Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

The Next Karnataka legislative assembly election is expected to be held in May 2028 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Siddaramaiah is the incumbent Chief Minister of Karnataka.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election

← 2023 By May 2028 2033 →
← outgoing members
All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority
Leader Siddaramaiah R. Ashoka Party INC BJP Alliance INDIA NDA Leader since 2013 2008 Leader's seat Varuna Padmanabhanagar Last election 42.88%, 135 seats 36.00%, 66 seats Current seats 138 62 Seats needed 51
Map of the assembly constituencies in Karnataka
Incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah INC

Schedule

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	TBD
Last Date for filing nomination	TBD
Scrutiny of nomination	TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	TBD
Date of Poll	TBD
Date of Counting of Votes	TBD

Parties and Alliances

  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress				Siddaramaiah

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party				R. Ashoka
	Janata Dal (Secular)				H. D. Kumaraswamy

Opinion polling

Seats and vote share projections

Seat share projections

Polling agency	Date published	Sample size	Margin of error					Lead
				INC	BJP	JD(S)	Others
People's Pulse	May 2025[7]	10,481	±3–5%	69	145	6	0	BJP
2023 election results				135	66	19	4	INC

Vote share projections

Polling agency	Date published	Sample size	Margin of error					Lead
				INC	BJP	JD(S)	Others
People's Pulse	May 2025[8]	10,481	±3–5%	40.2	50.9	5.9	3.2	10.7
2023 election results				42.88%	36%	13.3%	7.82%	INC

See also

• Elections in Karnataka
• Politics of Karnataka