Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka Assembly polls winning 104 seats, but falling short of a majority. The Congress bagged 78 seats and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) ended up with 37. The Bahujan Samaj Party, who was in alliance with the JD-S bagged one seat. In a roller-coaster ride for BJP, it initially appeared that the party was set to return to power after a five-year hiatus with a resounding majority. But at the end of counting of votes, it came tantalisingly close to the numbers needed to form the government.


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At least ten ministers fell by the wayside as they lost their seats in an anti-incumbency wave. The Election Commission announced that the Congress notched 38 percent of votes as against BJP's 36.2 percent. JD-S, headed by former PM HD Deve Gowda, got 18.4 percent votes.


Following is the full list of the Congress winners:


Karnataka elections- Full list of winners
Constituency Winner Party
Chikkodi-Sadalga Ganesh Prakash Hukkeri Congress
Athani Mahesh Iranagouda Kumathalli Congress
Gokak Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao Congress
Yemkanmardi Satish. L. Jarkiholi Congress
Belgaum Rural Laxmi R Hebbalkar Congress
Khanapur Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar Congress
Bailhongal Koujalagi. Mahantesh. Shivanand Congress
Jamkhandi Siddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud Congress
Badami Siddaramaiah Congress
Basavana Bagevadi Shivanand Patil Congress
Babaleshwar Mallanagoud Basanagoud Patil Congress
Indi Yashvantharaygouda Vittalagouda Patil Congress
Afzalpur M Y Patil Congress
Jevargi Ajay Dharam Singh Congress
Shahapur Sharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur Congress
Chittapur Priyank Kharge Congress
Chincholi Dr. Umesh G Jadhav Congress
Gulbarga Uttar Kaneez Fatima Congress
Basavakalyan B. Narayanrao Congress
Humnabad Rajshekhar Congress
Bidar Rahim Khan Congress
Bhalki Eshwar Khandre Congress
Raichur Rural Basanagouda Daddal Congress
Lingsugur DS Hoolageri Congress
Maski Pratapgouda Patil Congress
Kushtagi Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur Congress
Koppal K. Raghavendra Basavaraj Hitnal Congress
Gadag Hanamantagouda Krishnagouda Patil Congress
Kundgol Channabasappa Sathyappa Shivalli Congress
Hubli-Dharwad East Abbayya Prasad  Congress
Haliyal Deshpande R.V Congress
Yellapur Arabail Hebbar Shivaram Congress
Hirekerur Basavanagouda Patil Congress
Hadagali (Sc) P. T. Parameshwara Naik Congress
Hagaribommanahalli (SC) Bheema Naik L.B.P Congress
Vijayanagara Anand Singh Congress
Kampli (ST) J N Ganesh Congress
Ballari Rural (ST) B Nagendra Congress
Sandur(ST) E Tukaram Congress
Challakere (ST) T Raghumurthy Congress
Harihar S Ramappa Congress
Davanagere South Shamanur Shivashankarappa Congress
Bhadravati B.K.Sangameshwara Congress
Sringeri TD Rajegowda Congress
Kunigal Dr HD Ranganath Congress
Koratagere Dr G Parameshwara Congress
Gauribidanur NH Shivashankara Reddy Congress
Bagepalli SN Subbareddy (Chinnakayalapalli) Congress
Chikkaballapur Dr K Sudhakar Congress
Sidlaghatta V Muniyappa Congress
Srinivasapur KR Ramesh Kumar Congress
Kolar Gold Field Roopakala. M Congress
Bangarpet SN Narayanaswamy K.M Congress
Malur KY Nanjegowda Congress
K.R Pura BA Basavaraja Congress
Byatarayanapura Krishna Byregowda Congress
Yeshvanthapura S.T Somashekhar Congress
Rajarajeshwarinagar   Election May 28, Result May 31
Hebbal Suresh BS Congress
Pulakeshinagar R Akhanda Srinivasamurthy (leading) Congress
Sarvagnanagar KJ George Congress
Shivajinagar R Roshan Baig Congress
Shanti Nagar NA Haris Congress
Gandhi Nagar Dinesh Gundu Rao Congress
Vijay Nagar M Krishnappa Congress
Chamrajpet Zameer Ahmed Khan Congress
Jayanagar   Election countermanded
Anekal B Shivanna Congress
Hosakote N Nagaraju (MTB) Congress
Doddaballapur T Venkataramanaiah Congress
Kanakapura DK Shivakumar Congress
Mangalore UT Abdul Khader Congress
Heggadadevankote Anil Kumar C Congress
Narasimharaja Tanveer Sait Congress
Varuna Yathindra S Congress
Hanur R Narendra Congress
Chamarajanagar C Puttarangashetty Congress

The voting for the elections had taken place on May 12 where 72.13 percent of the 4.94  crore strong electorate had exercised their franchise to decide the fates of 2,654 candidates, contesting for 222 seats out of 224 Assembly constituencies. This was the highest recorded voter turnout in the last 35 years. In all, 2,622 candidates, including 217 women contested the 222 seats, including 36 reserved for Scheduled Castes and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes.


Polling for RR Nagar seat was deferred on account of alleged electoral malpractices, while it was countermanded in Jayanagar seat following the death of the BJP candidate.