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Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

224 seats · 130 changed party since 2013 · turnout 75.4%

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Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 104 seatsIndian National Congress — 80 seatsJanata Dal (Secular) — 37 seatsIndependent — 1 seatBahujan Samaj Party — 1 seatKarnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party — 1 seat113224of 224 seats
  • BJP104
  • INC80
  • JDS37
  • IND1
  • BSP1
  • KPJP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party10446%1,33,19,52836.2%224
INCIndian National Congress8036%1,39,86,52838.1%222
JDSJanata Dal (Secular)3717%67,27,48418.3%201
INDIndependent10%14,41,7443.9%1142
BSPBahujan Samaj Party10%1,08,5920.3%18
KPJPKarnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party10%74,5990.2%32

+ 82 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018 · winner by seat

224 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 113

2018 · selected
Majority 113
BJP104INC80JDS37IND1BSP1KPJP1
2013 · previous
Majority 113

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2013 → 2018

2013 2018· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
19.9
36.2
36.6
38.1
20.2
18.3
7.4
3.9
9.8
0.0
BJPINCJDSINDKJP

Seat change

2018 seats minus 2013 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
40 → 104
+64
INC
122 → 80
−42
JDS
40 → 37
−3
IND
9 → 1
−8
BSP
0 → 1
+1
KPJP
0 → 1
+1
SP
1 → 0
−1
KJP
6 → 0
−6
BSRCP
4 → 0
−4
SKP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2013 → 2018

share lostshare gained
BJP
19.9% → 36.2%
+16.4%
INC
36.6% → 38.1%
+1.5%
NOTA
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
SP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
SKP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
BSP
0.9% → 0.3%
−0.6%
JDS
20.2% → 18.3%
−1.9%
BSRCP
2.7% → 0.0%
−2.7%
IND
7.4% → 3.9%
−3.5%
KJP
9.8% → 0.0%
−9.8%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2013 → 2018. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BJP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BJP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BJP
Jagalur
Karnataka
+77.2%
Kalghatgi
Karnataka
+70.3%
Kolar Gold Field
Karnataka
−67.4%
Holalkere
Karnataka
+63.2%
Molakalmuru
Karnataka
+62.2%
Haveri
Karnataka
+58.4%
Hosadurga
Karnataka
+56.4%
Hassan
Karnataka
+55.3%
Kundapura
Karnataka
+53.9%
Honnali
Karnataka
+53.7%
Shorapur
Karnataka
+53.7%
Sagar
Karnataka
+53.7%

Closest races · 2018

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2018

224 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2013