The 2014 Indian general election polls in Karnataka for 28 Lok Sabha seats was held in a single phase on 30 April and 7 May 2014. As of 14 February 2014, the total voter strength of Karnataka is 44,694,658.
The main political parties are Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal.
Parties and alliances Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyB. S. Yediyurappa28Indian National CongressMallikarjun Kharge28Janata Dal (Secular)H. D. Deve Gowda25
List of Candidates ConstituencyBJPINCJD(S)1Chikkodi Ramesh Katti Prakash Hukkeri Shrimant Patil2Belgaum Suresh Angadi Lakshmi Hebbalkar Bagwan Nasir3Bagalkot P. C. Gaddigoudar Ajay Kumar Sarnaik Hunashyal Ravi4Bijapur Ramesh Jigajinagi Prakash Rathod K. Shivram5Gulbarga Revu Naik Belamgi Mallikarjun Kharge D. G. Sagar6Raichur K. Shivanagouda Naik B. V. Nayak D. B. Nayak7Bidar Bhagwanth Khuba N. Dharam Singh Bandeppa Kashempur8Koppal K. S. Amarappa Basavaraj Hitnal9Bellary B. Sriramulu N. Y. Hanumanthappa R. Ravinayaka10Haveri Shivkumar Udasi Saleem Ahmed Ravi Menasinakai11Dharwad Pralhad Joshi Vinay Kulkarni B. H. Mallappa12Uttara Kannada Anantkumar Hegde Prashant R. Deshpande13Davanagere G. M. Siddeswara S. S. Mallikarjun Mahima J. Patel14Shimoga B. S. Yeddyurappa Manjunath Bhandary Geetha Shivarajkumar15Udupi Chikmagalur Shobha Karandlaje K. Jayaprakash Hegde V. Dhananjay Kumar16Hassan C. H. Vijayashankar A. Manju H. D. Deve Gowda17Dakshina Kannada Nalin Kumar Kateel Janardhana Poojary18Chitradurga Janardhana Swamy B. N. Chandrappa Gullihatty D. Shekhar19Tumkur G. S. Basavaraj S. P. Muddahanumegowda A. Krishnappa20Mandya B. Shivalingaiah Ramya C. S. Puttaraju21Mysore Pratap Simha Adagur H. Vishwanath Chandrashekaraiah22Chamarajanagar A. R. Krishnamurthy R. Dhruvanarayana Kote M. Shivanna23Bangalore Rural P. Muniraju Gowda D. K. Suresh R. Prabhakara Reddy24Bangalore North D. V. Sadananda Gowda C. Narayanaswamy Abdul Azeem25Bangalore Central P. C. Mohan Rizwan Arshad Nandini Alva26Bangalore South Ananth Kumar Nandan Nilekani Ruth Manorama27Chikkballapur B. N. Bache Gowda M. Veerappa Moily H. D. Kumaraswamy28Kolar E. M. Narayanaswamy K. H. Muniyappa Kolar Kesava
Opinion polling Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency Sample size INC BJP JD(S) AAP Others Aug–Oct 2013 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 24,284 13 12 3 0 0 Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 India Today-CVoter 21,792 12 13 0 0 3 Jan–Feb 2014 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,000 14 11 2 1 0 March 2014 NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571 6 20 2 0 0 March–April 2014 CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 825 12–18 7–13 1 – 4 (Including Others) 0 1 – 4 (Including JD(S)) April 2014 NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000 14 12 3 0 0
Election schedule
Constituency wise Election schedule are given below– Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage 1 5 17 April Chikkodi Belgaum Bagalkot Bijapur Gulbarga Raichur Bidar Koppal Bellary Haveri Dharwad Uttara Kannada, Karwar Davanagere Shimoga Udupi Chikmagalur Hassan Dakshina Kannada Chitradurga Tumkur Mandya Mysore Chamarajanagar Bangalore Rural Bangalore North Bangalore Central Bangalore South Chikkballapur Kolar 67.20
Results Result BJP won 17 seats. INC won 9 seats and JD (S) won 2 seats. + 17 9 2 BJP INC JD(S) Party-Wise Results Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 1,33,50,285 43.01 1.38 28 17 2 INC 1,26,66,530 40.81 3.16 28 9 3 JD(S) 34,06,465 10.97 2.60 25 2 1 Others 8,74,187 2.82 157 0 IND 4,83,513 1.56 2.56 196 0 NOTA 2,57,881 0.83 Total 3,10,38,861 100% - 434 28 -
Constituency Wise Results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1ChikkodiPrakash HukkeriINC474,37344.27Ramesh KattiBJP471,37043.993,0030.282BelgaumSuresh AngadiBJP554,41751.38Lakshmi HebbalkarINC478,55744.3575,8607.033BagalkotP. C. GaddigoudarBJP571,54852.95Ajay Kumar SarnaikINC454,98842.15116,56010.804BijapurRamesh JigajinagiBJP471,75748.80Prakash RathodINC401,93841.5769,8197.235GulbargaMallikarjun KhargeINC507,19350.82Revu Naik BelamgiBJP432,46043.3374,7337.496RaichurB. V. NayakINC443,65945.78K. Shivanagouda NaikBJP442,16045.631,4990.157BidarBhagwanth KhubaBJP459,29047.68Dharam SinghINC367,06838.1192,2229.578KoppalK. S. AmarappaBJP486,38348.28Basavaraj HitnalINC453,96945.0632,4143.229BellaryB. SriramuluBJP534,40651.09N. Y. HanumanthappaINC449,26242.9585,1448.1410HaveriS. C. UdasiBJP566,79050.77Saleem AhmedINC479,21942.9387,5717.8411DharwadPralhad JoshiBJP545,39552.37Vinay KulkarniINC431,73841.45113,65710.9212Uttara KannadaAnantkumar HegdeBJP546,93954.61Prashant R DeshpandeINC406,23940.56140,70014.0513DavanagereG. M. SiddeshwaraBJP518,89446.53S. S. MallikarjunINC501,28744.9517,6071.5814ShimogaB. S. YediyurappaBJP606,21653.63Manjunath BhandaryINC242,91121.49363,30532.1415Udupi ChikmagalurShobha KarandlajeBJP581,16856.19K. Jayaprakash HegdeINC399,52538.63181,64317.5616HassanH. D. DevegowdaJD(S)509,84144.43A. ManjuINC409,37935.67100,4628.7617Dakshina KannadaNalin Kumar KateelBJP642,73953.23Janardhana PoojaryINC499,03041.32143,70911.9118ChitradurgaB. N. ChandrappaINC467,51142.59Janardhana SwamyBJP366,22033.36101,2919.2319TumkurS. P. MuddahanumegowdaINC429,86839.01G. S. BasavarajBJP355,82732.2974,0416.7220MandyaC. S. PuttarajuJD(S)524,37043.95RamyaINC518,85243.495,5180.4621MysorePratap SimhaBJP503,90843.45Adagur H. VishwanathINC472,30040.7331,6082.7222ChamarajanagarR. DhruvanarayanaINC567,78250.10A. R. KrishnamurthyBJP426,60037.64141,18212.4623Bangalore RuralD. K. SureshINC652,72344.84P. Muniraju GowdaBJP421,24328.94231,48015.9024Bangalore NorthD. V. Sadananda GowdaBJP718,32652.91C. NarayanaswamyINC488,56235.99229,76416.9225Bangalore CentralP. C. MohanBJP557,13051.85Rizwan ArshadINC419,63039.05137,50012.8026Bangalore SouthAnanth KumarBJP633,81656.88Nandan NilekaniINC405,24136.37228,57520.5127ChikkballapurVeerappa MoilyINC424,80033.61B. N. Bache GowdaBJP415,28032.869,5200.7528KolarK. H. MuniyappaINC418,92637.16Kolar KesavaJD(S)371,07632.9247,8504.24
Bye-election By-elections were conducted after sitting MPs resigned to assume office as MLAs following the 2018 elections. The following were elected on 6 November 2018. ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %9Bellary (ST)V. S. UgrappaINC628,36559.99J. ShanthaBJP385,20436.78243,16123.2114ShimogaB. Y. RaghavendraBJP543,30650.73Madhu BangarappaJD(S)491,15845.8652,1484.8720MandyaL. R. Shivarame GowdaJD(S)569,34763.79D. R. SiddaramaiahBJP244,40427.38324,94336.41
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Ananth KumarBangalore SouthCabinet MinisterChemicals and Fertilizers27 May201412 November2018Parliamentary Affairs5 July20162D. V. Sadananda GowdaBangalore NorthRailways27 May20149 November2014Law and Justice9 November20145 July2016Statistics and Programme Implementation5 July201630 May2019Chemicals and Fertilizers13 November20183M. Venkaiah NaiduRajya Sabha(Karnataka)Urban Development; Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation27 May201417 July2017Parliamentary Affairs5 July2016Information and Broadcasting5 July201617 July20174Nirmala SitharamanMoS (I/C)Commerce and Industry27 May20143 September2017MoSFinance; Corporate Affairs9 November2014Cabinet MinisterDefence3 September201730 May20195G. M. SiddeshwaraDavanagereMoSCivil Aviation27 May20149 November2014Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises9 November201412 July20166Ramesh JigajinagiBijapurDrinking Water and Sanitation5 July201630 May20197Anant Kumar HegdeUttara KannadaSkill Development and Entrepreneurship3 September201730 May2019
Note: Nirmala Sitharaman represented Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha until 2016, after which she represented Karnataka. M. Venkaiah Naidu represented Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha until July 2016, after which he represented Rajasthan.
Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2018 election) Bharatiya Janata Party 132 104 Indian National Congress 77 80 Janata Dal (Secular) 15 37 Others 0 3Total224
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