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.

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

10–22 May 2008
All 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.68%
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% 0.51% 1.81%
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. 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.

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.

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

Campaign

The state was the first in India to vote after the electoral constituencies had been redrawn based on new population data. 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. The Congress party pledged to reign in prices, improve the infrastructure of the state, and provide a stable government.

Results

Seat Share and Gender

Vote share

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	88,57,754	33.86		110	31
	Indian National Congress (INC)	90,91,364	34.76		80	15
	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	49,59,252	18.96		28	30
	Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	86,735	0.33		0	5
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				0	1
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha				0	1
	Kannada Nadu Party				0	1
	Republican Party of India				0	1
	Independents (IND)	18,10,525	6.92		6	7
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	OTH
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

Results by constituency

Source:

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Belgaum District
1	Nippani	Kakaso Pandurang Patil		INC	46070	Shashikala Jolle		BJP	38583	7487
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri		INC	68575	Ramesh Jigajinagi		BJP	44505	24070
3	Athani	Laxman Savadi		BJP	56847	Kirana Kumar Patil		INC	35179	21668
4	Kagwad	Raju Kage		BJP	45286	Digvijaya Pawar Desai		INC	36304	8982
5	Kudachi	Shama Ghatage		INC	29481	Mahendra Tammannavar		BJP	28715	766
6	Raibag	Duryodhan Aihole		BJP	39378	Omprakash S Kanagali		INC	24818	14560
7	Hukkeri	Umesh Katti		JDS	63328	Appayyagouda Patil		INC	45692	17636
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		JDS	53206	Vivekrao Patil		BJP	47838	5368
9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	44989	Ashok Ningayya Pujari		JDS	37229	7760
10	Yemkanmardi	Satish Jarkiholi		INC	46132	Balagouda Patil		JDS	29351	16781
11	Belgaum Uttar	Fairoz Nuruddin Saith		INC	37527	Shankargouda I Patil		BJP	34154	3373
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil		BJP	45713	Kiran Krishnarao Sayanak		Ind	32723	12990
13	Belgaum Rural	Sanjay Patil		BJP	42208	Shivaputrappa Malagi		INC	33899	8309
14	Khanapur	Pralhad Remani		BJP	36288	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri		INC	24634	11654
15	Kittur	Marihal Suresh Shivarudrappa		BJP	48581	Danappagouda Inamdar		INC	44216	4365
16	Bailhongal	Jagdish Metgud		BJP	48988	Mahantesh Kaujlagi		INC	39748	9240
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwanath Mamani		BJP	48255	Subhash Koujalagi		INC	43678	4577
18	Ramdurg	Ashok Pattan		INC	49246	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	48862	384
Bagalkot district
19	Mudhol	Govind Karjol		BJP	51835	R. B. Timmapur		INC	44457	7378
20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi		BJP	62595	Umashree		INC	50351	12244
21	Jamkhandi	Shrikant Kulkarni		BJP	59930	Siddu Nyamagouda		INC	40240	19690
22	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	53474	Ajay Kumar Sarnaik		INC	50350	3124
23	Badami	Mahagundappa Kallappa Pattanshetti		BJP	53409	B B Chimmanakatti		INC	48302	5107
24	Bagalkot	Veerabhadrayya Charantimath		BJP	46452	H. Y. Meti		INC	37206	9246
25	Hungund	Doddanagowda Patil		BJP	53644	Vijayanand Kashappanavar		INC	48575	5069
Bijapur district
26	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	24065	Biradar Mangala Shantagoudru		BJP	21662	2403
27	Devar Hippargi	A. S. Patil (Nadahalli)		INC	54879	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		BJP	23986	30893
28	Basavana Bagevadi	S. K. Bellubbi		BJP	48481	Shivanand Patil		INC	34594	13887
29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil		INC	55525	Vijugouda Patil		JDS	38886	16639
30	Bijapur City	Appu Pattanshetty		BJP	34217	Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman		INC	16653	17564
31	Nagathan	Katakdhonda Vitthal Dhondiba		BJP	40225	Raju Alagur		INC	36018	4207
32	Indi	Bagali Sarvabhoum Satagouda		BJP	29456	Y. V. Patil		INC	28885	571
33	Sindagi	Ramesh Bhusanur		BJP	35227	Mallappa Managuli		JDS	20466	14761
Kalaburagi district
34	Afzalpur	Malikayya Guttedar		INC	50082	M. Y. Patil		BJP	42216	7866
35	Jevargi	Doddappagouda S. Patil Naribola		BJP	46531	Dharam Singh		INC	46461	70
36	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak		BJP	60542	Raja Venkatappa Nayak		INC	55961	4581
37	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		INC	47343	Shivshekharappagouda Shirwal		JDS	36207	11136
38	Yadgir	A.B Maalakareddy		INC	36348	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal		BJP	31812	4536
39	Gurmitkal	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	35721	Naganagowda Kandukar		JDS	26513	9208
40	Chittapur	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	49837	Valmiki Nayak		BJP	32395	17442
41	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	41686	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	35762	5924
42	Chincholi	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	35491	Baburao Chauhan		INC	28580	6911
43	Gulbarga Rural	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	41239	Chandrika Parameshwar		INC	24116	17123
44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor		BJP	45380	Basavaraj Bhimalli		INC	31090	14290
45	Gulbarga Uttar	Qamar ul Islam		INC	54123	B. G. Patil		BJP	39168	14955
46	Aland	Subhash Guttedar		JDS	42473	B. R. Patil		INC	36689	5784
Bidar district
47	Basavakalyan	Basavaraj Patil Attur		BJP	39015	M G Muley		INC	31077	7938
48	Homnabad	Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil		INC	49603	Subhash Kallur		BJP	27867	21736
49	Bidar South	Bandeppa Kashempur		JDS	32054	Sanjay Kheny		BJP	30783	1271
50	Bidar	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		INC	33557	Rahim Khan		BSP	30627	2930
51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre		INC	64492	Prakash Khandre		BJP	43521	20971
52	Aurad	Prabhu Chauhan		BJP	56964	Narsingrao Suryawanshi		INC	29186	27778
Raichur district
53	Raichur Rural	Raja Rayappa Naik		INC	34432	Raja Rangappa Naik		JDS	32555	1877
54	Raichur	Syed Yasin		INC	28801	M Earanna		JDS	20440	8361
55	Manvi	G. Hampayya Nayak Ballatgi		INC	38290	Gangadhar Nayak		BJP	35771	2519
56	Devadurga	K Shivana Gouda Naik		JDS	37226	Venkatesh Nayak		INC	32639	4587
57	Lingsugur	Manappa Vajjal		BJP	51017	A. Vasanthkumar		INC	31837	19180
58	Sindhanur	Venkat Rao Nadagouda		JDS	53621	Badarli Hampanagouda		INC	38747	14874
59	Maski	Pratap Gowda Patil		BJP	35711	Timmappa		INC	28068	7644
Koppal district
60	Kushtagi	Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur		INC	33699	K Sharanappa Vakeelaru		JDS	31929	1770
61	Kanakagiri	Shivaraj Tangadagi		Ind	32743	Bhavanimath Mukundarao		INC	30560	2183
62	Gangawati	Paranna Munavalli		BJP	37121	Iqbal Ansari		JDS	34236	2885
63	Yelburga	Eshanna Gulagannavar		BJP	59562	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	29781	29781
64	Koppal	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa		JDS	48372	K. Basavaraj Bheemappa Hitnal		INC	38027	10345
Gadag district
65	Shirahatti	Ramanna S Lamani		BJP	39859	H R Nayak		INC	29358	10501
66	Gadag	Bidarur Shrishailappa Veerupakshappa		BJP	54414	H. K. Patil		INC	45798	8616
67	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	50145	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil		INC	48315	1830
68	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	46824	B. R. Yavagal		Ind	29210	17614
Dharwad district
69	Navalgund	Shankar Patil Munenkoppa		BJP	49436	Gaddi Kallappa Nagappa		INC	32541	16895
70	Kundgol	Chikkangoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda		BJP	43307	C. S. Shivalli		INC	36931	6376
71	Dharwad	Seema Masuti		BJP	35417	Vinay Kulkarni		INC	34694	723
72	Hubli-Dharwad East	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi		BJP	41029	F. H. Jakkappanavar		INC	28861	12168
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	58747	Munavalli Shankranna Ishwarappa		INC	32738	26009
74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	60800	Jabbar Khan Honnali		INC	27453	33347
75	Kalghatgi	Santosh Lad		INC	49733	C M Nimbannavar		BJP	38091	11642
Uttara Kannada
76	Haliyal	Sunil V Hegde		JDS	46031	R. V. Deshpande		INC	40606	5425
77	Karwar	Anand Asnotikar		INC	47477	Ganapati Ulvekar		Ind	27768	19709
78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		JDS	30792	Mohan Krishna Shetty		INC	30772	20
79	Bhatkal	J D Naik		INC	49079	Shivanand Naik		BJP	36913	12166
80	Sirsi	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	53438	Raveendranath Naik		INC	22705	30733
81	Yellapur	V S Patil		BJP	39109	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar		INC	36624	2485
Haveri district
82	Hangal	C. M Udasi		BJP	60025	Manohar Tahsildar		INC	54103	5922
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai		BJP	63780	Sayed Azeempeer Khadri		INC	50918	12862
84	Haveri (SC)	Neharu Olekara		BJP	41068	Rudrappa Lamani		Ind	23002	18066
85	Byadgi	Sureshgoudra Patil		BJP	59642	Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar		INC	48238	11404
86	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		INC	35322	U. B. Banakar		Ind	31132	4190
87	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna		BJP	59399	K. B. Koliwad		INC	56667	2732
Bellary district
88	Hoovina Hadagali	B.Chandra Naik		BJP	43992	P. T. Parameshwar Naik		INC	37474	6518
89	Hagaribommanahalli	K. Nemaraj Naik		BJP	51156	Bheema Naik L.B.P		JDS	23865	27291
90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh		BJP	52418	H. R. Gaviappa		INC	25921	26497
91	Kampli	T. H. Suresh Babu		BJP	61388	Sanna Hanumakka		INC	39052	22336
92	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	43359	B. M. Nagaraj		INC	38535	4824
93	Bellary Rural	B. Sriramulu		BJP	61991	B. Ramprasad		INC	36275	25716
94	Bellary City	G. Somashekara Reddy		BJP	54831	Anil Lad		INC	53809	1022
95	Sandur	E. Tukaram		INC	49535	T Nagaraj		BJP	28816	20719
96	Kudligi	B. Nagendra		BJP	54443	S. Venkatesh		INC	45686	8757
Chitradurga district
97	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC	51010	S Thippeswamy		BJP	46044	4966
98	Challakere	Thippeswamy		BJP	42591	Shashi Kumar		INC	42302	289
99	Chitradurga	Basavarajan		JDS	55906	G. H. Thippareddy		INC	39584	16322
100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar		Ind	43078	Laxmikantha . N. R		BJP	26920	16158
101	Hosadurga	Gulihatti D. Shekar		Ind	41798	B. G. Govindappa		INC	40630	1168
102	Holalkere	M. Chandrappa		BJP	54209	H. Anjaneya		INC	38841	15368
Davanagere district
103	Jagalur	S. V. Ramachandra		INC	38664	H. P. Rajesh		BJP	35873	2791
104	Harapanahalli	G. Karunakara Reddy		BJP	69235	M. P. Prakash		INC	44017	25218
105	Harihar	B. P. Harish		BJP	47353	H. Shivappa		JDS	36297	11056
106	Davanagere North	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	75798	B M Sathish		JDS	21888	53910
107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		INC	41675	Yashwanth Rao Jadav		BJP	35317	6358
108	Mayakonda	M Basavaraja Naik		BJP	52132	Y Ramappa		INC	35471	16661
109	Channagiri	K. Madal Virupakshappa		BJP	39526	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	38533	993
110	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	62483	D. G Shantana Gowda		INC	56083	6400
Shimoga district
111	Shimoga Rural	K. G. Kumarswamy		BJP	56979	Kariyanna		INC	32714	24265
112	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara		INC	53257	Appaji M. J.		JDS	52770	487
113	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	58982	Ismail Khan		INC	26563	32419
114	Tirthahalli	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	57932	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	54106	3826
115	Shikaripura	B. S. Yeddyurappa		BJP	83491	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		SP	37564	45927
116	Sorab	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	53552	Kumar Bangarappa		INC	32499	21053
117	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna		BJP	57706	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	54861	2845
Udupi district
118	Byndoor	K. Laxminarayana		BJP	62196	K Gopala Poojary		INC	54226	7970
119	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	71695	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		INC	46612	25083
120	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	58920	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	56441	2481
121	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	45961	Vasantha V. Salian		INC	44994	967
122	Karkal	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	56529	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	54992	1537
Chikmagalur district
123	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	43646	D. B. Chandre Gowda		INC	41396	2250
124	Mudigere	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	34579	B. N. Chandrappa		INC	26084	8495
125	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	48915	S. L. Bhojegowda		JDS	33831	15084
126	Tarikere	D. S. Suresh		BJP	52167	T. V. Shivashankarappa		INC	33748	18419
127	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy		INC	39411	Y. S. V. Datta		JDS	36000	3411
Tumakuru district
128	Chiknayakanhalli	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	67046	K S Kiran Kumar		BJP	38002	29044
129	Tiptur	B. C. Nagesh		BJP	46034	K. Shadakshari		INC	39168	6866
130	Turuvekere	Jaggesh		INC	47849	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	38323	9526
131	Kunigal	B. B. Ramaswamy Gowda		INC	48160	D. Krishna Kumar		BJP	34366	13794
132	Tumkur City	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	39435	Rafiq Ahmed		INC	37486	1949
133	Tumkur Rural	B. Suresh Gowda		BJP	60904	H. Ningappa		JDS	32512	28392
134	Koratagere	G. Parameshwara		INC	49276	Chandraiah		JDS	37719	11557
135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		JDS	52302	C. V. Mahadevaiah		BJP	37630	14672
136	Sira	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	60793	B. Sathyanarayana		JDS	34297	26496
137	Pavagada	Venkataramanappa		Ind	43607	K.M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	29294	14313
138	Madhugiri	D. C. Gourishankar		JDS	51971	Kyatasandra N. Rajanna		INC	51408	563
Chikkaballapura district
139	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	39127	N M Ravinarayana Reddy		BJP	27959	11168
140	Bagepalli	N Sampangi		INC	32244	G.V. Sreeramareddy		CPI(M)	31306	938
141	Chikkaballapur	K P Bachche Gowda		JDS	49774	S V Ashwatanarayana Reddy		INC	26473	23301
142	Sidlaghatta	V. Muniyappa		INC	65939	M Rajanna		JDS	59437	6502
143	Chintamani	M C Sudhakar		INC	58103	K M Krishna Reddy		JDS	56857	1246
Kolar district
144	Srinivasapur	G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy		JDS	70282	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	66613	3669
145	Mulbagal	Amaresh		INC	31254	N. Munianjanappa		JDS	29400	1854
146	Kolar Gold Field	Y Sampangi		BJP	29643	S. Rajendiran		RPI	26323	3320
147	Bangarapet	M. Narayanaswamy		INC	49556	B. P. Venkatamuniyappa		BJP	42051	7505
148	Kolar	Varthur Prakash		Ind	66446	K. Srinivasa Gowda		INC	45417	21029
149	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty		BJP	78280	R. Prabhakar		JDS	25879	52401
Bangalore Urban district
150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath		BJP	60975	B. Chandrappa		INC	44953	16022
151	K. R. Pura	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy		BJP	66355	A. Krishnappa		INC	57563	8792
152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	60979	A Ravi		BJP	51627	9352
153	Yeshwanthpur	Shobha Karandlaje		BJP	57643	S. T. Somashekhar		INC	56561	1082
154	Rajarajeshwari Nagar	M. Srinivas		BJP	60187	P N Krishnamurthy		INC	40595	19592
155	Dasarahalli	S. Muniraju		BJP	59004	K. C. Ashoka		INC	36849	22155
156	Mahalakshmi Layout	N. L. Narendra Babu		INC	42652	R. V. Hareesh		BJP	39427	3225
157	Malleshwaram	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	53794	M. R. Seetharam		INC	45611	8183
158	Hebbal	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	46708	H M Revanna		INC	41757	4951
159	Pulakeshinagar	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	39577	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy		JDS	21908	17669
160	Sarvagnanagar	K. J. George		INC	45488	R Shankar		BJP	22880	22608
161	C. V. Raman Nagar	S. Raghu		BJP	47369	K. C Vijayakumar		INC	30714	16655
162	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		INC	43013	Nirmal Surana		BJP	32617	10396
163	Shanti Nagar	N. A. Haris		INC	42423	D. U Mallikarjuna		BJP	28626	13797
164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	41188	P. C. Mohan		BJP	34242	6946
165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	49655	Padmavathi G		INC	34995	14660
166	Govindraj Nagar	V. Somanna		INC	53297	R. Ravindra		BJP	28935	24362
167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa		INC	70457	Pramila Nesargi		BJP	31832	38625
168	Chamrajpet	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan		JDS	43004	V. S. Shama Sundar		BJP	23414	19590
169	Chickpet	Hemachandra Sagar		BJP	40252	R. V. Devraj		INC	32971	7281
170	Basavanagudi	L. A. Ravi Subramanya		BJP	50294	K. Chandrashekar		INC	37094	13200
171	Padmanaba Nagar	R. Ashoka		BJP	61561	M. V. Prasad Babu		JDS	30285	31276
172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	46805	G. Prasad Reddy		BJP	44949	1856
173	Jayanagar	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		BJP	43164	M. Suresh		INC	20570	22594
174	Mahadevapura	Arvind Limbavali		BJP	76376	B. Shivanna		INC	63018	13358
175	Bommanahalli	M. Satish Reddy		BJP	62993	D. Kupendra Reddy		INC	49353	13640
176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa		BJP	71114	Sadananda M		INC	36979	34135
177	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	62455	B Gopal		INC	52593	9862
Bangalore Rural district
178	Hoskote	B. N. Bache Gowda		BJP	71069	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	67191	3878
179	Devanahalli	Venkataswamy		INC	57181	G. Chandranna		JDS	50559	6622
180	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy		INC	51724	C. Channigappa		JDS	47970	3754
181	Nelamangala	M. V. Nagaraju		BJP	37892	Anjanamurthy		INC	35741	2151
Ramanagara district
182	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna		JDS	75991	P. Nagaraju		BJP	51072	24919
183	Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	71700	M Rudresha		BJP	24440	47260
184	Kanakapura	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	68096	D. M. Vishwanath		JDS	60917	7179
185	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeeshwara		INC	69356	M C Ashwath		JDS	64426	4930
Mandya district
186	Malavalli	P. M. Narendraswamy		Ind	45288	K. Annadani		JDS	33369	11919
187	Maddur	M. S. Siddaraju		JDS	49954	D. C. Thammanna		INC	42364	7590
188	Melukote	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	66626	K. S. Puttannaiah		SKP	54681	11945
189	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	47265	Vidya Nagendra		BJP	36736	10529
190	Shrirangapattana	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda		JDS	52234	Ambareesh		INC	47074	5160
191	Nagamangala	Suresh Gowda		INC	69259	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		JDS	63766	5493
192	Krishnarajpet	K B Chandrashekar		INC	48556	Krishna		JDS	45500	3056
Hassan district
193	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda		JDS	65726	H. C. Srikantaiah		INC	56280	9446
194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	74025	G. V. Siddappa		INC	39799	34226
195	Belur	Y. N Rudresha Gowda		INC	46451	B Shivarudrappa		BJP	28630	17821
196	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JDS	52266	B. Shivaramu		INC	35462	16804
197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	52266	S. G. Anupama		INC	49842	2424
198	Arkalgud	A. Manju		INC	68257	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	59217	9040
199	Sakleshpur	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	49768	Nirvanaiah		BJP	36473	13295
Dakshina Kannada
200	Belthangady	K. Vasantha Bangera		INC	59528	K. Prabhakara Bangera		BJP	43425	16103
201	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	44744	K. P. Jagadish Adhikari		BJP	34841	9903
202	Mangalore City North	J. Krishna Palemar		BJP	70057	Mohiuddin Bava		INC	55631	14426
203	Mangalore City South	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	60133	Ivan D'Souza		INC	51373	8760
204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader		INC	50718	Padmanabha Kottary		BJP	43669	7049
205	Bantval	Ramanath Rai		INC	61560	B. Nagaraja Shetty		BJP	60309	1251
206	Puttur	Mallika Prasad		BJP	46605	B Jagannatha Shetty		INC	45180	1425
207	Sullia	Angara S.		BJP	61144	B. Raghu		INC	56822	4322
Kodagu district
208	Madikeri	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	60084	B. A. Jeevijaya		INC	53499	6585
209	Virajpet	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	48605	Veena Achaiah		INC	33532	15073
Mysore district
210	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		INC	38453	K. Mahadeva		JDS	37574	879
211	Krishnarajanagara	S. R. Mahesh		JDS	77322	Adagur H. Vishwanath		INC	56774	20548
212	Hunsuru	H. P. Manjunath		INC	57497	Chikkamadu S.		JDS	42456	15041
213	Heggadadevankote	Chikkanna		INC	43222	K. Chikkaveeranayaka		BJP	30680	12542
214	Nanjangud	Srinivasa Prasad		INC	42867	S. Mahadevaiah		BJP	42159	708
215	Chamundeshwari	M. Sathyanarayana		INC	55828	C. N. Manjegowda		BJP	41529	14299
216	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	63314	M. K. Somashekar		INC	43892	19422
217	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralinge Gowda		BJP	44243	Vasu		INC	34844	9399
218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	37789	S. Nagaraju		JDS	31104	6685
219	Varuna	Siddaramaiah		INC	71908	L. Revanasiddaiah		BJP	53071	18837
220	T. Narasipur	H. C. Mahadevappa		INC	42593	M. C. Sundareshan		JDS	28869	13724
Chamarajanagar district
221	Hanur	R. Narendra		INC	59523	Parimala Nagappa		BSP	36383	23140
222	Kollegal	R. Dhruvanarayana		INC	37384	S. Mahendar		BJP	25586	11798
223	Chamrajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty		INC	42017	M. Mahadev		BJP	39405	2612
224	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		INC	64824	C. S. Niranjan Kumar		BJP	62621	2203

Sources: Election Commission of India, Times of India, News 18, News Minute

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. 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.

External links

• Karnataka constituency results Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine