2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 2004 Indian general election in Karnataka.

The 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place on 20 April and 26 April 2004 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 13 May 2004. None of the parties were able to win a majority and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 79 seats.^[2][3] Subsequently, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government with Dharam Singh as the chief minister. This was the first ever coalition government in the state.^[4]

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

← 1999 20, 24 April 2004[1] 2008 →
All 224 Legislative Assembly seats 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.17 pp (2.48 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa S. M. Krishna Siddaramaiah Party BJP INC JD(S) Alliance NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) N/A Leader's seat Shikaripura Chamrajpet Chamundeshwari Last election 44 132 10 Seats won 79 65 58 Seat change 35 67 48 Popular vote 71,18,658 88,61,959 52,20,129 Percentage 28.33% 35.27% 20.77% Swing 7.64 pp 5.57 pp 10.42 pp
CM before election S. M. Krishna INC Elected CM Dharam Singh INC

Background

in 1999 election, Indian National Congress secured a majority by winning 132 seats out of 224 seats in the assembly after which S. M. Krishna became the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Bharatiya Janata Party becoming the opposition party for the second time securing 44 seats and the two factions of the Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) led by outgoing Chief Minister J. H. Patel and Janata Dal (Secular) led by former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda securing 18 and 10 seats respectively.

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			B. S. Yediyurappa	198
	Janata Dal (United)				26

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			S. M. Krishna	224

  Janata Dal (Secular)

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Deve Gowda	220

Results

Party-wise

Parties		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+pp	Contested	Won	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	71,18,658	28.33	7.64	198	79	35
	Indian National Congress	88,61,959	35.27	5.57	224	65	67
	Janata Dal (Secular)	52,20,121	20.77	10.35	220	58	48
	Janata Dal (United)	5,17,904	2.06	11.47	26	5	13
	Independent	17,24,480	6.86	5.14	405	13	6
	Others	17,02,468	6.71	4.19	642	4	3
Total		2,51,29,066	100.00		1715	224	±0
Valid votes		2,51,29,066	99.93
Invalid votes		16,524	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		2,51,45,590	65.17
Abstentions		1,34,41,164	34.83
Registered voters		3,85,86,754

Successful candidates

#	Constituency	Winner				Runner-up				Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	Runner-up	Party		Votes
Bidar district
1	Aurad	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		INC	45,621	Gundappa Vakil		JDS	34,300	11,321
2	Bhalki	Prakash Khandre		BJP	52,652	Eshwara Khandre		INC	42,711	9,941
3	Hulsoor (SC)	Rajendra Varma		BJP	29,285	Babu Honnanaik		Ind	27,850	1,435
4	Bidar	Bandeppa Kashempur		Ind	67,019	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi		Ind	39,784	27,235
5	Humnabad	Merajuddin Patel		JDS	35,755	Rajshekahar Basawaraj Patil		INC	33,586	2,169
6	Basavakalyan	Mallikarjun Khuba		JDS	29,557	Basavaraj Patil Attur		Ind	22,132	7,425
Gulbarga district
7	Chincholi	Vaijnath Patil		JDS	36,184	Kailashnath Patil		INC	31,067	5,117
8	Kamalapur (SC)	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	28,607	Ramakrishna G		INC	23,740	4,867
9	Aland	B. R. Patil		JDS	50,818	Subhash Guttedar		INC	35,989	14,829
10	Gulbarga	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor		BJP	78,845	Qamar ul Islam		INC	74,645	4,200
11	Shahabad (SC)	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	32,625	Baburao Chavan		INC	31,607	1,018
12	Afzalpur	M. Y. Patil		JDS	53,122	Malikayya Guttedar		INC	34,654	18,468
13	Chittapur	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal		JDS	40,871	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	23,921	16,950
14	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	26,424	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	21,892	4,532
15	Jevargi	Dharam Singh		INC	45,235	Shivalingappa Patil Naribole		BJP	42,504	2,731
16	Gurmitkal (SC)	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	37,006	Akaashi Basavaraj		JDS	18,459	18,547
17	Yadgir	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal		Ind	37,222	A B Malakraddy		INC	25,788	11,434
18	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		JDS	59,310	Shivashekarappagouda Sirwal		INC	38,080	21,230
19	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gowda)		KNP	43,608	Raja Venkatappa Naik		INC	40,733	2,875
Raichur district
20	Devadurga (SC)	Alkod Hanumanthappa		JDS	33,460	Manappa		Ind	20,125	13,335
21	Raichur	Ahuja Papareddy		BJP	38,784	Syed Yasin		INC	29,188	9,596
22	Kalmala	Muniyappa Muddappa B		JDS	30,915	Shankaragouda Harvi		BJP	27,444	3,471
23	Manvi	N. S. Boseraju		INC	38,620	Basavanagouda Byagawat		Ind	28,513	10,107
24	Lingsugur	Amaregowda Patil Bayyapur		JDS	49,211	Anwari Basavaraj Patil		INC	45,692	3,519
25	Sindhanur	Hampanagouda Badarli		INC	79,001	Hanumanagouda Amareshappagouda		JDS	30,277	48,724
Koppal district
26	Kushtagi	Doddanagouda H. Patil		BJP	44,492	Sharanappa Vakeelaru		JDS	34,526	9,966
27	Yelburga	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	49,401	Eshanna Gulagannavar		BJP	43,729	5,672
28	Kanakagiri	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti		BJP	46,712	Mallikarjuna Nagappa		INC	41,136	5,576
29	Gangawati	Iqbal Ansari		JDS	39,486	Giregouda Advocate H		BJP	36,044	3,442
30	Koppal	Basavaraj Hitnal		INC	47,228	Karadi Sanganna		BJP	41,880	5,348
Bellary district
31	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	49,160	T. M. Chandrashekaraiah		JDS	42,844	6,316
32	Kurugodu	Suryanarayana Reddy		JDS	56,517	Ramalingappa		BJP	37,246	19,271
33	Bellary	B. Sriramulu		BJP	53,354	M Diwakara Babu		INC	46,643	6,711
34	Hospet	H. R Gaviappa		Ind	31,440	G. Shankara Goud		BJP	23,737	7,703
35	Sandur	Santosh Lad		JDS	65,600	Venkatarao Ghorpade		INC	30,022	35,578
36	Kudligi	Anil Lad		BJP	58,977	Siraj Sheikh		INC	41,796	17,181
37	Kottur	T. Bhagirathi		INC	29,593	N. T. Bommanna		JDS	26,781	2,812
38	Hoovina Hadagali	M. P. Prakash		JDS	61,863	V. B. Halappa		INC	28,077	33,786
Davanagere district
39	Harapanahalli (SC)	P. T. Parameshwar Naik		INC	38,158	Narayana Das		Ind	30,164	7,994
40	Harihar	Y. Nagappa		INC	40,366	H. Shivappa		JDS	39,797	569
41	Davanagere	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		INC	63,499	Yashawantha Rao		BJP	41,366	22,133
42	Mayakonda	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	62,290	R. S. Shekharappa		INC	53,193	9,097
Chitradurga district
43	Bharamasagara (SC)	H. Anjaneya		JDU	47,673	M. Chandrappa		INC	31,104	16,569
44	Chitradurga	G. H. Thippareddy		INC	53,386	S. K. Basavarajan		JDS	51,420	1,966
Davanagere district
45	Jagalur	T. Gurusiddanagowda		BJP	38,530	G. H. Ashwath Reddy		INC	31,767	6,763
Chitradurga district
46	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC	33,592	G M Thippeswamy		JDU	27,155	6,437
47	Challakere	D. Sudhakar		INC	47,550	Basavaraj Mandi Mutt		BJP	20,199	27,351
48	Hiriyur (SC)	D. Manjunath		JDS	43,749	G. S. Manjunath		INC	31,310	12,439
49	Holalkere	A. V. Umapathi		INC	48,179	G. S. Manjunath		Ind	33,836	14,343
50	Hosadurga	B. G. Govindappa		INC	49,780	Elkal Vijaya Kumar		JDS	29,052	20,728
Tumakuru district
51	Pavagada (SC)	K. M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	53,136	Venkataramanappa		INC	45,058	8,078
52	Sira	B. Satyanarayana		JDS	33,166	Sreenivasaiah		INC	25,073	8,093
53	Kalambella	K. S. Kiran Kumar		BJP	50,108	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	32,873	17,235
54	Bellavi (SC)	K. N. Rajanna		JDS	35,099	C. V. Mahadevaiah		BJP	33,595	1,504
55	Madhugiri (SC)	G. Parameshwara		INC	47,039	Kenchamaraiah		JDS	29,826	17,213
56	Koratagere	C. Channigappa		JDS	41,826	Veeranna		JDU	38,832	2,994
57	Tumkur	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	59,977	Shafi Ahmed		INC	51,332	8,645
58	Kunigal	H. Ningappa		JDS	52,370	S. P. Muddahanumegowda		INC	33,280	19,090
59	Huliyurdurga	D. Nagarajaya		JDS	27,848	Anusuyamma		BJP	23,106	4,742
60	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		Ind	40,431	G. S. Shivananjappa		JDS	28,854	11,577
61	Turuvekere	M. T. Krishnappa		JDS	39,934	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	30,776	9,158
62	Tiptur	B. Nanjamari		JDS	46,996	K. ShadaksharI		INC	30,173	16,823
63	Chikkanayakanahalli	J. C. Madhu Swamy		JDU	43,040	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	41,412	1,628
Kolar district
64	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	49,636	Jyothireddy		JDS	41,611	8,025
65	Chikballapur (SC)	S. M. Muniyappa		INC	45,993	M. Shivananda		JDS	35,613	10,380
66	Sidlaghatta	S. Munishamappa		JDS	60,322	V. Muniyappa		INC	52,875	7,447
67	Bagepalli	G. V. Sreeramareddy		CPM	57,132	N Sampangi		INC	45,997	11,135
68	Chintamani	M. C. Sudhakar		INC	65,256	K. M. Krishna Reddy		BJP	57,156	8,100
69	Srinivasapur	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	65,041	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		BJP	56,431	8,610
70	Mulbagal	R. Srinivas		JDS	48,250	Y. Surendra		BJP	32,772	15,478
71	Kolar Gold Field (SC)	S. Rajendran		RPI	23,098	Bhakthavathsalam		ADMK	13,991	9,107
72	Bethamangala	B. P Venkatamuniyappa		BJP	41,117	M. Narayana Swamy		Ind	40,570	547
73	Kolar	K. Srinivas Gowda		INC	54,755	M. S. Anand		BJP	31,004	23,751
74	Vemagal	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	95,563	S. N. Srirama		BJP	20,204	75,359
75	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty		BJP	69,120	A. Nagaraju		INC	42,264	26,856
Bangalore Urban district
76	Malleshwaram	M. R. Seetharam		INC	47,029	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	37,252	9,777
77	Rajaji Nagar	N. L. Narendra Babu		INC	67,899	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	63,777	4,122
78	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	40,797	V. Nagaraj		JDS	12,529	28,268
79	Chickpet	P. C. Mohan		BJP	21,404	Sathya Narayana Swamy		INC	19,167	2,237
80	Binnypet	V. Somanna		INC	77,657	Aswathnarayana		BJP	50,737	26,920
81	Chamrajpet	S. M. Krishna		INC	27,695	Mukhyamantri Chandru		BJP	14,010	13,685
82	Basavanagudi	K. Chandrashekhar		INC	44,600	K. N. Subbareddy		BJP	36,280	8,320
83	Jayanagar	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	54,078	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		BJP	51,428	2,650
84	Shanti Nagar (SC)	S. Raghu		BJP	33,483	M. Muniswami		INC	30,005	3,478
85	Shivajinagar	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	22,001	N. A. Haris		INC	17,628	4,373
86	Bharathinagar	Nirmal Surana		BJP	27,867	J. Alexander		INC	22,986	4,881
87	Jayamahal	R. Roshan Baig		INC	41,757	Mumtaz Ali Khan		BJP	21,877	19,880
88	Yelahanka (SC)	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	144,806	C. Munikrishna		BJP	130,494	14,312
89	Uttarahalli	R. Ashoka		BJP	313,309	S. T. Somashekhar		INC	229,308	84,001
90	Varthur	A. Krishnappa		INC	127,490	Ashwatha Narayana Reddy		BJP	114,352	13,138
Bangalore Rural district
91	Kanakapura	P. G. R Sindhia		JDS	52,740	Narayana Gowda		INC	43,791	8,949
92	Sathanur	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	51,603	D. M. Vishwanath		JDS	37,675	13,928
93	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeshwara		INC	64,162	M. C. Ashwath		JDS	47,993	16,169
94	Ramanagar	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	69,554	C. M. Lingappa		INC	44,638	24,916
95	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna		JDS	49,197	H. M. Revanna		INC	37,921	11,276
96	Nelamangala (SC)	Anjanamurthy		INC	37,578	B. Guruprasad		BJP	32,992	4,586
97	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy		INC	59,954	V. Krishnappa		JDS	46,898	13,056
98	Devanahalli (SC)	G. Chandranna		JDS	61,344	Muninarasimhaiah		INC	34,000	27,344
99	Hosakote	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	75,808	B. N. Bache Gowda		JDS	74,935	873
Bangalore Urban district
100	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	63,023	B Shivanna		INC	60,847	2,176
Mandya district
101	Nagamangala	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		JDS	54,847	L. R. Shivarame Gowda		INC	48,760	6,087
102	Maddur	D. C. Thammanna		INC	38,991	M. S. Siddaraju		Ind	28,256	10,735
103	Kiragavalu	M. K. Nagamani		JDU	53,590	Madhu G Madegowda		INC	38,029	15,561
104	Malavalli (SC)	K. Annadani		JDS	38,860	P. M. Narendraswamy		INC	27,630	11,230
105	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	46,985	M. S. Atmananda		INC	32,105	14,880
106	Keragodu	H. B. Ramu		INC	39,842	G. B. Shiva Kumar		JDS	27,366	12,476
107	Shrirangapattana	Vijayalakshmamma Bandisiddegowda		JDS	27,371	K. S. Nanjundegowda		KRRS	26,113	1,258
108	Pandavapura	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	44,165	K. S. Puttannaiah		Ind	42,649	1,516
109	Krishnarajpete	Krishna		JDS	34,738	K. B. Chandrashekar		INC	29,234	5,504
Chamarajanagar district
110	Hanur	Parimala Nagappa		JDS	61,626	R. Narendra		INC	48,613	13,013
111	Kollegal (SC)	S. Balraj		Ind	27,736	S. Jayanna		JDS	24,408	3,328
Mysore district
112	Bannur	Sunitha Veerappa Gowda		BJP	33,522	Chikkamada Nayaka		INC	27,859	5,663
113	T. Narasipur (SC)	H. C. Mahadevappa		JDS	37,956	M. Srinivasaiah		INC	23,699	14,257
114	Krishnaraja	M.K. Somashekar		JDS	25,439	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	22,045	3,394
115	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralingegowda		BJP	38,193	Sandesh Nagaraj		INC	23,416	14,777
116	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	54,462	Maruthi Rao Pawar		Ind	29,853	24,609
117	Chamundeshwari	Siddaramaiah		JDS	90,727	L. Revanasiddaiah		INC	58,382	32,345
118	Nanjangud	D. T. Jayakumar		JDS	46,068	M. Mahadev		INC	26,483	19,585
Chamarajanagar district
119	Santhemarahalli (SC)	R. Dhruvanarayana		INC	40,752	A. R. Krishna Murthy		JDS	40,751	1
120	Chamarajanagar	Vatal Nagaraj		KCVP	37,072	B. P. Manjula		INC	26,589	10,483
121	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		JDS	55,076	H. S. Nanjappa		INC	44,057	11,019
Mysore district
122	Heggadadevankote (SC)	M. P. Venkatesh		JDS	50,729	N. Nagaraju		BJP	38,412	12,317
123	Hunsur	G. T. Devegowda		JDS	60,258	S. Chikkamadu		INC	46,126	14,132
124	Krishnarajanagara	Mahadeva		JDS	40,341	H. Vishwanath		INC	40,018	323
125	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		JDS	39,357	K. S. Chandre Gowda		INC	30,372	8,985
Kodagu district
126	Virajpet (ST)	H. D. Basavaraju		BJP	35,550	Suma Vasantha		INC	27,484	8,066
127	Madikeri	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	31,610	Dambekodi S Madappa		JDS	23,446	8,164
128	Somwarpet	B. A. Jeevijaya		INC	46,560	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	43,763	2,797
Hassan district
129	Belur (SC)	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	31,438	D Mallesh		INC	26,489	4,949
130	Arsikere	A. S. Basavaraju		BJP	36,867	G. V. Siddappa		INC	30,418	6,449
131	Gandasi	B Shivaramu		INC	52,781	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	52,763	18
132	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda		JDS	70,461	H. S. Vijay Kumar		INC	35,585	34,876
133	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	64,664	G. Puttaswamy Gowda		INC	32,070	32,594
134	Arkalgud	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	47,131	A. Manju		INC	44,192	2,939
135	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JDS	63,527	K. M. Rajegowda		INC	35,804	27,723
136	Sakleshpur	H. M. Vishwanath		JDS	41,704	B. B. Shivappa		INC	19,911	21,793
Dakshina Kannada
137	Sullia (SC)	Angara S.		BJP	61,480	Dr Raghu		INC	44,395	17,085
138	Puttur	Shakunthala T. Shetty		BJP	65,119	Sudhakar Shetty		INC	54,007	11,112
139	Vittla	Padmanabha Kottari		BJP	60,250	K. M. Ibrahim		INC	59,859	391
140	Belthangady	Prabhakar Bangera		BJP	48,102	Harish Kumar		INC	35,281	12,821
141	Bantval	B. Nagaraja Shetty		BJP	54,860	Ramanath Rai		INC	48,934	5,926
142	Mangalore	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	29,928	Lancelot Pinto		INC	24,827	5,101
143	Ullal	U. T. Fareed		INC	47,839	Chandrashekar Uchil		BJP	40,491	7,348
144	Surathkal	J. Krishna Palemar		BJP	57,808	Vijaya Kumar Shetty		INC	54,496	3,312
Udupi district
145	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	33,611	Vasantha V. Salian		INC	32,221	1,390
146	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	36,341	U. R. Sabhapati		INC	34,808	1,533
147	Brahmavar	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		Ind	39,521	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	27,348	12,173
148	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	58,923	Ashok Kumar Hegde		INC	39,258	19,665
149	Byndoor	K Gopala Poojary		INC	47,627	K. Lakshminarayana		BJP	44,375	3,252
150	Karkala	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	52,061	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	42,149	9,912
Dakshina Kannada
151	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	29,926	K. Amarnath Shetty		JDS	26,977	2,949
Chikmagalur district
152	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	47,263	D. B. Chandregowda		INC	29,042	18,221
153	Mudigere (SC)	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	27,148	Motamma		INC	25,810	1,338
154	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	57,165	C. R. Sageer Ahmed		INC	32,292	24,873
155	Birur	S. L. Dharmegowda		JDS	33,164	K. B. Mallikarjuna		INC	32,031	1,133
156	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy		JDS	43,433	Marulasiddappa		INC	36,144	7,289
157	Tarikere	T. H. Shivashankarappa		INC	47,593	H. Omkarappa		BJP	27,919	19,674
Davanagere district
158	Channagiri	Mahima J Patel		JDS	42,837	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	32,154	10,683
Shimoga district
159	Holehonnur	G. Basavanneppa		BJP	50,071	Kariyanna		INC	43,769	6,302
160	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara		Ind	52,572	M. J. Appaji Gowda		INC	35,141	17,431
Davanagere district
161	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	46,593	D. G. Shanthanagowda		INC	39,119	7,474
Shimoga district
162	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	69,015	H. N. Chandrashekarappa		INC	49,766	19,249
163	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	47,843	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	46,468	1,375
164	Hosanagar	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	49,086	G. D. Narayanappa		INC	32,235	16,851
165	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna		BJP	57,455	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	42,282	15,173
166	Sorab	Kumar Bangarappa		INC	44,677	Madhu Bangarappa		BJP	32,748	11,929
167	Shikaripura	B. S. Yediyurappa		BJP	64,972	K. Shekarappa		INC	45,019	19,953
Uttara Kannada
168	Sirsi (SC)	Viveknand Vaidya		BJP	47,811	Jaiwant Premanand		INC	33,652	14,159
169	Bhatkal	Shivanand Naik		BJP	46,471	J. D. Naik		INC	42,301	4,170
170	Kumta	Mohan Krishna Shetty		INC	34,738	Shashibhushan E Hegde		BJP	31,273	3,465
171	Ankola	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	46,787	Shantaram Hegde		INC	30,709	16,078
172	Karwar	Gangadhar Nagesh Bhat		BJP	36,397	Prabhakar Rane		JDS	20,165	16,232
173	Haliyal	R. V. Deshpande		INC	55,974	V. S. Patil		BJP	41,765	14,209
Dharwad district
174	Dharwad Rural	Vinay Kulkarni		Ind	33,744	A. B. Desai		JDU	30,514	3,230
175	Dharwad	S. R. Morey		INC	43,334	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	37,584	5,750
176	Hubli City	Jabbarkhan Honnalli		INC	41,971	Ashok Katwe		BJP	40,155	1,816
177	Hubli Rural	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	58,501	Anil Kumar Patil		INC	31,965	26,536
178	Kalghatgi	Siddanagouda Chikkanagoudra		BJP	28,065	Babusab K Kashimanavar		JP	26,107	1,958
179	Kundgol	Akki Mallikarjunappa Shahadevappa		JDU	28,184	C. S. Shivalli		Ind	23,942	4,242
Haveri district
180	Shiggaon	Sindhura Rajashekar		Ind	41,811	Sayed Azimpeer Khadri		INC	40,971	840
181	Hangal	C. M. Udasi		BJP	61,167	Manohar Tahasildar		INC	43,080	18,087
182	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		JDS	39,237	U. B. Banakar		BJP	34,247	4,990
183	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna		BJP	57,123	K. B. Koliwad		INC	41,037	16,086
184	Byadgi (SC)	Nehru Olekar		BJP	52,686	Rudrappa Lamani		INC	41,408	11,278
185	Haveri	Shivaraj Sajjanar		BJP	53,482	Basavaraj Shivannanavar		INC	51,286	2,196
Gadag district
186	Shirahatti	Shivamurthayya Gaddadevaramath		INC	34,151	Ganganna Mahantashettar		JDU	31,205	2,946
187	Mundargi	Shidlinganagouda Patil		INC	40,287	B. F. Dandin		JDS	21,071	19,216
188	Gadag	D. R. Patil		INC	50,580	S. B. Sankannavar		BJP	35,376	15,204
189	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	46,733	Gurupadagouda Patil		INC	38,668	8,065
190	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	43,382	B. R. Yavagal		INC	31,260	12,122
Dharwad district
191	Navalgund	R. B. Shiriyannavar		BJP	30,195	Kallappa Nagappa Gaddi		INC	26,356	3,839
Belgaum District
192	Ramdurg	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	56,585	Ashok Pattan		INC	31,044	25,541
193	Parasgad	Vishwanath Mamani		Ind	38,451	Subhash Koujalgi		INC	37,006	1,445
194	Bailhongal	Jagadish Metgud		BJP	48,208	Mahantesh Koujalgi		INC	36,633	11,575
195	Kittur	Suresh Marihal		BJP	49,970	Danappagouda Inamdar		INC	35,265	14,705
196	Khanapur	Digambar Yashwantrao Patil		Ind	19,115	Vaishali Ashok Patil		Ind	18,747	368
197	Belgaum	Ramesh Kudachi		INC	32,198	Vilas Pawar		BJP	31,181	1,017
198	Uchagaon	Manohar Kinikar		Ind	42,483	Sambhaji Laxman Patil		INC	31,277	11,206
199	Hire Bagewadi	Abhay Patil		BJP	32,854	Shivaputrappa Malagi		INC	29,156	3,698
200	Gokak (ST)	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	56,768	Mallappa Muttennavar		BJP	40,593	16,175
201	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		JDS	62,054	Veeranna Koujalgi		INC	42,604	19,450
202	Hukkeri	Shashikanth Naik		BJP	46,969	Umesh Katti		JDS	46,148	821
203	Sankeshwar	Appayagouda Patil		INC	52,036	Rajendra Malagouda Patil		BJP	35,828	16,208
204	Nippani	Kakasaheb Panduranga Patil		INC	40,222	Subhash Shridhar Joshi		BJP	39,793	429
205	Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri		INC	58,039	Annasaheb Jolle		BJP	38,737	19,302
206	Chikkodi (SC)	Hakkyagol Dattu Yellappa		BJP	32,663	S. S. Bhimannavar		INC	30,121	2,542
207	Raibag (SC)	Bheemappa Sarikar		JDU	54,049	Laxman Kamble		INC	43,855	10,194
208	Kagwad	Raju Kage		BJP	44,529	Kiran Kumar Patil		INC	41,077	3,452
209	Athani	Laxman Savadi		BJP	59,578	Dongaragaon Shahajan Ismail		INC	28,325	31,253
Bagalkot district
210	Jamkhandi	Siddu Savadi		BJP	73,223	Ramappa Kaluti		INC	39,902	33,321
211	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	68,136	J. T. Patil		INC	50,811	17,325
212	Mudhol (SC)	Govind Karjol		BJP	71,814	R. B. Timmapur		INC	38,872	32,942
213	Bagalkot	Veeranna Charantimath		BJP	34,597	Pralhad Pujari		Ind	29,075	5,522
214	Badami	Mahagundappa Pattanshetti		BJP	52,678	B B Chimmanakatti		INC	33,677	19,001
215	Guledgud	H. Y. Meti		JDS	30,832	Rajashekhar Sheelavant		BJP	29,426	1,406
216	Hungund	Doddanagouda Patil		BJP	50,617	Gouramma Kashappanavar		INC	32,193	18,424
Bijapur district
217	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	30,203	Vimalabai Deshmukh		JDS	27,776	2,427
218	Huvina Hipparagi	Shivputrappa Desai		BJP	39,224	B. S. Patil		INC	32,927	6,297
219	Basavana Bagevadi	Shivanand Patil		INC	50,238	S. K. Bellubbi		BJP	46,933	3,305
220	Tikota	M. B. Patil		INC	48,274	Rudragoudar Sahebagouda		JDU	19,040	29,234
221	Bijapur	Appu Pattanshetty		BJP	70,001	Ustad Maheboob Patel		INC	45,968	24,033
222	Ballolli (SC)	R. K. Rathod		JDS	39,915	H. R. Alagur		INC	28,873	11,042
223	Indi	Ravikant Patil		Ind	42,984	B. G. Patil Halasangi		INC	33,652	9,332
224	Sindagi	Ashok Shabadi		BJP	38,853	M. C. Managuli		JDS	29,803	9,050

Government formation

In the elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government. Dharam Singh of the Congress was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 28 May 2004.^[5] However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead forged an alliance with the BJP. A new government was formed with H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) as Chief minister and B. S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP as his deputy.^[6]