA | BJPACHAR HALAPPA BASAPPA | INCBASAVARAJ RAYAREDDI | 13,3188.09% | 80.5% |
| YELLAPUR | INCARABAIL HEBBAR SHIVARAM | BJPANDALAGI VEERABHADRAGOUDA SHIVANAGOUDA PATIL | 1,4831.06% | 83.4% |
| YEMKANMARDI | INCSATISH. L. JARKIHOLI | BJPASTAGI MARUTI MALLAPPA | 2,8501.91% | 80.5% |
| YESHVANTHAPURA | INCS.T SOMASHEKHAR | JD(S)T N JAVARAYI GOWDA | 10,7113.73% | 63.3% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Karnataka assembly election, May 2018?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 104 of 224 seats in Karnataka, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, May 2018?
Turnout was 73.97% — 3.68 cr of 4.97 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.
