Karnataka Lok Sabha Elections
Historical results, trends and insights from 1977 to 2024.
Current government
Who governs Karnataka today
In office since 3 Jun 2026 · 3 months
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), commonly known as D. K. Shi or DKS, is an Indian politician and businessman who is serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka since 3 June 2026. A Leader of the Indian National Congress, he formerly served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Shivakumar has represented the Kanakapura Assembly constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008.
Compare elections
See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.
Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.
Seats won over time
The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka
- INC
- BJP
- INC(I)
- JD
Constituency performance
From the 28 results in Karnataka, 2024
Seat change & vote share
Karnataka, 2024
Result by election
- BJP17
- INC9
- JD(S)2
- BJP25
- JD(S)1
- INC1
- IND1
- BJP17
- INC9
- JD(S)2
- BJP19
- INC6
- JD(S)3
- BJP18
- INC8
- JD(S)2
- INC18
- BJP7
- JD(U)3
- BJP13
- INC9
- LS3
- JD3
- JD16
- BJP6
- INC5
- KCP1
- INC23
- BJP4
- JP1
- INC27
- JD1
- INC24
- JNP4
- INC(I)27
- JNP1
- INC26
- BLD2
Top leaders
Chief Ministers of Karnataka, most recent first
Constituencies
28 current, 28 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 56
| No. | Constituency | Reservation | Elections | Last contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIKKODI | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 2 | BELGAUM | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 3 | BAGALKOT | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 4 | BIJAPUR | SC | 4 | 2024 |
| 5 | GULBARGA | SC | 4 | 2024 |
| 6 | RAICHUR | ST | 4 | 2024 |
| 7 | BIDAR | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 8 | KOPPAL | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 9 | BELLARY | ST | 4 | 2024 |
| 10 | HAVERI | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 11 | DHARWAD | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 12 | UTTARA KANNADA | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 13 | DAVANAGERE | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 14 | SHIMOGA | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 15 | UDUPI CHIKMAGALUR | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 16 | HASSAN | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 17 | DAKSHINA KANNADA | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 18 | CHITRADURGA | SC | 4 | 2024 |
| 19 | TUMKUR | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 20 | MANDYA | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 21 | MYSORE | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 22 | CHAMARAJANAGAR | SC | 4 | 2024 |
| 23 | BANGALORE RURAL | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 24 | BANGALORE NORTH | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 25 | BANGALORE CENTRAL | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 26 | BANGALORE SOUTH | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 27 | CHIKKBALLAPUR | GEN | 4 | 2024 |
| 28 | KOLAR | SC | 4 | 2024 |
| 1 | BIDARformer boundary | SC | 9 | 2004 |
| 2 | GULBARGAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 3 | RAICHURformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 4 | KOPPALformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 5 | BELLARYformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 6 | DAVANGEREformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 7 | CHITRADURGAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 8 | TUMKURformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 9 | CHIKBALLAPURformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 10 | KOLARformer boundary | SC | 9 | 2004 |
| 11 | KANAKAPURAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 12 | BANGALORE NORTHformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 13 | BANGALORE SOUTHformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 14 | MANDYAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 15 | CHAMARAJANAGARformer boundary | SC | 9 | 2004 |
| 16 | MYSOREformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 17 | MANGALOREformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 18 | UDUPIformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 19 | HASSANformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 20 | CHIKMAGALURformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 21 | SHIMOGAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
| 22 | KANARAformer boundary | GEN | 9 | 2004 |
Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.