2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election

5 December 2019
15 of the 17 vacant seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Turnout	70%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader B. S. Yediyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy Party BJP INC JD(S) Alliance NDA UPA Leader's seat Shikaripura Badami Channapatna Seats won 12 2 0 Seat change 12 10 3 Percentage 50.32% 31.50% 11.90% Swing 18.82pp 13.96pp 4.87pp
Chief Minister before election B. S. Yediyurappa BJP Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa BJP

By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were held in Karnataka on 5 December 2019, and results were announced on 9 December. BJP, the ruling party, needed to win 6 out of the 15 seats to maintain its majority. It won 12 out of 15 seats. Congress won two, JD(S) failed to open its account, and one seat was won by a rebel BJP leader who contested as an independent.

Election schedule

Scheduled

By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were originally to be held on 21 October 2019 together with Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. The counting of votes was to be on 24 October 2019.

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	23 Sep 2019	Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations	30 Sep 2019	Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	1 Oct 2019	Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	3 Oct 2019	Thursday
Date of poll	21 Oct 2019	Monday
Date of counting	24 Oct 2019	Thursday
Date before which the election shall be completed	24 Oct 2019	Sunday

Rescheduled

The Election Commission on 27 September rescheduled the by-elections to 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies to 5 December and will declare the results no later than 11 December.

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	11 Nov 2019	Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations	18 Nov 2019	Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	19 Nov 2019	Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	21 Nov 2019	Thursday
Date of poll	5 Dec 2019	Thursday
Date of counting	9 Dec 2019	Monday
Date before which the election shall be completed	11 Dec 2019	Wednesday

Surveys and polls

Seat projections

Poll type	Publishing Date	Polling Agency	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |	bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" |		Majority
			BJP	INC	JD(S)	Others
Exit polls	5 December 2019	Karnataka Power TV	8-12	3-6	0-2	0-1	style="background:Template:National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color; color:white" |1-5
		BTV	9	3	2	1	style="background:Template:National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color; color:white" |2
		Public TV	8-10	3-5	1-2	0-1	style="background:Template:National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color; color:white" |1-3

Results

Results by party

Alliance		Party		Vote Share		Votes		Seats
				%	+/-%	No.	+/-	No.	%	+/-
style="background-color: Template:National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color" |	NDA	style="background-color:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	50.32	18.82	1,291,049	457,696	12	80.00	12
style="background-color: Template:United Progressive Alliance/meta/color" |	UPA	style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (INC)	31.50	13.96	808,114	394,560	2	13.33	9
	None	style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" |	Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))	11.90	4.87pp	305,307	138,325	0	0.00	3
			Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP)	0.43	0.43	10,928	10,928	0	0.00	0
			Karnataka Rashtra Samithi (KRS)	0.11	0.11	2,714	2,714	0	0.00	0
		style="background-color: Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"|	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	0.09	0.09	2,417	2,417	0	0.00	0
		style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Independent (IND)	4.27	2.01	109,530	49,852	1	6.67	1
			Others	0.38	2.84	9,671	75,531	0	0.00	1
			None of the Above (NOTA)	0.94	0.17	24,073	3,599

Results by constituency

S.No	Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner-up				Margin
	No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	3	Athani	Mahesh Kumathalli	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	99,203	Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	59,214	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |39,989
2	4	Kagwad	Shrimant Balasaheb Patil	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	76,952	Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	58,395	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |18,557
3	9	Gokak	Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	87,450	Lakhan Laxmanrao Jarkiholi	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	58,444	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |29,006
4	81	Yellapur	Arabail Hebbar Shivaram	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	80,442	Bhimanna Naik	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	49,034	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |31,408
5	86	Hirekerur	B.C. Patil	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	85,562	Bannikod Basappa Hanumantappa	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	56,495	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |29,067
6	87	Ranebennur	Arunkumar Guththur (M M P)	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	95,438	K B Koliwad	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	72,216	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |23,222
7	90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	85,477	V.Y. Ghorpade	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	55,352	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |30,125
8	141	Chikkaballapur	DR. K.Sudhakar	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	84,389	M. Anjanappa	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	49,588	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |34,801
9	151	Krishnarajapuram (K R Pura)	B.A.Basavaraja	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,39,879	M.Narayanaswamy	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	76,436	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |63,443
10	153	Yeshvanthapura	S. T. Somashekar	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,44,722	T.N. Javarayi Gowda	bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color"|	Janata Dal (Secular)	1,17,023	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |27,699
11	156	Mahalakshmi Layout	K Gopalaiah	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	85,889	M. Shivaraju	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	31,503	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |54,386
12	162	Shivajinagar	Rizwan Arshad	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	49,890	M. Saravana	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	36,369	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |13,521
13	178	Hoskote	Sharath Kumar Bachegowda	bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Independent	81,671	M T B Nagaraj	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	70,185	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |13,521
14	192	Krishnarajpet (K R Pet)	Narayan Gowda	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	66,094	B. L. Devaraj	bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color"|	Janata Dal (Secular)	56,363	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |9,731
15	212	Hunsur	H. P. Manjunath	bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"|	Indian National Congress	92,725	Adagur.h.Vishwanath	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	52,998	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |39,727

Gains by BJP

The bypolls were necessitated because 15 MLAs, from Congress and Janata Dal (S), resigned to bring down Kumaraswamy's coalition government. BJP won 12 out of 15 seats. But 3 seats escaped its grasp. Roshan Beg from Shivajinagar had resigned. But BJP did not allow Roshan Baig to join them, and he did not contest the bypoll. Congress retained the seat. From Hoskote, MTB Nagaraj resigned his seat and joined BJP who nominated him from his former seat. But a BJP rebel challenged him, and the rebel won. From Hunsur (Hunasuru), Adagur Vishwanath had won on JD(S) ticket, defeating Manjunath of Congress. He resigned, and contested as BJP candidate this time. But this time Manjunath managed to win the seat for Congress.

See also

• Elections in Karnataka
• Government of Karnataka
• Karnataka Legislative Assembly