2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

The 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in three phases on 10, 16 and 22 May 2008 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect a Government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 25 May and due to the use of electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the afternoon itself. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious winning 110 seats. Although the party fell short of a clear majority, it was able to form the government with the support of 6 independents. This was the first time BJP came to power on its own in Karnataka and any south Indian state.^[1][2]

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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All 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.68 pp ( 0.47 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Mallikarjun Kharge H. D. Kumaraswamy Party BJP INC JD(S) Leader's seat Shikaripura Chittapur Ramanagara Last election 79 65 58 Seats won 110 80 28 Seat change 31 15 30 Popular vote 8,857,754 9,091,364 4,959,252 Percentage 33.86% 34.76% 18.96% Swing 5.53 pp 0.51 pp 1.81 pp
Chief Minister before election HD Kumaraswamy JD(S) Elected Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa BJP

Background

In the 2004 Karnataka elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 out of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition government with Dharam Singh of the Congress as Chief minister. However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead formed an alliance with the BJP and H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) became Chief minister.^[3] The arrangement was based on an agreement that Kumaraswamy would be the Chief Minister for the first 20 months and B.S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP would be Chief Minister for the next 20 months.

The alliance between the BJP and the JD(S) collapsed in October 2007 after Kumaraswamy refused to let Yeddyurappa take over as Chief minister as had been agreed upon in 2006. They briefly got together and formed a short-lived government headed by Yeddyurappa in November 2007 but it quickly collapsed due to disagreements over power-sharing. As a result, the state came under the president's rule and new elections were called for.^[1]

Schedule

Schedule by Districts

Schedule by Seats

The Election Commission of India announced that polling would be held in a three phases on 10th, 16th and 22 May and that results would be declared on 25 May.

It also declared that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct "came into force with immediate effect" with the said announcement.^[4]

Event	Date
	Phase-I	Phase-II	Phase-III
No. of Assembly Constituencies	89	66	69
Date for nominations	16 April 2008	22 April 2008	26 April 2008
Last date for filing nominations	22 April 2008	29 April 2008	3 May 2008
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2008	30 April 2008	5 May 2008
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2008	2 May 2008	7 May 2008
Date of poll	10 May 2008	16 May 2008	22 May 2008
Hours of poll	7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Date of counting	25 May 2008
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 2008

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			B. S. Yediyurappa	224

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Mallikarjun Kharge	222

  Janata Dal (Secular)

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Kumaraswamy	219

Campaign

The state was the first in India to vote after the electoral constituencies had been redrawn based on new population data.^[2][1] The BJP campaigned on the high rate of inflation and criticized the national United Progressive Alliance government for being soft on terrorism. The party called on the voters to give the party a chance in Karnataka.

But the main election plank of the party was the betrayal of the JD (S) and the good budgets presented by Yeddyurappa when he was finance minister in the coalition government.^[1] The Congress party pledged to reign in prices, improve the infrastructure of the state, and provide a stable government.^[5]

Results

Vote share by party

1. Indian National Congress (34.76%)
2. Bharatiya Janata Party (33.86%)
3. Janata Dal (Secular) (18.96%)
4. Independent (6.92%)
5. Other (5.50%)

Seat share by party

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (49.11%)
2. Indian National Congress (35.71%)
3. Janata Dal (Secular) (12.5%)
4. Independent (2.68%)

Parties and coalitions[6]		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	88,57,754	33.86	5.53	110	31
	Indian National Congress (INC)	90,91,364	34.76	0.51	80	15
	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	49,59,252	18.96	1.81	28	30
	Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	86,735	0.33	1.73	0	5
	Independents (IND)	18,10,525	6.92	0.06	6	7
	Others	13,50,675	5.17	1.54	0	4
Total		2,61,56,305	100.00		224	±0
Valid votes		2,61,56,305	99.94
Invalid votes		15,812	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		2,61,72,117	64.87
Abstentions		1,41,47,825	35.14
Registered voters		4,03,19,942

Results by district

Districts	Total	BJP	INC	JDS	Ind.
Belagavi	18	9	7	2	0
Bijapur	8	5	3	0	0
Kalaburagi	12	5	7	1	0
Bidar	6	2	3	1	0
Raichur	7	2	3	2	0
Koppal	5	2	1	1	1
Gadag	4	4	0	0	0
Dharwad	7	6	1	0	0
Uttara Kannada	6	2	2	2	0
Haveri	6	5	1	0	0
Ballari	9	8	1	0	0
Chitradurga	6	2	1	1	2
Davanagere	8	6	2	0	0
Shimoga	7	5	2	0	0
Udupi	5	4	1	0	0
Chikmagalur	5	4	1	0	0
Dakshina Kannada	8	4	4	0	0
Tumakuru	11	3	4	3	1
Chikkaballapur	5	0	4	1	0
Kolar	6	2	2	1	1
Bengaluru Urban	28	17	10	1	0
Bengaluru Rural	4	2	2	0	0
Ramanagara	4	0	2	2	0
Mandya	7	0	2	4	1
Hassan	7	0	2	5	0
Kodagu	2	2	0	0	0
Mysore	11	2	8	1	0
Chamarajanagar	4	0	4	0	0
Total	224	110	80	28	6

Results by constituency

Source:^[7]

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Belgaum District
1	Nippani	Kakaso Pandurang Patil		INC	46,070	35.73	Shashikala Jolle		BJP	38,583	29.92	7,487
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri		INC	68,575	54.83	Ramesh Jigajinagi		BJP	44,505	35.58	24,070
3	Athani	Laxman Savadi		BJP	56,847	45.91	Kirana Kumar Patil		INC	35,179	28.41	21,668
4	Kagwad	Raju Kage		BJP	45,286	41.95	Digvijaya Pawar Desai		INC	36,304	33.63	8,982
5	Kudachi	Shama Ghatage		INC	29,481	31.69	Mahendra Tammannavar		BJP	28,715	30.87	766
6	Raibag	Duryodhan Aihole		BJP	39,378	40.69	Omprakash S Kanagali		INC	24,818	25.65	14,560
7	Hukkeri	Umesh Katti		JDS	63,328	50.20	Appayyagouda Patil		INC	45,692	36.22	17,636
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		JDS	53,206	41.81	Vivekrao Patil		BJP	47,838	37.59	5,368
9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	44,989	36.10	Ashok Ningayya Pujari		JDS	37,229	29.87	7,760
10	Yemkanmardi	Satish Jarkiholi		INC	46,132	42.47	Balagouda Patil		JDS	29,351	27.02	16,781
11	Belgaum Uttar	Fairoz Nuruddin Saith		INC	37,527	33.93	Shankargouda I Patil		BJP	34,154	30.88	3,373
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil		BJP	45,713	39.96	Kiran Krishnarao Sayanak		Ind	32,723	28.61	12,990
13	Belgaum Rural	Sanjay Patil		BJP	42,208	31.73	Shivaputrappa Malagi		INC	33,899	25.49	8,309
14	Khanapur	Pralhad Remani		BJP	36,288	31.71	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri		INC	24,634	21.52	11,654
15	Kittur	Marihal Suresh Shivarudrappa		BJP	48,581	43.48	Danappagouda Inamdar		INC	44,216	39.58	4,365
16	Bailhongal	Jagdish Metgud		BJP	48,988	46.85	Mahantesh Kaujlagi		INC	39,748	38.01	9,240
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwanath Mamani		BJP	48,255	44.21	Subhash Koujalagi		INC	43,678	40.02	4,577
18	Ramdurg	Ashok Pattan		INC	49,246	45.29	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	48,862	44.94	384
Bagalkot district
19	Mudhol	Govind Karjol		BJP	51,835	48.31	R. B. Timmapur		INC	44,457	41.43	7,378
20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi		BJP	62,595	50.30	Umashree		INC	50,351	40.46	12,244
21	Jamkhandi	Shrikant Kulkarni		BJP	59,930	54.86	Siddu Nyamagouda		INC	40,240	36.83	19,690
22	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	53,474	43.32	Ajay Kumar Sarnaik		INC	50,350	40.79	3,124
23	Badami	Mahagundappa Kallappa Pattanshetti		BJP	53,409	44.85	B B Chimmanakatti		INC	48,302	40.56	5,107
24	Bagalkot	Veerabhadrayya Charantimath		BJP	46,452	42.02	H. Y. Meti		INC	37,206	33.66	9,246
25	Hungund	Doddanagowda Patil		BJP	53,644	47.74	Vijayanand Kashappanavar		INC	48,575	43.23	5,069
Bijapur district
26	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	24,065	24.97	Biradar Mangala Shantagoudru		BJP	21,662	22.48	2,403
27	Devar Hippargi	A. S. Patil (Nadahalli)		INC	54,879	54.22	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		BJP	23,986	23.70	30,893
28	Basavana Bagevadi	S. K. Bellubbi		BJP	48,481	46.53	Shivanand Patil		INC	34,594	33.20	13,887
29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil		INC	55,525	50.90	Vijugouda Patil		JDS	38,886	35.65	16,639
30	Bijapur City	Appu Pattanshetty		BJP	34,217	41.45	Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman		INC	16,653	20.17	17,564
31	Nagathan	Katakdhonda Vitthal Dhondiba		BJP	40,225	37.66	Raju Alagur		INC	36,018	33.72	4,207
32	Indi	Bagali Sarvabhoum Satagouda		BJP	29,456	27.95	Y. V. Patil		INC	28,885	27.41	571
33	Sindagi	Ramesh Bhusanur		BJP	35,227	33.93	Mallappa Managuli		JDS	20,466	19.71	14,761
Kalaburagi district
34	Afzalpur	Malikayya Guttedar		INC	50,082	47.83	M. Y. Patil		BJP	42,216	40.32	7,866
35	Jevargi	Doddappagouda S. Patil Naribola		BJP	46,531	40.28	Dharam Singh		INC	46,461	40.22	70
36	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak		BJP	60,542	47.37	Raja Venkatappa Nayak		INC	55,961	43.79	4,581
37	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		INC	47,343	46.71	Shivshekharappagouda Shirwal		JDS	36,207	35.72	11,136
38	Yadgir	A. B. Maalakareddy		INC	36,348	39.02	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal		BJP	31,812	34.15	4,536
39	Gurmitkal	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	35,721	35.84	Naganagowda Kandukar		JDS	26,513	26.60	9,208
40	Chittapur	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	49,837	52.13	Valmiki Nayak		BJP	32,395	33.89	17,442
41	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	41,686	37.23	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	35,762	31.94	5,924
42	Chincholi	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	35,491	42.10	Baburao Chauhan		INC	28,580	33.90	6,911
43	Gulbarga Rural	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	41,239	38.73	Chandrika Parameshwar		INC	24,116	22.65	17,123
44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor		BJP	45,380	46.01	Basavaraj Bhimalli		INC	31,090	31.52	14,290
45	Gulbarga Uttar	Qamar ul Islam		INC	54,123	54.26	B. G. Patil		BJP	39,168	39.27	14,955
46	Aland	Subhash Guttedar		JDS	42,473	37.51	B. R. Patil		INC	36,689	32.35	5,784
Bidar district
47	Basavakalyan	Basavaraj Patil Attur		BJP	39,015	36.49	M G Muley		INC	31,077	29.07	7,938
48	Homnabad	Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil		INC	49,603	42.97	Subhash Kallur		BJP	27,867	24.14	21,736
49	Bidar South	Bandeppa Kashempur		JDS	32,054	32.93	Sanjay Kheny		BJP	30,783	31.63	1,271
50	Bidar	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		INC	33,557	37.83	Rahim Khan		BSP	30,627	34.53	2,930
51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre		INC	64,492	50.01	Prakash Khandre		BJP	43,521	33.75	20,971
52	Aurad	Prabhu Chauhan		BJP	56,964	55.61	Narsingrao Suryawanshi		INC	29,186	28.49	27,778
Raichur district
53	Raichur Rural	Raja Rayappa Naik		INC	34,432	32.92	Raja Rangappa Naik		JDS	32,555	31.13	1,877
54	Raichur	Syed Yasin		INC	28,801	35.69	M. Earanna		JDS	20,440	25.33	8,361
55	Manvi	G. Hampayya Nayak		INC	38,290	35.86	Gangadhar Nayak		BJP	35,771	33.50	2,519
56	Devadurga	K Shivana Gouda Naik		JDS	37,226	41.82	Venkatesh Nayak		INC	32,639	36.67	4,587
57	Lingsugur	Manappa Vajjal		BJP	51,017	53.29	A. Vasanthkumar		INC	31,837	33.25	19,180
58	Sindhanur	Venkat Rao Nadagouda		JDS	53,621	47.40	Badarli Hampanagouda		INC	38,747	34.25	14,874
59	Maski	Pratap Gowda Patil		BJP	35,711	42.26	Timmappa		INC	28,068	33.21	7,644
Koppal district
60	Kushtagi	Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur		INC	33,699	32.70	K Sharanappa Vakeelaru		JDS	31,929	30.98	1,770
61	Kanakagiri	Shivaraj Tangadagi		Ind	32,743	33.88	Bhavanimath Mukundarao		INC	30,560	31.62	2,183
62	Gangawati	Paranna Munavalli		BJP	37,121	37.37	Iqbal Ansari		JDS	34,236	34.47	2,885
63	Yelburga	Eshanna Gulagannavar		BJP	59,562	56.21	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	29,781	28.10	29,781
64	Koppal	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa		JDS	48,372	40.57	K. Basavaraj Bheemappa Hitnal		INC	38,027	31.89	10,345
Gadag district
65	Shirahatti	Ramanna S Lamani		BJP	39,859	38.41	H R Nayak		INC	29,358	28.29	10,501
66	Gadag	Bidarur Shrishailappa Veerupakshappa		BJP	54,414	50.61	H. K. Patil		INC	45,798	42.59	8,616
67	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	50,145	42.01	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil		INC	48,315	40.47	1,830
68	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	46,824	43.38	B. R. Yavagal		Ind	29,210	27.06	17,614
Dharwad district
69	Navalgund	Shankar Patil Munenkoppa		BJP	49,436	40.93	Gaddi Kallappa Nagappa		INC	32,541	26.94	16,895
70	Kundgol	Chikkangoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda		BJP	43,307	39.03	C. S. Shivalli		INC	36,931	33.28	6,376
71	Dharwad	Seema Masuti		BJP	35,417	31.75	Vinay Kulkarni		INC	34,694	31.10	723
72	Hubli-Dharwad East	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi		BJP	41,029	44.36	F. H. Jakkappanavar		INC	28,861	31.20	12,168
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	58,747	54.75	Munavalli Shankranna Ishwarappa		INC	32,738	30.51	26,009
74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	60,800	55.97	Jabbar Khan Honnali		INC	27,453	25.27	33,347
75	Kalghatgi	Santosh Lad		INC	49,733	43.47	C. M. Nimbannavar		BJP	38,091	33.30	11,642
Uttara Kannada
76	Haliyal	Sunil V. Hegde		JDS	46,031	46.31	R. V. Deshpande		INC	40,606	40.85	5,425
77	Karwar	Anand Asnotikar		INC	47,477	40.86	Ganapati Ulvekar		Ind	27,768	23.90	19,709
78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		JDS	30,792	28.76	Mohan Krishna Shetty		INC	30,772	28.74	20
79	Bhatkal	J. D. Naik		INC	49,079	44.72	Shivanand Naik		BJP	36,913	33.64	12,166
80	Sirsi	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	53,438	45.40	Raveendranath Naik		INC	22,705	19.29	30,733
81	Yellapur	V. S. Patil		BJP	39,109	37.46	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar		INC	36,624	35.08	2,485
Haveri district
82	Hangal	C. M Udasi		BJP	60,025	48.70	Manohar Tahsildar		INC	54,103	43.90	5,922
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai		BJP	63,780	51.76	Sayed Azeempeer Khadri		INC	50,918	41.32	12,862
84	Haveri (SC)	Neharu Olekara		BJP	41,068	36.17	Rudrappa Lamani		Ind	23,002	20.26	18,066
85	Byadgi	Sureshgoudra Patil		BJP	59,642	49.52	Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar		INC	48,238	40.05	11,404
86	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		INC	35,322	30.97	U. B. Banakar		Ind	31,132	27.29	4,190
87	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna		BJP	59,399	47.29	K. B. Koliwad		INC	56,667	45.12	2,732
Bellary district
88	Hoovina Hadagali	B. Chandra Naik		BJP	43,992	48.27	P. T. Parameshwar Naik		INC	37,474	41.12	6,518
89	Hagaribommanahalli	K. Nemaraj Naik		BJP	51,156	44.85	Bheema Naik L. B. P.		JDS	23,865	20.92	27,291
90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh		BJP	52,418	48.49	H. R. Gaviappa		INC	25,921	23.98	26,497
91	Kampli	T. H. Suresh Babu		BJP	61,388	50.96	Sanna Hanumakka		INC	39,052	32.42	22,336
92	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	43,359	37.70	B. M. Nagaraj		INC	38,535	33.50	4,824
93	Bellary Rural	B. Sriramulu		BJP	61,991	56.23	B. Ramprasad		INC	36,275	32.91	25,716
94	Bellary City	G. Somashekara Reddy		BJP	54,831	47.42	Anil Lad		INC	53,809	46.54	1,022
95	Sandur	E. Tukaram		INC	49,535	46.63	T. Nagaraj		BJP	28,816	27.12	20,719
96	Kudligi	B. Nagendra		BJP	54,443	48.52	S. Venkatesh		INC	45,686	40.72	8,757
Chitradurga district
97	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC	51,010	37.11	S. Thippeswamy		BJP	46,044	33.45	4,966
98	Challakere	Thippeswamy		BJP	42,591	36.01	Shashi Kumar		INC	42,302	35.77	289
99	Chitradurga	Basavarajan		JDS	55,906	40.49	G. H. Thippareddy		INC	39,584	28.67	16,322
100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar		Ind	43,078	31.94	Laxmikantha . N. R		BJP	26,920	19.86	16,158
101	Hosadurga	Gulihatti D. Shekar		Ind	41,798	33.92	B. G. Govindappa		INC	40,630	32.97	1,168
102	Holalkere	M. Chandrappa		BJP	54,209	40.66	H. Anjaneya		INC	38,841	29.20	15,368
Davanagere district
103	Jagalur	S. V. Ramachandra		INC	38,664	36.79	H. P. Rajesh		BJP	35,873	34.11	2,791
104	Harapanahalli	G. Karunakara Reddy		BJP	69,235	56.23	M. P. Prakash		INC	44,017	35.75	25,218
105	Harihar	B. P. Harish		BJP	47,353	37.76	H. Shivappa		JDS	36,297	28.95	11,056
106	Davanagere North	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	75,798	72.12	B. M. Sathish		JDS	21,888	20.83	53,910
107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		INC	41,675	41.50	Yashwanth Rao Jadav		BJP	35,317	35.17	6,358
108	Mayakonda	M Basavaraja Naik		BJP	52,132	46.50	Y. Ramappa		INC	35,471	31.64	16,661
109	Channagiri	K. Madal Virupakshappa		BJP	39,526	34.80	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	38,533	33.92	993
110	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	62,483	48.43	D. G. Shantana Gowda		INC	56,083	43.46	6,400
Shimoga district
111	Shimoga Rural	K. G. Kumarswamy		BJP	56,979	45.38	Kariyanna		INC	32,714	26.05	24,265
112	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara		INC	53,257	42.50	Appaji M. J.		JDS	52,770	42.11	487
113	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	58,982	53.58	Ismail Khan		INC	26,563	24.13	32,419
114	Tirthahalli	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	57,932	46.62	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	54,106	43.54	3,826
115	Shikaripura	B. S. Yeddyurappa		BJP	83,491	66.22	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		SP	37,564	29.79	45,927
116	Sorab	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	53,552	43.36	Kumar Bangarappa		INC	32,499	26.31	21,053
117	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna		BJP	57,706	46.61	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	54,861	44.32	2,845
Udupi district
118	Byndoor	K. Laxminarayana		BJP	62,196	48.64	K Gopala Poojary		INC	54,226	42.40	7,970
119	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	71,695	57.49	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		INC	46,612	37.37	25,083
120	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	58,920	50.02	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	56,441	47.91	2,481
121	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	45,961	46.59	Vasantha V. Salian		INC	44,994	45.61	967
122	Karkal	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	56,529	50.69	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	54,992	49.31	1,537
Chikmagalur district
123	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	43,646	40.36	D. B. Chandre Gowda		INC	41,396	38.28	2,250
124	Mudigere	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	34,579	34.64	B. N. Chandrappa		INC	26,084	26.13	8,495
125	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	48,915	41.02	S. L. Bhojegowda		JDS	33,831	28.37	15,084
126	Tarikere	D. S. Suresh		BJP	52,167	47.38	T. V. Shivashankarappa		INC	33,748	30.65	18,419
127	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy		INC	39,411	32.30	Y. S. V. Datta		JDS	36,000	29.51	3,411
Tumakuru district
128	Chiknayakanhalli	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	67,046	46.69	K. S. Kiran Kumar		BJP	38,002	26.47	29,044
129	Tiptur	B. C. Nagesh		BJP	46,034	37.91	K. Shadakshari		INC	39,168	32.25	6,866
130	Turuvekere	Jaggesh		INC	47,849	37.49	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	38,323	30.02	9,526
131	Kunigal	B. B. Ramaswamy Gowda		INC	48,160	39.92	D. Krishna Kumar		BJP	34,366	28.48	13,794
132	Tumkur City	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	39,435	37.49	Rafiq Ahmed		INC	37,486	35.64	1,949
133	Tumkur Rural	B. Suresh Gowda		BJP	60,904	50.08	H. Ningappa		JDS	32,512	26.73	28,392
134	Koratagere	G. Parameshwara		INC	49,276	38.65	Chandraiah		JDS	37,719	29.59	11,557
135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		JDS	52,302	42.11	C. V. Mahadevaiah		BJP	37,630	30.30	14,672
136	Sira	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	60,793	45.02	B. Sathyanarayana		JDS	34,297	25.40	26,496
137	Pavagada	Venkataramanappa		Ind	43,607	33.60	K.M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	29,294	23.54	14,313
138	Madhugiri	D. C. Gourishankar		JDS	51,971	42.01	Kyatasandra N. Rajanna		INC	51,408	41.55	563
Chikkaballapura district
139	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	39,127	30.41	N. M. Ravinarayana Reddy		BJP	27,959	21.73	11,168
140	Bagepalli	N. Sampangi		INC	32,244	25.86	G. V. Sreerama Reddy		CPI(M)	31,306	25.10	938
141	Chikkaballapur	K. P. Bachche Gowda		JDS	49,774	39.49	S. V. Ashwatanarayana Reddy		INC	26,473	21.01	23,301
142	Sidlaghatta	V. Muniyappa		INC	65,939	49.95	M. Rajanna		JDS	59,437	45.02	6,502
143	Chintamani	M C Sudhakar		INC	58,103	44.45	K. M. Krishna Reddy		JDS	56,857	43.50	1,246
Kolar district
144	Srinivasapur	G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy		JDS	70,282	47.58	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	66,613	45.10	3,669
145	Mulbagal	Amaresh		INC	31,254	27.42	N. Munianjanappa		JDS	29,400	25.82	1,854
146	Kolar Gold Field	Y. Sampangi		BJP	29,643	28.44	S. Rajendiran		RPI	26,323	25.26	3,320
147	Bangarapet	M. Narayanaswamy		INC	49,556	44.89	B. P. Venkatamuniyappa		BJP	42,051	38.09	7,505
148	Kolar	Varthur Prakash		Ind	66,446	52.45	K. Srinivasa Gowda		INC	45,417	35.85	21,029
149	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty		BJP	78,280	65.83	R. Prabhakar		JDS	25,879	21.76	52,401
Bangalore Urban district
150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath		BJP	60,975	41.36	B. Chandrappa		INC	44,953	30.49	16,022
151	K. R. Pura	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy		BJP	66,355	49.23	A. Krishnappa		INC	57,563	42.02	8,792
152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	60,979	43.01	A. Ravi		BJP	51,627	36.41	9,352
153	Yeshwanthpur	Shobha Karandlaje		BJP	57,643	38.29	S. T. Somashekhar		INC	56,561	37.57	1,082
154	Rajarajeshwari Nagar	M. Srinivas		BJP	60,187	41.82	P. N. Krishnamurthy		INC	40,595	28.21	19,592
155	Dasarahalli	S. Muniraju		BJP	59,004	46.30	K. C. Ashoka		INC	36,849	28.91	22,155
156	Mahalakshmi Layout	N. L. Narendra Babu		INC	42,652	37.62	R. V. Hareesh		BJP	39,427	34.77	3,225
157	Malleshwaram	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	53,794	52.13	M. R. Seetharam		INC	45,611	44.20	8,183
158	Hebbal	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	46,708	48.89	H M Revanna		INC	41,757	43.71	4,951
159	Pulakeshinagar	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	39,577	50.41	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy		JDS	21,908	27.90	17,669
160	Sarvagnanagar	K. J. George		INC	45,488	42.14	R Shankar		BJP	22,880	21.20	22,608
161	C. V. Raman Nagar	S. Raghu		BJP	47,369	53.03	K. C. Vijayakumar		INC	30,714	34.38	16,655
162	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		INC	43,013	53.53	Nirmal Surana		BJP	32,617	40.59	10,396
163	Shanti Nagar	N. A. Haris		INC	42,423	52.35	D. U. Mallikarjuna		BJP	28,626	35.32	13,797
164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	41,188	41.01	P. C. Mohan		BJP	34,242	34.09	6,946
165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	49,655	51.45	Padmavathi G		INC	34,995	36.26	14,660
166	Govindraj Nagar	V. Somanna		INC	53,297	51.01	R. Ravindra		BJP	28,935	27.69	24,362
167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa		INC	70,457	64.43	Pramila Nesargi		BJP	31,832	29.11	38,625
168	Chamrajpet	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan		JDS	43,004	48.41	V. S. Shama Sundar		BJP	23,414	26.36	19,590
169	Chickpet	Hemachandra Sagar		BJP	40,252	40.23	R. V. Devraj		INC	32,971	32.95	7,281
170	Basavanagudi	L. A. Ravi Subramanya		BJP	50,294	52.21	K. Chandrashekar		INC	37,094	38.50	13,200
171	Padmanaba Nagar	R. Ashoka		BJP	61,561	51.87	M. V. Prasad Babu		JDS	30,285	25.52	31,276
172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	46,805	46.26	G. Prasad Reddy		BJP	44,949	44.43	1,856
173	Jayanagar	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		BJP	43,164	48.43	M. Suresh		INC	20,570	23.08	22,594
174	Mahadevapura	Arvind Limbavali		BJP	76,376	52.16	B. Shivanna		INC	63,018	43.04	13,358
175	Bommanahalli	M. Satish Reddy		BJP	62,993	51.89	D. Kupendra Reddy		INC	49,353	40.66	13,640
176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa		BJP	71,114	42.57	Sadananda M.		INC	36,979	22.13	34,135
177	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	62,455	44.82	B. Gopal		INC	52,593	37.74	9,862
Bangalore Rural district
178	Hoskote	B. N. Bache Gowda		BJP	71,069	50.07	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	67,191	47.33	3,878
179	Devanahalli	Venkataswamy		INC	57,181	43.19	G. Chandranna		JDS	50,559	38.19	6,622
180	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy		INC	51,724	41.32	C. Channigappa		JDS	47,970	38.33	3,754
181	Nelamangala	M. V. Nagaraju		BJP	37,892	32.96	Anjanamurthy		INC	35,741	31.09	2,151
Ramanagara district
182	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna		JDS	75,991	52.75	P. Nagaraju		BJP	51,072	35.46	24,919
183	Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	71,700	56.09	M Rudresha		BJP	24,440	19.12	47,260
184	Kanakapura	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	68,096	48.34	D. M. Vishwanath		JDS	60,917	43.24	7,179
185	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeeshwara		INC	69,356	48.31	M. C. Ashwath		JDS	64,426	44.88	4,930
Mandya district
186	Malavalli	P. M. Narendraswamy		Ind	45,288	31.40	K. Annadani		JDS	33,369	23.14	11,919
187	Maddur	M. S. Siddaraju		JDS	49,954	36.85	D. C. Thammanna		INC	42,364	31.25	7,590
188	Melukote	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	66,626	47.80	K. S. Puttannaiah		SKP	54,681	39.23	11,945
189	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	47,265	36.39	Vidya Nagendra		BJP	36,736	28.29	10,529
190	Shrirangapattana	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda		JDS	52,234	36.98	Ambareesh		INC	47,074	33.32	5,160
191	Nagamangala	Suresh Gowda		INC	69,259	49.40	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		JDS	63,766	45.48	5,493
192	Krishnarajpet	K. B. Chandrashekar		INC	48,556	35.72	Krishna		JDS	45,500	33.47	3,056
Hassan district
193	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda		JDS	65,726	49.62	H. C. Srikantaiah		INC	56,280	42.49	9,446
194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	74,025	53.12	G. V. Siddappa		INC	39,799	28.56	34,226
195	Belur	Y. N. Rudresha Gowda		INC	46,451	39.02	B. Shivarudrappa		BJP	28,630	24.05	17,821
196	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JDS	52,266	46.61	B. Shivaramu		INC	35,462	31.62	16,804
197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	52,266	54.58	S. G. Anupama		INC	49,842	35.13	2,424
198	Arkalgud	A. Manju		INC	68,257	46.96	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	59,217	40.74	9,040
199	Sakleshpur	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	49,768	39.44	Nirvanaiah		BJP	36,473	28.90	13,295
Dakshina Kannada
200	Belthangady	K. Vasantha Bangera		INC	59,528	46.13	K. Prabhakara Bangera		BJP	43,425	33.65	16,103
201	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	44,744	40.31	K. P. Jagadish Adhikari		BJP	34,841	31.39	9,903
202	Mangalore City North	J. Krishna Palemar		BJP	70,057	53.10	Mohiuddin Bava		INC	55,631	42.16	14,426
203	Mangalore City South	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	60,133	50.52	Ivan D'Souza		INC	51,373	43.16	8,760
204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader		INC	50,718	48.44	Padmanabha Kottary		BJP	43,669	41.71	7,049
205	Bantval	Ramanath Rai		INC	61,560	45.52	B. Nagaraja Shetty		BJP	60,309	44.60	1,251
206	Puttur	Mallika Prasad		BJP	46,605	37.77	B Jagannatha Shetty		INC	45,180	36.61	1,425
207	Sullia	Angara S.		BJP	61,144	49.41	B. Raghu		INC	56,822	45.91	4,322
Kodagu district
208	Madikeri	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	60,084	47.06	B. A. Jeevijaya		INC	53,499	41.90	6,585
209	Virajpet	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	48,605	41.78	Veena Achaiah		INC	33,532	28.82	15,073
Mysore district
210	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		INC	38,453	32.77	K. Mahadeva		JDS	37,574	32.02	879
211	Krishnarajanagara	S. R. Mahesh		JDS	77,322	53.68	Adagur H. Vishwanath		INC	56,774	39.41	20,548
212	Hunsuru	H. P. Manjunath		INC	57,497	39.57	Chikkamadu S.		JDS	42,456	29.22	15,041
213	Heggadadevankote	Chikkanna		INC	43,222	34.48	K. Chikkaveeranayaka		BJP	30,680	24.47	12,542
214	Nanjangud	Srinivasa Prasad		INC	42,867	34.77	S. Mahadevaiah		BJP	42,159	34.19	708
215	Chamundeshwari	M. Sathyanarayana		INC	55,828	37.19	C. N. Manjegowda		BJP	41,529	27.67	14,299
216	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	63,314	54.56	M. K. Somashekar		INC	43,892	37.82	19,422
217	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralinge Gowda		BJP	44,243	41.94	Vasu		INC	34,844	33.03	9,399
218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	37,789	37.06	S. Nagaraju		JDS	31,104	30.50	6,685
219	Varuna	Siddaramaiah		INC	71,908	50.23	L. Revanasiddaiah		BJP	53,071	37.07	18,837
220	T. Narasipur	H. C. Mahadevappa		INC	42,593	35.77	M. C. Sundareshan		JDS	28,869	24.24	13,724
Chamarajanagar district
221	Hanur	R. Narendra		INC	59,523	47.30	Parimala Nagappa		BSP	36,383	28.91	23,140
222	Kollegal	R. Dhruvanarayana		INC	37,384	28.72	S. Mahendar		BJP	25,586	19.66	11,798
223	Chamrajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty		INC	42,017	33.93	M. Mahadev		BJP	39,405	31.82	2,612
224	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		INC	64,824	45.15	C. S. Niranjan Kumar		BJP	62,621	43.62	2,203

Sources: Election Commission of India,^[8] Times of India,^[9] News 18,^[10][11] News Minute^[12]

Aftermath

Although the BJP fell 3 seats short of getting an absolute majority, B. S. Yeddyurappa was able to become chief minister with the support of 6 independent members of the assembly. He was sworn in as Chief minister on 30 May 2008 along with a 30 strong Cabinet, which included 5 of the 6 independents who had agreed to back the BJP.^[13] Jagadish Shettar was elected speaker on 5 June and a vote of confidence was passed by voice vote on 6 June after the opposition walked out.^[14][15]