The 2004 Indian general election in Karnataka, occurred for 28 seats in the state. Of the 28 seats, 24 belonged to the general category and 4 were belonging to SC category.

Schedule The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.

Poll event Phase 1 2 Date of announcement 29 February 2004 Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004 Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004 Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004 Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004 Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004 Date of counting of votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 15 13

Parties and alliances Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan=2 NDABharatiya Janata PartyB. S. Yediyurappa24Janata Dal (United)4Indian National CongressS. M. Krishna28Janata Dal (Secular)H. D. Deve Gowda28

List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAINCJD(S) # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Bidar (SC) Ramchandra Veerappa Suryawanshi Narsingrao Motiram Chowdhary2Gulbarga Basavaraj Patil Sedam Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi Vithal Heroor3Raichur Kallur Sureshreddy Venkatesh Nayak R. Madangopal Nayak4Koppal N. Bheemappa Saloni K. Virupaxappa Sanganna Agadi 5Bellary G. Karunakara Reddy K. C. Kondaiah B. Gulagi Nagaraj 6Davangere G. M. Siddeshwara S. S. Mallikarjun Channaiah Odeyar7Chitradurga C. P. Mudalagiriyappa N. Y. Hanumanthappa P. Kodandaramaiah 8Tumkur S. Mallikarjunaiah G. S. Basavaraj D. L. Jagadeesh 9Chikballapur Ashok Krishnappa R. L. Jalappa Shashi Kumar10Kolar (SC) D. S. Veeraiah K. H. Muniyappa S. L. Gangadharappa 11Kanakapura Ramachandra Gowda Tejashwini See Ramesh H. D. Devegowda12Bangalore North H. T. Sangliana C. K. Jaffer Sharief C. M. Ibrahim13Bangalore South Ananth Kumar M. Krishnappa Jayanthi14Mandya K. S. Jayaram M. H. Ambareesh Dr. S. Ramegowda15Chamarajanagar (SC) N. Chamaraju A. Siddaraju M. Shivanna16Mysore C. H. Vijayashankar S. N. Wadiyar A. S. Guruswamy17Mangalore D. V. Sadananda Gowda M. Veerappa Moily A. K. Subbaiah18Udupi Manorama Madhwaraj Vinay Kumar Sorake Taranatha Kodavoor19Hassan H. N. Nanje Gowda H. C. Srikantaiah H. D. Devegowda20Chikmagalur D. C. Srikantappa B. L. Shankar Taradevi Siddhartha21Shimoga S. Bangarappa Ayanur Manjunath G. Madappa22Kanara Ananthkumar Hegde Margaret Alva G. Devaraya Naik23Dharwad South Manjunath Kunnur I.G. Sanadi Prema Sanganabasana 24Dharwad North Pralhad Joshi B. S. Patil Shagoti Chikkappa25Belgaum Suresh Angadi Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil Jameelahamed Reza26Chikkodi (SC) Ramesh Jigajinagi S. B. Ghatage Shivabal Khokate27Bagalkot P. C. Gaddigoudar S. R. Patil S. D. Siddappa28Bijapur Basangouda Yatnal B. Somanagouda Patil K. N. Siddappa

Results Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA BJP 87,32,783 34.77 7.58 24 18 11 JD(U) 4,68,682 1.87 11.41 4 0 3 Total 92,01,465 36.64 28 18 INC 92,47,605 36.82 8.59 28 8 10 JD(S) 51,35,205 20.45 9.60 28 2 2 Others 15,30,384 6.09 48 0 IND 5,88,117 2.34 0.53 40 0 Total 2,51,14,659 100% - 172 28 -

Results by Constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bidar (SC)Ramchandra VeerappaBJP312,83838.35Narsingrao Hulla INC289,21735.4523,6212.902GulbargaIqbal Ahmed SaradgiINC312,60137.76Basavaraj Patil SedamBJP255,13030.8257,4716.943RaichurVenkatesh NayakINC289,42435.08Raja M. NayakJD(S)288,91635.025080.064KoppalK. VirupaxappaINC356,15839.84Nagappa B. SaloniBJP312,53534.9643,6234.885BellaryG. Karunakara ReddyBJP318,97833.57K. C. KondaiahINC287,29930.2331,6793.336DavangereG. M. SiddeshwaraBJP370,49940.70S. S. MallikarjunINC337,82337.1132,6763.597ChitradurgaN. Y. HanumanthappaINC322,60935.11P. Kodandaramaiah JD(S)285,14931.0337,4604.088TumkurS. MallikarjunaiahBJP303,01635.08D. L. Jagadeesh JD(S)300,66534.812,3510.279ChikballapurR. L. JalappaINC376,20440.40Shashi KumarJD(S)316,18233.9660,0226.4510Kolar (SC)K. H. MuniyappaINC385,58242.41D. S. VeeraiahBJP373,94741.1311,6351.2811KanakapuraTejashwini See RameshINC584,23837.63Ramachandra GowdaBJP467,57530.12116,6637.5112Bangalore NorthH. T. SanglianaBJP473,50240.93C. K. Jaffer ShariefINC443,14438.3130,3582.6213Bangalore SouthAnanth KumarBJP386,68248.30KrishnappaINC324,41140.5262,2717.7814MandyaM. H. AmbareeshINC411,11647.94Dr. S RamegowdaJD(S)286,67833.43124,43814.5115Chamarajanagar (SC)M. ShivannaJD(S)316,66137.11A. SiddarajuINC272,67231.9643,9895.1616MysoreC. H. VijayashankarBJP316,44233.06A. S. GuruswamyJD(S)306,29232.0010,1501.0617MangaloreD. V. Sadananda GowdaBJP384,76048.61M. Veerappa MoilyINC351,34544.3933,4154.2218UdupiManorama MadhwarajBJP369,62747.37Vinay Kumar SorakeINC340,62443.6529,0033.7219HassanH. D. DevegowdaJD(S)462,62550.72H. C. SrikantaiahINC272,32029.85190,30520.8620ChikmagalurD. C. SrikantappaBJP341,39141.67B. L. ShankarINC267,71932.6873,6728.9921ShimogaS. BangarappaBJP450,09750.73Ayanur ManjunathINC373,95242.1576,1458.5822Kanara Ananthkumar HegdeBJP433,17451.94Margaret AlvaINC260,94831.29172,22620.6523Dharwad SouthManjunath ChannappaBJP442,75951.20I. G. SanadiINC297,64734.42145,11216.7824Dharwad NorthPralhad JoshiBJP385,08447.51B. S. PatilINC302,00637.2683,07810.2525BelgaumSuresh AngadiBJP410,84345.96Amarsinh Vasantrao PatilINC326,09036.4884,7539.4826Chikkodi (SC)Ramesh JigajinagiBJP379,58045.30Ghatage S BINC336,08840.1143,4925.1927BagalkotP. C. GaddigoudarBJP459,45152.90S. R. PatilINC292,06833.63167,38319.2728BijapurBasangouda Patil YatnalBJP344,90543.67Basanagouda S. PatilINC307,37238.9237,5334.75

Bye-Elections Held ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bidar (SC)28 June 2004Narsingrao Suryawanshi196,91732.18Ramchandra Veerappa183,44729.9813,470The Bidar Lok Sabha bypoll was held to fill a vacancy in the constituency during the 14th Lok Sabha.21Shimoga2 September 2005S. Bangarappa269,01336.00Ayanur Manjunath252,37633.7716,949The Shimoga Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP.

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1K. H. MuniyappaKolar (SC)MoSRoad Transport and Highways23 May200422 May20092Ambareesh M. H.MandyaMoSInformation and Broadcasting24 Oct200615 Feb20073Oscar FernandesRajya Sabha(Karnataka)Cabinet MinisterLabour and Employment24 Oct20063 Mar2009MoS(I/C)Statistics and Programme Implementation23 May200429 Jan2006NRI Affairs (Overseas Indian Affairs)18 Nov200529 Jan2006Youth Affairs and Sports18 Nov200529 Jan20064M. V. RajasekharanMoSPlanning23 May20046 Apr20085K. Rahman KhanChemicals and Fertilizers23 May200420 Jul2004

Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2004 election) Bharatiya Janata Party10979 Indian National Congress 67 65 Janata Dal (Secular) 47 58 Janata Dal (United) 1 5 Others 0 17Total224

See also Elections in Karnataka

References

External links Website of Election Commission of India