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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	Legislative
turnout	64.68 pp ( 0.47 pp)
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	2004
next_election	2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2013
election_date	10–22 May 2008
seats_for_election	All 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies
majority_seats	113
image1
leader1	B. S. Yeddyurappa
leaders_seat1	Shikaripura
party1	Bharatiya Janata Party
seats1	110
seat_change1	31
image2
leader2	Mallikarjun Kharge
party2	Indian National Congress
leaders_seat2	Chittapur
seats2	80
seat_change2	15
image4
leader4	H. D. Kumaraswamy
party4	Janata Dal (Secular)
leaders_seat4	Ramanagara
last_election4	58
seats4	28
seat_change4	30
map_image	2008 Karnataka Election Result 2008.png
title	Chief Minister
before_election	HD Kumaraswamy
before_party	Janata Dal (Secular)
after_election	B. S. Yeddyurappa
after_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
popular_vote1	8,857,754
popular_vote2	9,091,364
swing1	5.53 pp
percentage1	33.86%
swing2	0.51 pp
last_election2	65
percentage2	34.76%
popular_vote4	4,959,252
percentage4	18.96%
swing4	1.81 pp
last_election1	79

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.

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

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.

Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 2008

Parties and Alliances

{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:BJP flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	B. S. Yediyurappa

{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress	[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Hand INC.svg	50px]]	Mallikarjun Kharge

{{legend2|{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Janata Dal (Secular)	[[File:JD(S)_Flag.png	50x50px]]	[[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg	50px]]	H. D. Kumaraswamy

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

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[[File:India Karnataka Vidhan Sabha 2008.svg]]	Parties and coalitions	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Won
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	88,57,754	33.86	5.53	110	31
Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Congress (INC)	90,91,364	34.76	0.51	80	15
Janata Dal (Secular)}}"		Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	49,59,252	18.96	1.81	28	30
Janata Dal (United)}}"		Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	86,735	0.33	1.73	0	5
Independent (politician)}}"		Independents (IND)	18,10,525	6.92	0.06	6	7
Others}}"		Others	13,50,675	5.17	1.54	0	4
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	Ind.
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
Total	224	110	80	28	6

Results by constituency

Source:

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Runner Up	#	Name	Candidate	Party	%	Candidate	Party	Votes
1	Nippani	Kakaso Pandurang Patil	INC	46,070	35.73	Shashikala Jolle	BJP	38,583	29.92	7,487
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri	INC	68,575	54.83	Ramesh Jigajinagi	BJP	44,505	35.58	24,070
3	Athani	Laxman Savadi	BJP	56,847	45.91	Kirana Kumar Patil	INC	35,179	28.41	21,668
4	Kagwad	Raju Kage	BJP	45,286	41.95	Digvijaya Pawar Desai	INC	36,304	33.63	8,982
5	Kudachi	Shama Ghatage	INC	29,481	31.69	Mahendra Tammannavar	BJP	28,715	30.87	766
6	Raibag	Duryodhan Aihole	BJP	39,378	40.69	Omprakash S Kanagali	INC	24,818	25.65	14,560
7	Hukkeri	Umesh Katti	JDS	63,328	50.20	Appayyagouda Patil	INC	45,692	36.22	17,636
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi	JDS	53,206	41.81	Vivekrao Patil	BJP	47,838	37.59	5,368
9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi	INC	44,989	36.10	Ashok Ningayya Pujari	JDS	37,229	29.87	7,760
10	Yemkanmardi	Satish Jarkiholi	INC	46,132	42.47	Balagouda Patil	JDS	29,351	27.02	16,781
11	Belgaum Uttar	Fairoz Nuruddin Saith	INC	37,527	33.93	Shankargouda I Patil	BJP	34,154	30.88	3,373
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil	BJP	45,713	39.96	Kiran Krishnarao Sayanak	Ind	32,723	28.61	12,990
13	Belgaum Rural	Sanjay Patil	BJP	42,208	31.73	Shivaputrappa Malagi	INC	33,899	25.49	8,309
14	Khanapur	Pralhad Remani	BJP	36,288	31.71	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri	INC	24,634	21.52	11,654
15	Kittur	Marihal Suresh Shivarudrappa	BJP	48,581	43.48	Danappagouda Inamdar	INC	44,216	39.58	4,365
16	Bailhongal	Jagdish Metgud	BJP	48,988	46.85	Mahantesh Kaujlagi	INC	39,748	38.01	9,240
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwanath Mamani	BJP	48,255	44.21	Subhash Koujalagi	INC	43,678	40.02	4,577
18	Ramdurg	Ashok Pattan	INC	49,246	45.29	Mahadevappa Yadawad	BJP	48,862	44.94	384
19	Mudhol	Govind Karjol	BJP	51,835	48.31	R. B. Timmapur	INC	44,457	41.43	7,378
20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi	BJP	62,595	50.30	Umashree	INC	50,351	40.46	12,244
21	Jamkhandi	Shrikant Kulkarni	BJP	59,930	54.86	Siddu Nyamagouda	INC	40,240	36.83	19,690
22	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani	BJP	53,474	43.32	Ajay Kumar Sarnaik	INC	50,350	40.79	3,124
23	Badami	Mahagundappa Kallappa Pattanshetti	BJP	53,409	44.85	B B Chimmanakatti	INC	48,302	40.56	5,107
24	Bagalkot	Veerabhadrayya Charantimath	BJP	46,452	42.02	H. Y. Meti	INC	37,206	33.66	9,246
25	Hungund	Doddanagowda Patil	BJP	53,644	47.74	Vijayanand Kashappanavar	INC	48,575	43.23	5,069
26	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda	INC	24,065	24.97	Biradar Mangala Shantagoudru	BJP	21,662	22.48	2,403
27	Devar Hippargi	A. S. Patil (Nadahalli)	INC	54,879	54.22	Basangouda Patil Yatnal	BJP	23,986	23.70	30,893
28	Basavana Bagevadi	S. K. Bellubbi	BJP	48,481	46.53	Shivanand Patil	INC	34,594	33.20	13,887
29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil	INC	55,525	50.90	Vijugouda Patil	JDS	38,886	35.65	16,639
30	Bijapur City	Appu Pattanshetty	BJP	34,217	41.45	Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman	INC	16,653	20.17	17,564
31	Nagathan	Katakdhonda Vitthal Dhondiba	BJP	40,225	37.66	Raju Alagur	INC	36,018	33.72	4,207
32	Indi	Bagali Sarvabhoum Satagouda	BJP	29,456	27.95	Y. V. Patil	INC	28,885	27.41	571
33	Sindagi	Ramesh Bhusanur	BJP	35,227	33.93	Mallappa Managuli	JDS	20,466	19.71	14,761
34	Afzalpur	Malikayya Guttedar	INC	50,082	47.83	M. Y. Patil	BJP	42,216	40.32	7,866
35	Jevargi	Doddappagouda S. Patil Naribola	BJP	46,531	40.28	Dharam Singh	INC	46,461	40.22	70
36	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak	BJP	60,542	47.37	Raja Venkatappa Nayak	INC	55,961	43.79	4,581
37	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur	INC	47,343	46.71	Shivshekharappagouda Shirwal	JDS	36,207	35.72	11,136
38	Yadgir	A. B. Maalakareddy	INC	36,348	39.02	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal	BJP	31,812	34.15	4,536
39	Gurmitkal	Baburao Chinchansur	INC	35,721	35.84	Naganagowda Kandukar	JDS	26,513	26.60	9,208
40	Chittapur	Mallikarjun Kharge	INC	49,837	52.13	Valmiki Nayak	BJP	32,395	33.89	17,442
41	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil	INC	41,686	37.23	Rajkumar Patil	BJP	35,762	31.94	5,924
42	Chincholi	Sunil Vallyapure	BJP	35,491	42.10	Baburao Chauhan	INC	28,580	33.90	6,911
43	Gulbarga Rural	Revu Naik Belamgi	BJP	41,239	38.73	Chandrika Parameshwar	INC	24,116	22.65	17,123
44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor	BJP	45,380	46.01	Basavaraj Bhimalli	INC	31,090	31.52	14,290
45	Gulbarga Uttar	Qamar ul Islam	INC	54,123	54.26	B. G. Patil	BJP	39,168	39.27	14,955
46	Aland	Subhash Guttedar	JDS	42,473	37.51	B. R. Patil	INC	36,689	32.35	5,784
47	Basavakalyan	Basavaraj Patil Attur	BJP	39,015	36.49	M G Muley	INC	31,077	29.07	7,938
48	Homnabad	Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil	INC	49,603	42.97	Subhash Kallur	BJP	27,867	24.14	21,736
49	Bidar South	Bandeppa Kashempur	JDS	32,054	32.93	Sanjay Kheny	BJP	30,783	31.63	1,271
50	Bidar	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli	INC	33,557	37.83	Rahim Khan	BSP	30,627	34.53	2,930
51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre	INC	64,492	50.01	Prakash Khandre	BJP	43,521	33.75	20,971
52	Aurad	Prabhu Chauhan	BJP	56,964	55.61	Narsingrao Suryawanshi	INC	29,186	28.49	27,778
53	Raichur Rural	Raja Rayappa Naik	INC	34,432	32.92	Raja Rangappa Naik	JDS	32,555	31.13	1,877
54	Raichur	Syed Yasin	INC	28,801	35.69	M. Earanna	JDS	20,440	25.33	8,361
55	Manvi	G. Hampayya Nayak	INC	38,290	35.86	Gangadhar Nayak	BJP	35,771	33.50	2,519
56	Devadurga	K Shivana Gouda Naik	JDS	37,226	41.82	Venkatesh Nayak	INC	32,639	36.67	4,587
57	Lingsugur	Manappa Vajjal	BJP	51,017	53.29	A. Vasanthkumar	INC	31,837	33.25	19,180
58	Sindhanur	Venkat Rao Nadagouda	JDS	53,621	47.40	Badarli Hampanagouda	INC	38,747	34.25	14,874
59	Maski	Pratap Gowda Patil	BJP	35,711	42.26	Timmappa	INC	28,068	33.21	7,644
60	Kushtagi	Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur	INC	33,699	32.70	K Sharanappa Vakeelaru	JDS	31,929	30.98	1,770
61	Kanakagiri	Shivaraj Tangadagi	Ind	32,743	33.88	Bhavanimath Mukundarao	INC	30,560	31.62	2,183
62	Gangawati	Paranna Munavalli	BJP	37,121	37.37	Iqbal Ansari	JDS	34,236	34.47	2,885
63	Yelburga	Eshanna Gulagannavar	BJP	59,562	56.21	Basavaraj Rayareddy	INC	29,781	28.10	29,781
64	Koppal	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa	JDS	48,372	40.57	K. Basavaraj Bheemappa Hitnal	INC	38,027	31.89	10,345
65	Shirahatti	Ramanna S Lamani	BJP	39,859	38.41	H R Nayak	INC	29,358	28.29	10,501
66	Gadag	Bidarur Shrishailappa Veerupakshappa	BJP	54,414	50.61	H. K. Patil	INC	45,798	42.59	8,616
67	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi	BJP	50,145	42.01	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil	INC	48,315	40.47	1,830
68	Nargund	C. C. Patil	BJP	46,824	43.38	B. R. Yavagal	Ind	29,210	27.06	17,614
69	Navalgund	Shankar Patil Munenkoppa	BJP	49,436	40.93	Gaddi Kallappa Nagappa	INC	32,541	26.94	16,895
70	Kundgol	Chikkangoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda	BJP	43,307	39.03	C. S. Shivalli	INC	36,931	33.28	6,376
71	Dharwad	Seema Masuti	BJP	35,417	31.75	Vinay Kulkarni	INC	34,694	31.10	723
72	Hubli-Dharwad East	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi	BJP	41,029	44.36	F. H. Jakkappanavar	INC	28,861	31.20	12,168
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Jagadish Shettar	BJP	58,747	54.75	Munavalli Shankranna Ishwarappa	INC	32,738	30.51	26,009
74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Chandrakant Bellad	BJP	60,800	55.97	Jabbar Khan Honnali	INC	27,453	25.27	33,347
75	Kalghatgi	Santosh Lad	INC	49,733	43.47	C. M. Nimbannavar	BJP	38,091	33.30	11,642
76	Haliyal	Sunil V. Hegde	JDS	46,031	46.31	R. V. Deshpande	INC	40,606	40.85	5,425
77	Karwar	Anand Asnotikar	INC	47,477	40.86	Ganapati Ulvekar	Ind	27,768	23.90	19,709
78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	JDS	30,792	28.76	Mohan Krishna Shetty	INC	30,772	28.74	20
79	Bhatkal	J. D. Naik	INC	49,079	44.72	Shivanand Naik	BJP	36,913	33.64	12,166
80	Sirsi	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	BJP	53,438	45.40	Raveendranath Naik	INC	22,705	19.29	30,733
81	Yellapur	V. S. Patil	BJP	39,109	37.46	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar	INC	36,624	35.08	2,485
82	Hangal	C. M Udasi	BJP	60,025	48.70	Manohar Tahsildar	INC	54,103	43.90	5,922
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai	BJP	63,780	51.76	Sayed Azeempeer Khadri	INC	50,918	41.32	12,862
84	Haveri (SC)	Neharu Olekara	BJP	41,068	36.17	Rudrappa Lamani	Ind	23,002	20.26	18,066
85	Byadgi	Sureshgoudra Patil	BJP	59,642	49.52	Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar	INC	48,238	40.05	11,404
86	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil	INC	35,322	30.97	U. B. Banakar	Ind	31,132	27.29	4,190
87	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna	BJP	59,399	47.29	K. B. Koliwad	INC	56,667	45.12	2,732
88	Hoovina Hadagali	B. Chandra Naik	BJP	43,992	48.27	P. T. Parameshwar Naik	INC	37,474	41.12	6,518
89	Hagaribommanahalli	K. Nemaraj Naik	BJP	51,156	44.85	Bheema Naik L. B. P.	JDS	23,865	20.92	27,291
90	Vijayanagara	Anand Singh	BJP	52,418	48.49	H. R. Gaviappa	INC	25,921	23.98	26,497
91	Kampli	T. H. Suresh Babu	BJP	61,388	50.96	Sanna Hanumakka	INC	39,052	32.42	22,336
92	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa	BJP	43,359	37.70	B. M. Nagaraj	INC	38,535	33.50	4,824
93	Bellary Rural	B. Sriramulu	BJP	61,991	56.23	B. Ramprasad	INC	36,275	32.91	25,716
94	Bellary City	G. Somashekara Reddy	BJP	54,831	47.42	Anil Lad	INC	53,809	46.54	1,022
95	Sandur	E. Tukaram	INC	49,535	46.63	T. Nagaraj	BJP	28,816	27.12	20,719
96	Kudligi	B. Nagendra	BJP	54,443	48.52	S. Venkatesh	INC	45,686	40.72	8,757
97	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna	INC	51,010	37.11	S. Thippeswamy	BJP	46,044	33.45	4,966
98	Challakere	Thippeswamy	BJP	42,591	36.01	Shashi Kumar	INC	42,302	35.77	289
99	Chitradurga	Basavarajan	JDS	55,906	40.49	G. H. Thippareddy	INC	39,584	28.67	16,322
100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar	Ind	43,078	31.94	Laxmikantha . N. R	BJP	26,920	19.86	16,158
101	Hosadurga	Gulihatti D. Shekar	Ind	41,798	33.92	B. G. Govindappa	INC	40,630	32.97	1,168
102	Holalkere	M. Chandrappa	BJP	54,209	40.66	H. Anjaneya	INC	38,841	29.20	15,368
103	Jagalur	S. V. Ramachandra	INC	38,664	36.79	H. P. Rajesh	BJP	35,873	34.11	2,791
104	Harapanahalli	G. Karunakara Reddy	BJP	69,235	56.23	M. P. Prakash	INC	44,017	35.75	25,218
105	Harihar	B. P. Harish	BJP	47,353	37.76	H. Shivappa	JDS	36,297	28.95	11,056
106	Davanagere North	S. A. Ravindranath	BJP	75,798	72.12	B. M. Sathish	JDS	21,888	20.83	53,910
107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa	INC	41,675	41.50	Yashwanth Rao Jadav	BJP	35,317	35.17	6,358
108	Mayakonda	M Basavaraja Naik	BJP	52,132	46.50	Y. Ramappa	INC	35,471	31.64	16,661
109	Channagiri	K. Madal Virupakshappa	BJP	39,526	34.80	Vadnal Rajanna	INC	38,533	33.92	993
110	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya	BJP	62,483	48.43	D. G. Shantana Gowda	INC	56,083	43.46	6,400
111	Shimoga Rural	K. G. Kumarswamy	BJP	56,979	45.38	Kariyanna	INC	32,714	26.05	24,265
112	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara	INC	53,257	42.50	Appaji M. J.	JDS	52,770	42.11	487
113	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa	BJP	58,982	53.58	Ismail Khan	INC	26,563	24.13	32,419
114	Tirthahalli	Kimmane Rathnakar	INC	57,932	46.62	Araga Jnanendra	BJP	54,106	43.54	3,826
115	Shikaripura	B. S. Yeddyurappa	BJP	83,491	66.22	Sarekoppa Bangarappa	SP	37,564	29.79	45,927
116	Sorab	Hartalu Halappa	BJP	53,552	43.36	Kumar Bangarappa	INC	32,499	26.31	21,053
117	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna	BJP	57,706	46.61	Kagodu Thimmappa	INC	54,861	44.32	2,845
118	Byndoor	K. Laxminarayana	BJP	62,196	48.64	K Gopala Poojary	INC	54,226	42.40	7,970
119	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty	BJP	71,695	57.49	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	INC	46,612	37.37	25,083
120	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat	BJP	58,920	50.02	Pramod Madhwaraj	INC	56,441	47.91	2,481
121	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon	BJP	45,961	46.59	Vasantha V. Salian	INC	44,994	45.61	967
122	Karkal	H. Gopal Bhandary	INC	56,529	50.69	V. Sunil Kumar	BJP	54,992	49.31	1,537
123	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj	BJP	43,646	40.36	D. B. Chandre Gowda	INC	41,396	38.28	2,250
124	Mudigere	M. P. Kumaraswamy	BJP	34,579	34.64	B. N. Chandrappa	INC	26,084	26.13	8,495
125	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi	BJP	48,915	41.02	S. L. Bhojegowda	JDS	33,831	28.37	15,084
126	Tarikere	D. S. Suresh	BJP	52,167	47.38	T. V. Shivashankarappa	INC	33,748	30.65	18,419
127	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy	INC	39,411	32.30	Y. S. V. Datta	JDS	36,000	29.51	3,411
128	Chiknayakanhalli	C. B. Suresh Babu	JDS	67,046	46.69	K. S. Kiran Kumar	BJP	38,002	26.47	29,044
129	Tiptur	B. C. Nagesh	BJP	46,034	37.91	K. Shadakshari	INC	39,168	32.25	6,866
130	Turuvekere	Jaggesh	INC	47,849	37.49	M. D. Lakshminarayana	BJP	38,323	30.02	9,526
131	Kunigal	B. B. Ramaswamy Gowda	INC	48,160	39.92	D. Krishna Kumar	BJP	34,366	28.48	13,794
132	Tumkur City	Sogadu Shivanna	BJP	39,435	37.49	Rafiq Ahmed	INC	37,486	35.64	1,949
133	Tumkur Rural	B. Suresh Gowda	BJP	60,904	50.08	H. Ningappa	JDS	32,512	26.73	28,392
134	Koratagere	G. Parameshwara	INC	49,276	38.65	Chandraiah	JDS	37,719	29.59	11,557
135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas	JDS	52,302	42.11	C. V. Mahadevaiah	BJP	37,630	30.30	14,672
136	Sira	T. B. Jayachandra	INC	60,793	45.02	B. Sathyanarayana	JDS	34,297	25.40	26,496
137	Pavagada	Venkataramanappa	Ind	43,607	33.60	K.M. Thimmarayappa	JDS	29,294	23.54	14,313
138	Madhugiri	D. C. Gourishankar	JDS	51,971	42.01	Kyatasandra N. Rajanna	INC	51,408	41.55	563
139	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	INC	39,127	30.41	N. M. Ravinarayana Reddy	BJP	27,959	21.73	11,168
140	Bagepalli	N. Sampangi	INC	32,244	25.86	G. V. Sreerama Reddy	CPI(M)	31,306	25.10	938
141	Chikkaballapur	K. P. Bachche Gowda	JDS	49,774	39.49	S. V. Ashwatanarayana Reddy	INC	26,473	21.01	23,301
142	Sidlaghatta	V. Muniyappa	INC	65,939	49.95	M. Rajanna	JDS	59,437	45.02	6,502
143	Chintamani	M C Sudhakar	INC	58,103	44.45	K. M. Krishna Reddy	JDS	56,857	43.50	1,246
144	Srinivasapur	G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy	JDS	70,282	47.58	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	INC	66,613	45.10	3,669
145	Mulbagal	Amaresh	INC	31,254	27.42	N. Munianjanappa	JDS	29,400	25.82	1,854
146	Kolar Gold Field	Y. Sampangi	BJP	29,643	28.44	S. Rajendiran	RPI	26,323	25.26	3,320
147	Bangarapet	M. Narayanaswamy	INC	49,556	44.89	B. P. Venkatamuniyappa	BJP	42,051	38.09	7,505
148	Kolar	Varthur Prakash	Ind	66,446	52.45	K. Srinivasa Gowda	INC	45,417	35.85	21,029
149	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty	BJP	78,280	65.83	R. Prabhakar	JDS	25,879	21.76	52,401
150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath	BJP	60,975	41.36	B. Chandrappa	INC	44,953	30.49	16,022
151	K. R. Pura	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy	BJP	66,355	49.23	A. Krishnappa	INC	57,563	42.02	8,792
152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byre Gowda	INC	60,979	43.01	A. Ravi	BJP	51,627	36.41	9,352
153	Yeshwanthpur	Shobha Karandlaje	BJP	57,643	38.29	S. T. Somashekhar	INC	56,561	37.57	1,082
154	Rajarajeshwari Nagar	M. Srinivas	BJP	60,187	41.82	P. N. Krishnamurthy	INC	40,595	28.21	19,592
155	Dasarahalli	S. Muniraju	BJP	59,004	46.30	K. C. Ashoka	INC	36,849	28.91	22,155
156	Mahalakshmi Layout	N. L. Narendra Babu	INC	42,652	37.62	R. V. Hareesh	BJP	39,427	34.77	3,225
157	Malleshwaram	C. N. Ashwath Narayan	BJP	53,794	52.13	M. R. Seetharam	INC	45,611	44.20	8,183
158	Hebbal	Katta Subramanya Naidu	BJP	46,708	48.89	H M Revanna	INC	41,757	43.71	4,951
159	Pulakeshinagar	B. Prasanna Kumar	INC	39,577	50.41	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	JDS	21,908	27.90	17,669
160	Sarvagnanagar	K. J. George	INC	45,488	42.14	R Shankar	BJP	22,880	21.20	22,608
161	C. V. Raman Nagar	S. Raghu	BJP	47,369	53.03	K. C. Vijayakumar	INC	30,714	34.38	16,655
162	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig	INC	43,013	53.53	Nirmal Surana	BJP	32,617	40.59	10,396
163	Shanti Nagar	N. A. Haris	INC	42,423	52.35	D. U. Mallikarjuna	BJP	28,626	35.32	13,797
164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao	INC	41,188	41.01	P. C. Mohan	BJP	34,242	34.09	6,946
165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar	BJP	49,655	51.45	Padmavathi G	INC	34,995	36.26	14,660
166	Govindraj Nagar	V. Somanna	INC	53,297	51.01	R. Ravindra	BJP	28,935	27.69	24,362
167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa	INC	70,457	64.43	Pramila Nesargi	BJP	31,832	29.11	38,625
168	Chamrajpet	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	JDS	43,004	48.41	V. S. Shama Sundar	BJP	23,414	26.36	19,590
169	Chickpet	Hemachandra Sagar	BJP	40,252	40.23	R. V. Devraj	INC	32,971	32.95	7,281
170	Basavanagudi	L. A. Ravi Subramanya	BJP	50,294	52.21	K. Chandrashekar	INC	37,094	38.50	13,200
171	Padmanaba Nagar	R. Ashoka	BJP	61,561	51.87	M. V. Prasad Babu	JDS	30,285	25.52	31,276
172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy	INC	46,805	46.26	G. Prasad Reddy	BJP	44,949	44.43	1,856
173	Jayanagar	B. N. Vijaya Kumar	BJP	43,164	48.43	M. Suresh	INC	20,570	23.08	22,594
174	Mahadevapura	Arvind Limbavali	BJP	76,376	52.16	B. Shivanna	INC	63,018	43.04	13,358
175	Bommanahalli	M. Satish Reddy	BJP	62,993	51.89	D. Kupendra Reddy	INC	49,353	40.66	13,640
176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa	BJP	71,114	42.57	Sadananda M.	INC	36,979	22.13	34,135
177	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy	BJP	62,455	44.82	B. Gopal	INC	52,593	37.74	9,862
178	Hoskote	B. N. Bache Gowda	BJP	71,069	50.07	M. T. B. Nagaraj	INC	67,191	47.33	3,878
179	Devanahalli	Venkataswamy	INC	57,181	43.19	G. Chandranna	JDS	50,559	38.19	6,622
180	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy	INC	51,724	41.32	C. Channigappa	JDS	47,970	38.33	3,754
181	Nelamangala	M. V. Nagaraju	BJP	37,892	32.96	Anjanamurthy	INC	35,741	31.09	2,151
182	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna	JDS	75,991	52.75	P. Nagaraju	BJP	51,072	35.46	24,919
183	Ramanagara	H. D. Kumaraswamy	JDS	71,700	56.09	M Rudresha	BJP	24,440	19.12	47,260
184	Kanakapura	D. K. Shivakumar	INC	68,096	48.34	D. M. Vishwanath	JDS	60,917	43.24	7,179
185	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeeshwara	INC	69,356	48.31	M. C. Ashwath	JDS	64,426	44.88	4,930
186	Malavalli	P. M. Narendraswamy	Ind	45,288	31.40	K. Annadani	JDS	33,369	23.14	11,919
187	Maddur	M. S. Siddaraju	JDS	49,954	36.85	D. C. Thammanna	INC	42,364	31.25	7,590
188	Melukote	C. S. Puttaraju	JDS	66,626	47.80	K. S. Puttannaiah	SKP	54,681	39.23	11,945
189	Mandya	M. Srinivas	JDS	47,265	36.39	Vidya Nagendra	BJP	36,736	28.29	10,529
190	Shrirangapattana	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda	JDS	52,234	36.98	Ambareesh	INC	47,074	33.32	5,160
191	Nagamangala	Suresh Gowda	INC	69,259	49.40	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy	JDS	63,766	45.48	5,493
192	Krishnarajpet	K. B. Chandrashekar	INC	48,556	35.72	Krishna	JDS	45,500	33.47	3,056
193	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda	JDS	65,726	49.62	H. C. Srikantaiah	INC	56,280	42.49	9,446
194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda	JDS	74,025	53.12	G. V. Siddappa	INC	39,799	28.56	34,226
195	Belur	Y. N. Rudresha Gowda	INC	46,451	39.02	B. Shivarudrappa	BJP	28,630	24.05	17,821
196	Hassan	H. S. Prakash	JDS	52,266	46.61	B. Shivaramu	INC	35,462	31.62	16,804
197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna	JDS	52,266	54.58	S. G. Anupama	INC	49,842	35.13	2,424
198	Arkalgud	A. Manju	INC	68,257	46.96	A. T. Ramaswamy	JDS	59,217	40.74	9,040
199	Sakleshpur	H. K. Kumaraswamy	JDS	49,768	39.44	Nirvanaiah	BJP	36,473	28.90	13,295
200	Belthangady	K. Vasantha Bangera	INC	59,528	46.13	K. Prabhakara Bangera	BJP	43,425	33.65	16,103
201	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain	INC	44,744	40.31	K. P. Jagadish Adhikari	BJP	34,841	31.39	9,903
202	Mangalore City North	J. Krishna Palemar	BJP	70,057	53.10	Mohiuddin Bava	INC	55,631	42.16	14,426
203	Mangalore City South	N. Yogish Bhat	BJP	60,133	50.52	Ivan D'Souza	INC	51,373	43.16	8,760
204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader	INC	50,718	48.44	Padmanabha Kottary	BJP	43,669	41.71	7,049
205	Bantval	Ramanath Rai	INC	61,560	45.52	B. Nagaraja Shetty	BJP	60,309	44.60	1,251
206	Puttur	Mallika Prasad	BJP	46,605	37.77	B Jagannatha Shetty	INC	45,180	36.61	1,425
207	Sullia	Angara S.	BJP	61,144	49.41	B. Raghu	INC	56,822	45.91	4,322
208	Madikeri	Appachu Ranjan	BJP	60,084	47.06	B. A. Jeevijaya	INC	53,499	41.90	6,585
209	Virajpet	K. G. Bopaiah	BJP	48,605	41.78	Veena Achaiah	INC	33,532	28.82	15,073
210	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh	INC	38,453	32.77	K. Mahadeva	JDS	37,574	32.02	879
211	Krishnarajanagara	S. R. Mahesh	JDS	77,322	53.68	Adagur H. Vishwanath	INC	56,774	39.41	20,548
212	Hunsuru	H. P. Manjunath	INC	57,497	39.57	Chikkamadu S.	JDS	42,456	29.22	15,041
213	Heggadadevankote	Chikkanna	INC	43,222	34.48	K. Chikkaveeranayaka	BJP	30,680	24.47	12,542
214	Nanjangud	Srinivasa Prasad	INC	42,867	34.77	S. Mahadevaiah	BJP	42,159	34.19	708
215	Chamundeshwari	M. Sathyanarayana	INC	55,828	37.19	C. N. Manjegowda	BJP	41,529	27.67	14,299
216	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas	BJP	63,314	54.56	M. K. Somashekar	INC	43,892	37.82	19,422
217	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralinge Gowda	BJP	44,243	41.94	Vasu	INC	34,844	33.03	9,399
218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait	INC	37,789	37.06	S. Nagaraju	JDS	31,104	30.50	6,685
219	Varuna	Siddaramaiah	INC	71,908	50.23	L. Revanasiddaiah	BJP	53,071	37.07	18,837
220	T. Narasipur	H. C. Mahadevappa	INC	42,593	35.77	M. C. Sundareshan	JDS	28,869	24.24	13,724
221	Hanur	R. Narendra	INC	59,523	47.30	Parimala Nagappa	BSP	36,383	28.91	23,140
222	Kollegal	R. Dhruvanarayana	INC	37,384	28.72	S. Mahendar	BJP	25,586	19.66	11,798
223	Chamrajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty	INC	42,017	33.93	M. Mahadev	BJP	39,405	31.82	2,612
224	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	INC	64,824	45.15	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	BJP	62,621	43.62	2,203

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.

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