Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP-led NDA sweeps Karnataka with 25 seats

The main contest in the state is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance.

Just like most of the states in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also put up their best-ever performance in south India by winning 25 out of total 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on Thursday. 

Out of the total number of Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, the saffron party has swept a significant majority of the seats while Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) managed to win just a seat each. 

Senior BJP leader D.V. Sadananda Gowda won from Bangalore North after defeating Krishna Byregowda of Congress with 1,47, 518 votes.

One of the senior Congress leaders, Mallikarjun Kharge lost from Gulbarga seat after suffering defeat by a margin of 95,452 votes against BJP's Dr Umesh G Jadhav.

JD (S) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who contested from Mandya constituency, lost by a margin of over one lakh against Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh. 

JD (S) supremo H.D Devegowda also conceded defeat in Tumkur after losing to G. S. Basavaraj of BJP by 13, 339 votes. 

The constituencies won by BJP are: Bagalkot, Bangalore central, Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bellary (ST), Belgaum, Bidar, Bijapur (SC), Chikkaballapur, Chikkodi, Chitradurga (SC), Dakishna Kannada, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Haveri, Kolar (SC), Koppal, Mysore, Raichur (ST), Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi-Chikmaglur and Uttara Kannada.

Thank you for joining us for the updates on Karnataka Lok Sabha election 2019 results. Here are all the updates from Lok Sabha election results from the state:

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP won in 25 seats. Congress, JD (S) and Independent bagged one seat each.  

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has called a cabinet ministers' meeting tomorrow at 12 pm

Karnataka: A Cabinet Ministers' meeting has been called by CM HD Kumaraswamy tomorrow at 12 pm, a JD(S) legislature party meeting has also been called at 4 pm tomorrow in Bengaluru. #ElectionResults2019 (file pic) pic.twitter.com/jINFaJbECf — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP has won 14 seats in Karnataka and is leading from 11 seats. Congress and JD (S), meanwhile, have bagged a seat each. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: P. C. Mohan of BJP beats Congress' Rizwan Arshad with 70, 968 votes to take Bangalore central seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: D.V. Sadananda Gowda takes Bangalore North seat for BJP by beating Krishna Byregowda with 1,47, 518 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: B.Y.Raghavendra beats S.Madhubangarappa of JD (S) with 2,23,360 votes to take Shimoga seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: V. Srinivas Prasad defeats Congress' R.Dhruvanarayan to claim Chamarajanagar seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Anantkumar Hegde of BJP wins Uttara Kannada seat by beating JD (S) candidate Anand Asnotikar with 4,79,649 votes.

# Lok Sabha Election result 201: B.Y.Raghavendra takes Lok Sabha seat in Shimoga by beating S. Madhubangarappa of JD (S) with a margin of 2,23,360 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Karadi Sanganna Amarappa defeated K.Rajashekhar Basavaraj Hitnal of Congress by 38, 397 votes to claim Koppal seat.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Udasi S.C. takes Haveri Lok Sabha seat of Kerala by winning with a margin of 1,40, 882 votes against D.R. Patil of Congress.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: JD (S) candidate Prajwal Revanna claims Hassan seat by beating BJP's Manju A with a margin of 1,41, 324 votes.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Pralhad Joshi takes Dharwad seat for BJP by defeating Vinay Kulkarni of Congress with 2,05,072 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Nalin Kumar Kateel of BJP defeats Mithun M Rai of Congress by 2,74,621 votes to claim Dakshina Kannada seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: B.N.Bache Gowda of BJP claims Chikkballapur seat with a margin of 1,82,110 votes against Congress' M.Veerappa Moily.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa defeats Dr. Devannad Chavan of Janata Dal (Secular) by 2,58,038 votes to win Bijapur Lok Sabha seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Bhagwanth Khuba of BJP bags Bidar seat by beating Congress' Eshwar B. Khandre with a margin of 1,16,834 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Winner! BJP's Y. Devendrappa defeated V.S Ugrappa of Congress by 55,707 votes to take Bellary seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Winner! Congress D.K Suresh claims Bangalore Rural seat by defeating Ashwathnarayangowda of BJP by 2,06,870 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Visuals of celebration from BJP office in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Karnataka: Visuals of celebrations from BJP office in Bengaluru. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/7bZLeOGy26 — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is trailing by 95, 168 votes in Gulbarga, said that his party will try to learn from their mistakes and look to strengthen the party. 

Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress: We accept the result in Gulbarga, the verdict that people gave us, we are accepting it. We believe in democracy. We will discuss how to correct our mistakes and how to strengthen the party. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/bOB6531ZYT — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha election result 2019: Currently, a meeting of JD(S) leaders is going on at party chief HD Deve Gowda's residence in Bengaluru.

Karnataka: A meeting of JD(S) leaders is going on at the residence of party chief HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru. CM HD Kumaraswamy, Sa Ra Mahesh, KM Shivalinge Gowda and other party leaders are present at the meeting. #ElectionResults2019 — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's D.V. Sadananda Gowda leading by 1,40,427 votes from Bangalore North. Nikhil Kumaraswamy is trailing by 45, 011 votes in Mandya against Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: At 2:32 pm, BJP is leading in 24 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka while Congress is ahead in three seats. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge and JD (S)'s Nikhil Kumaraswamy are currently trailing from Gulbarga and Mandya, respectively. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's D.V. Sadananda Gowda is leading by a margin of 98,183 votes in Bangalore North against Congress' Krishna Byregowda.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP is currently leading in 24 seats, while Congress is ahead in two Lok Sabha constituencies. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: JD (S) Nikhil Kumaraswamy continues to trail in Mandya by 11,478 votes. Anantkumar Hegde of BJP is leading in Uttara Kannada by over three lakh votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress candidate DK Suresh is leading from Bangalore rural, Tejasvi Surya of BJP is leading from Bangalore South constituency and BJP's Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa is ahead from Bijapur with a huge margin of 1,99,395 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP continues to lead from 23 seats in Karnataka, while Congress is leading from three Lok Sabha constituencies. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: JD (S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy is trailing from Mandya while his grandfather H. D. Devegowda is also behind by 18, 447 votes in Tumkur against G. S. Basavaraj. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Angadi Suresh Channabasappa of BJP is leading in Belgaum constituency by 19, 610 votes. Y. Devendrappa of the saffron party is leading from Bellary against V. S.Ugrappa of Congress. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda is leading from Bagalkot, while Congress' Rizwan Arshad is ahead from Bangalore central.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: D.V. Sadananda Gowda of BJP continues to lead from Bangalore North by 21,457 votes against Congress' Krishna Byregowda.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Anantkumar Hegde is leading by over two lakh votes Uttara Kannada against Anand Asnotikar of Janata Dal (Secular).

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress Mallikarjun Kharge is trailing in Gulbarga by 21,663 votes against BJP's Dr. Umesh G Jadhav. 

 Lok Sabha Election result 2019: JD (S)'s Nikhil Kumaraswamy is trailing in Mandya by a margin of 1,296 seats against Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh. 

Independent candidate Sumanlatha Ambareesh leading by over 1200 votes from Mandya over Karnataka CM & JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/zj2qE3tyLF — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP is leading from 23 seats, Congress from three, Janata Dal (Secular) in one seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's D.V. Sadananda Gowda surges ahead in Bangalore North with a lead of 9,843 votes.

# Lok Sabha election result 2019: H. D. Devegowda of Janata Dal (Secular) is trailing from Tumkur constituency by 8,422 votes against G. S. Basavaraj of BJP.  

# Lok Sabha election result 2019: BJP's Anantkumar Hegde is leading by approximately 95,000 votes in Uttara Kannada. 

# Lok Sabha election result 2019: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy's son and Janata Dal (Secular) Nikhil Kumaraswamy is leading from Mandya by 2,170 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Karadi Sanganna Amarappa of BJP is leading from Koppal by 26,015 votes against Congress' K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal. 

# Lok Sabha Election Result 2019:  Ashwathnarayangowda of BJP is leading from Bangalore Rural against Congress' DK Suresh. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's D.V. Sadananda Gowda is currently trailing from Bangalore North seat against Congress' Krishna Byregowda.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's P.C Mohan leading from Bangalore Central against Congress' Rizwan Arshad. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP candidate Bhagwanth Khuba is currently leading from Bidar seat against Eshwar B. Khandre of Congress. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Tejasvi Surya of BJP is leading from Bangalore South constituency by 14,366 votes against Congress' B.K Hariprasad.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's P. C. Mohan is leading from Bangalore central against Rizwan Arshad of the Indian National Congress. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's D.V. Sadananda Gowda is leading with 1,977 votes from Bangalore North against Congress' Krishna Byregowda.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP candidate Y. Devendrappa is leading from Bellary constituency against V. S. Ugrappa of Congress. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Umesh Jadhav, who is contesting against Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge from Kalaburagi in Karnataka, is confident about Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister once again.

Umesh Jadhav, BJP candidate from Kalaburagi,Karnataka who is contesting against Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge: Narendra Modi will become the PM. I'm hopeful of winning the seat.After this,within a day or two this coalition govt is going to fall on its own &BJP govt will be formed. pic.twitter.com/s6r2IRSHNW — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: The counting of votes begins at counting centre in Mount Carmel College.

Bengaluru: Counting of votes for #LokSabhaElections2019 begins at counting centre in Mount Carmel College. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/4kVkwBkP8b — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: JD(S) Mandya candidate and Karnataka Chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy's son  Nikhil Kumaraswamy offers prayers at Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysore. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: The counting of votes is all set to begin at 8 am.

While election trends will start pouring in within a few minutes, the final result can be delayed by up to five hours this time around after the Supreme Court instructed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to also consider the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips tally.

The VVPAT slips of at least five EVMs per assembly segment in a Lok Sabha constituency will be counted and the tallying of votes will take place only after the last round of counting.

Key Candidates

Former prime minister and JD-S supremo HD Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil who contested from Mandya constituency, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, DV Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Shobha Karandlaje (BJP), Tejasvi Surya (BJP),  state Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda are among the prominent faces from the state this election.

The Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka are Bangalore Central, Bangalore North, Bangalore Rural, Chamarajanagar, Chikballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi Chikmagalur, Bangalore South, Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikkodi, Davanagere, Dharwad, Haveri, Gulbarga, Koppal, Raichur, Shimoga and Uttara Kannada.

It will be interesting to see whether the actual results will match the exit polls or the situation will exactly be the other way round.