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Karnataka Elections Result 2023: Check Full List Of Winning Candidates From JD(S)
The Janata Dal (Secular) has suffered a massive setback by winning just 19 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. In 2018, the the JD(S) won 37 seats.
The Congress party emerged victorious in the Karnataka Assembly elections, gaining a clear majority to form the next government. The voting was held on Wednesday and the results were announced on Saturday. The Election Commission website revealed that the Congress had secured 126 seats and was ahead in 10 more. The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) lagged behind with 56 seats and eight leads. The Janata Dal (Secular) got 19 seats. In 2018, the the JD(S) won 37 seats. Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has won from Channapatna constituency against BJP's C.P Yogeshwara by 15,915 votes. However, his actor-turned-politician son Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost the Ramanagaram seat to Congress' H. A. Iqbal Hussain by over 10,000 votes.
Two independents and one candidate each from ‘Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha’ and ‘Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha’ also won.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP will come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Elections to 224 seats were held on May 10. The state's chief electoral officer reported that 73.19% of eligible voters turned out to vote in Karnataka's single phase of voting on Wednesday.
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Check full list of JD(S)' victorious candidates:
| Constituency | Candidate | Margin |
| Arkalgud | A. MANJU | 19605 |
| Chamundeshwari | G.T DEVEGOWDA | 25500 |
| Channapatna | H.D. KUMARASWAMY | 15915 |
| Chikkanayakanahalli | C B SURESH BAABU | 10042 |
| Devadurga | Karemma | 34256 |
| Devar Hippargi | BHIMANAGOUDA (RAJUGOUDA) | 20175 |
| Gurmitkal | SHARANA GOWDA KANDAKUR | 2579 |
| Hagaribommanahalli | Nemarajanaik.K | 11344 |
| Hanur | M.R. MANJUNATH | 17654 |
| Hassan | Swaroop Prakash | 7854 |
| Holenarasipur | H.D. REVANNA | 3152 |
| Hunsur | G.D. HARISH GOWDA | 2412 |
| Krishnarajpet | H.T.MANJU | 22344 |
| Mulbagal | SAMRUDDHI V. MANJUNATH | 26268 |
| Shimoga Rural | SHARADA PURYANAIK | 15142 |
| Shravanabelagola | C.N. BALAKRISHNA | 6645 |
| Sidlaghatta | B.N. RAVI KUMAR | 16772 |
| Srinivaspur | G.K. VENKATASHIVAREDDY | 10443 |
| Turuvekere | M. T KRISHNAPPA | 9923 |
In 2018, the BJP became the only party to gain more than 100 seats, followed by the Congress with 80 seats and the JD(S) with 37. In the 2018 elections, the BJP came in second with 36.22 percent of the vote, followed by the JD (S) with 18.36 percent. In Karnataka, it has been a trend for two decades.