The 2019 Indian general election were held in Karnataka on Two phases- 18 and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
National Democratic Alliance
colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats B. S. Yediyurappa 27 Sumalatha Ambareesh 1 Total28 BJP support for Sumalatha Ambareesh
During the 2019 Indian general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose not to field a candidate in the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency and instead extended support to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh. The decision was aimed at consolidating the anti-government vote against the Congress–JD(S) alliance, whose candidate was Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda. Mandya was regarded as a prestige constituency for the JD(S).
Sumalatha, the widow of Kannada actor and former Congress MP Ambareesh, entered the election as an independent after the Congress allotted the Mandya seat to its alliance partner, the JD(S). Although she met senior BJP leader S. M. Krishna, she chose not to contest on a BJP ticket. Her campaign received support from several leading Kannada film actors, including Yash, Darshan, and Sudeep, while some local Congress workers also backed her despite the alliance.
In the election, Sumalatha Ambareesh defeated Nikhil Kumaraswamy by 125,876 votes. Her victory was considered a major setback for the Congress–JD(S) alliance and a significant political success for the BJP's strategy of supporting an independent candidate without contesting the seat.
United Progressive Alliance
colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Mallikarjun Kharge 21 H. D. Kumaraswamy 7 Total28 The Congress–Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) alliance contested the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka as a pre-poll coalition against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The alliance was formed after the Congress supported the JD(S) in forming the Karnataka government following the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. Under the arrangement, H. D. Kumaraswamy served as Chief Minister while the Congress became the junior coalition partner. The two parties announced that they would jointly contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election in an attempt to consolidate anti-BJP votes in the state.
The alliance entered the election with a seat-sharing agreement under which the Congress contested 21 of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, while the JD(S) contested the remaining 7. A coalition coordination and monitoring committee, chaired by former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with JD(S) leader Danish Ali as convenor, was created to coordinate governance and election strategy. The alliance expected effective transfer of votes between Congress and JD(S) supporters in constituencies contested by either partner.
During the election campaign, the alliance highlighted its governance record in Karnataka and campaigned jointly against the BJP. However, the coalition remained under strain due to ideological differences, internal factionalism and disagreements over seat-sharing. Several Congress leaders and workers expressed dissatisfaction over constituencies allotted to the JD(S), while reports emerged of local leaders refusing to campaign wholeheartedly for alliance candidates. Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly criticised the coalition, describing it as a "20 per cent commission government" and accusing it of corruption and dynastic politics. BJP leaders also alleged that the coalition government lacked stability.
The alliance suffered a heavy defeat in the election. The BJP won 25 of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha seats, while the Congress retained only Bengaluru Rural, where D. K. Suresh was re-elected. The JD(S) retained only Hassan, where Prajwal Revanna won his maiden parliamentary election. Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh, backed by the BJP, won the Mandya constituency.
The alliance's poor performance was widely attributed to ineffective vote transfer between Congress and JD(S) supporters, dissatisfaction among party workers over the seat-sharing arrangement, and continuing internal conflicts within the coalition government. The results led to renewed speculation about the stability of the Congress–JD(S) government in Karnataka, with reports suggesting that disgruntled legislators from both parties could defect to the BJP. The defeat significantly weakened the coalition and marked one of the BJP's strongest electoral performances in Karnataka.
During the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka, the Indian National Congress allotted the Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency to its alliance partner, the Janata Dal (Secular), under the seat-sharing agreement. Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda contested from Tumakuru after vacating his traditional Hassan constituency for his grandson Prajwal Revanna. The decision led to a rebellion by sitting Congress MP S. P. Muddahanumegowda, who filed his nomination as an independent despite party directives to withdraw.
The Janata Dal (Secular) later requested the Congress to contest the Bengaluru North constituency, stating that it was unable to identify a suitable candidate. The Congress subsequently fielded state minister Krishna Byre Gowda against the BJP's sitting MP and Union Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda. In the election, D. V. Sadananda Gowda retained the seat, defeating Krishna Byre Gowda by 147,518 votes.
Voter's Turnout
First phase election on 18 April with highest voting recorded in Mandya of 80.24% and the lowest is recorded in Bangalore South of 53.48% as per the official announcement from Election CEO of Karnataka.
Poll Date StateNo. of. SeatsTurnout (%)Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019) 18 Apr 2019 Karnataka - Phase 1 14 68.96 23 Apr 2019 Karnataka - Phase 2 14 68.66
Candidates List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAUPA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1ChikkodiAnnasaheb JollePrakash Hukkeri2BelgaumSuresh AngadiVirupakshi Sadhunavar3BagalkotP. C. GaddigoudarVeena Kashappanavar4Bijapur (SC)Ramesh JigajinagiSunitha D. Chavan5Gulbarga (SC)Umesh. G. JadhavMallikarjun Kharge6Raichur (ST)Raja Amresh NayakB. V. Nayak7BidarBhagwanth KhubaEshwara Khandre8KoppalKaradi AmarappaRajashekar Hitnal9Bellary (ST)DevendrappaV. S. Ugrappa10HaveriS. C. UdasiD. R. Patil11DharwadPralhad JoshiVinay Kulkarni12Uttara KannadaAnant Kumar HegdeAnand Asnotikar13DavanagereG. M. SiddeshwaraH. B. Manjappa14ShimogaB. Y. RaghavendraMadhu Bangarappa15Udupi ChikmagalurShobha KarandlajePramod Madhwaraj16HassanA. ManjuPrajwal Revanna17Dakshina KannadaNalin Kumar KateelMithun Rai18Chitradurga (SC)A. Narayana SwamyB. N. Chandrappa19TumkurG. S. BasavarajH. D. Deve Gowda20MandyaSumalathaNikhil Gowda21MysorePratap SimhaC. H. Vijayashankar22Chamarajanagar (SC)Srinivasa PrasadR. Dhruvanarayana23Bangalore RuralAshwath Narayana GowdaD. K. Suresh24Bangalore NorthD. V. Sadananda GowdaKrishna Byre Gowda25Bangalore CentralP. C. MohanRizwan Arshad26Bangalore SouthTejasvi SuryaB. K. Hariprasad27ChikballapurB. N. Bache GowdaVeerappa Moily28Kolar (SC)S. MuniswamyK. H. Muniyappa
Opinion Polls Date publishedPolling agency LeadNDA Jan 2019 Spick Media 1315 2 Jan 2019 CVoter 14 14
Date publishedPolling agencyOthersLeadNDA Jan 2019 CVoter 44%47.9% 8.1% 3.9% Results BJP won 25 seats. INC won 1 seat and JD(S) won 1 seat .Independent (Supported by BJP) Won 1 Seat. + 25 1 1 1 BJP INC JD(S) IND Coalition wise - Party result Parties Alliance Parties Contested seatsAlliance contested seatsSeats won Bharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance272825Sumalatha (Independent)11Indian National CongressINC + JD(S)21281Janata Dal (Secular)71
Party wise Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA BJP 1,80,53,454 51.38 8.382725 8 IND 7,03,660 2.00 1 1 1 Total 1,87,57,114 53.38 28 26 rowspan="3" UPAINC1,12,03,01631.88 8.92211 8 JD(S)33,97,2299.67 1.33 71 1 Total 1,46,00,245 41.55 28 2 Others 8,66,332 2.47 158 0 IND 6,64,181 1.89 265 0 NOTA 2,50,810 0.71 Total 3,51,38,682 100% - 507 28 -
Constituency-wise results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1ChikkodiA. Shankar JolleBJP645,01752.89Prakash HukkeriINC526,14043.14118,8779.752BelgaumSuresh AngadiBJP761,99163.12Dr. SadhunavarINC370,68730.71391,30432.413BagalkotP. C. GaddigoudarBJP664,63855.17Veena KashappanavarINC496,45141.21168,18713.964BijapurRamesh JigajinagiBJP635,86757.16Sunita D. ChavanJD(S)377,82933.96258,03823.205GulbargaUmesh. G. JadhavBJP620,19252.10Mallikarjun KhargeINC524,74044.0895,4528.026RaichurRaja AmareshwaraBJP598,33753.19B. V. NayakINC480,62142.72117,71610.477BidarBhagwanth KhubaBJP585,47152.36Eshwara KhandreINC468,63741.91116,83410.458KoppalK. S. AmarappaBJP586,78349.28Basavaraj HitnalINC548,38646.0638,3973.229BellaryDevendrappaBJP616,38850.44V. S. UgrappaINC560,68145.8855,7074.5610HaveriS. C. UdasiBJP683,66053.92D. R. PatilINC542,77842.81140,88211.1111DharwadPralhad JoshiBJP684,83756.41Vinay KulkarniINC479,76539.51205,07216.9012Uttara KannadaAnantkumar HegdeBJP786,04268.09Anand AsnotikarJD(S)306,39326.54479,64941.5513DavanagereG. M. SiddeshwaraBJP652,99654.63H. B. ManjappaINC483,29440.44169,70214.1914ShimogaB. Y. RaghavendraBJP729,87256.84Madhu BangarappaJD(S)506,51239.45223,36017.3915Udupi ChikmagalurShobha KarandlajeBJP718,91662.43Pramod MadhwarajJD(S)369,31732.07349,59930.3616HassanPrajwal RevannaJD(S)676,60652.92A. ManjuBJP535,28241.86141,32411.0617Dakshina KannadaNalin Kumar KateelBJP774,28557.55Mithun M. RaiINC499,66437.14274,62120.4118ChitradurgaA. NarayanaswamyBJP626,19550.24B. N. ChandrappaINC546,01743.8080,1786.4419TumkurG. S. BasavarajBJP596,12747.86H. D. DevegowdaJD(S)582,78846.7913,3391.0720MandyaSumalatha AmbareeshIND703,66051.00Nikhil KumaraswamyJD(S)577,78441.88125,8769.1221MysorePrathap SimhaBJP688,97452.27C. H. VijayashankarINC550,32741.75138,64710.5222ChamarajanagarV. Srinivas PrasadBJP568,53744.74R. DhruvanarayanaINC566,72044.601,8170.1423Bangalore RuralD. K. SureshINC878,25854.12Ashwath N. GowdaBJP671,38841.37206,87012.7524Bangalore NorthD. V. SadanandaBJP824,50052.84Krishna ByregowdaINC676,98243.39147,5189.4525Bangalore CentralP. C. MohanBJP602,85350.33Rizwan ArshadINC531,88544.4170,9685.9226Bangalore SouthTejasvi SuryaBJP739,22962.14B. K. HariprasadINC408,03734.30331,19227.8427ChikkballapurB. N. Bache GowdaBJP745,91253.74M. Veerappa MoilyINC563,80240.62182,11013.1228KolarS. MuniswamyBJP709,16556.32K. H. MuniyappaINC499,14439.64210,02116.68
By-Polls Held ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin+Source No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %2Belgaum17 April 2021Mangala Angadi440,32743.07Satish Jarkiholi435,08742.565,240The Belgaum Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Suresh Angadi.
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka +Source:#NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Nirmala SitharamanRajya Sabha(Karnataka)Cabinet MinisterMinister of FinanceMinister of Corporate Affairs31 May20199 June20242Pralhad JoshiDharwadMinister of Parliamentary AffairsMinister of CoalMinister of Mines3D. V. Sadananda GowdaBangalore NorthMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers7 July20214Suresh AngadiBelgaumMoSMinistry of Railways23 September2020 (Died)5Rajeev ChandrasekharRajya Sabha(Karnataka)Ministry of Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipMinistry of Electronics and Information TechnologyMinistry of Jal Shakti(Addl. Charge from Dec 2023)7 July20219 June20246Shobha KarandlajeUdupi ChikmagalurMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers' WelfareMinistry of Food Processing Industries(Addl. Charge from Dec 2023)7A. NarayanaswamyChitradurga (SC)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment8Bhagwanth KhubaBidarMinistry of Chemicals and FertilizersMinistry of New and Renewable Energy
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