Karnataka Elections 2018

The scale of Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly elections is a record in terms of both seats and vote share in over 30 years. The party has won 137 seats -- 57 more than 2018 -- and had a vote share of 42.9 per cent.

Congress's Siddaramaiah, who was the Chief Minister of Karnataka for a term that ended in 2018, is still the most preferred candidate for the post, NDTV's new opinion poll in partnership with Lokniti-CSDS has found.

Congress veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said "false propaganda" that he was anti-Hindu took centre stage during the 2018 state elections, denying he was against the majority faith as projected by BJP.

Actor Prakash Raj yesterday expressed shock over Kannada superstar Kichcha Sudeep extending support to Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai ahead of next month's Karnataka state elections.

In the 2018 Karnataka election, the incumbent Siddaramaiah-led Congress party lost power, but its performance in terms of vote share was "historic". For the first time in nearly four decades, an incumbent political party had increased its vote share.

He had represented Gurmitkal assembly constituency in Kalaburagi district from 2008 to 2018, and was a Minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government earlier.

DK Shivakumar is one of the most well-known Congress faces in Karnataka. The Congress state chief is a troubleshooter and was crucial to the party forming the government with Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), after the 2018 assembly election.

Karnataka is scheduled to go to polls in the coming months. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka assembly election. It won 104 out of the total 225 seats.

In 2018, the BJP did exceptionally well in coastal Karnataka and the Mumbai-Karnataka regions. However, it fell short of a clear majority in parts of the old Mysuru region and the Hyderabad-Karnataka region.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is reluctant to contest the 2023 assembly election in the state from the Chamundeshwari assembly segment in Mysuru district where he had lost in 2018.

Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka assembly M Krishna Reddy, elected to the House on a JDS ticket in the 2018 elections, resigned from the post on Tuesday ahead of a no-confidence motion sought to be moved by the ruling BJP against him.

In the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections in 2018, HD Kumaraswamy had said: "I will be the king and not the kingmaker." His words turned prophetic as the 59-year old Vokkaliga leader occupied the coveted post on May 23, 2018 despite his JD(S) finishing a poor third in the polls.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah on Sunday said he will not contest again from Chamundeshwari assembly constituency in Mysuru, where he had tasted defeat during the May 2018 assembly polls.

Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda today claimed that the BJP tried using money to lure his son - Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy - into agreeing to an electoral alliance before the 2018 Karnataka assembly elections, news agency PTI reported. The allegation came hours after Income Tax officials conducted raids on Janata Dal (Secular) leaders, a...

At least Rs 356 crore was collected and Rs 170 crore spent by political parties that contested the May 2018 Karnataka polls, according to the political monitoring non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The BJP was the highest grosser with Rs 213 crore and spent nearly Rs 139 crore, also the most, it said.

The scale of Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly elections is a record in terms of both seats and vote share in over 30 years. The party has won 137 seats -- 57 more than 2018 -- and had a vote share of 42.9 per cent.

Congress's Siddaramaiah, who was the Chief Minister of Karnataka for a term that ended in 2018, is still the most preferred candidate for the post, NDTV's new opinion poll in partnership with Lokniti-CSDS has found.

Congress veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said "false propaganda" that he was anti-Hindu took centre stage during the 2018 state elections, denying he was against the majority faith as projected by BJP.

Actor Prakash Raj yesterday expressed shock over Kannada superstar Kichcha Sudeep extending support to Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai ahead of next month's Karnataka state elections.

In the 2018 Karnataka election, the incumbent Siddaramaiah-led Congress party lost power, but its performance in terms of vote share was "historic". For the first time in nearly four decades, an incumbent political party had increased its vote share.

He had represented Gurmitkal assembly constituency in Kalaburagi district from 2008 to 2018, and was a Minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government earlier.

DK Shivakumar is one of the most well-known Congress faces in Karnataka. The Congress state chief is a troubleshooter and was crucial to the party forming the government with Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), after the 2018 assembly election.

Karnataka is scheduled to go to polls in the coming months. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka assembly election. It won 104 out of the total 225 seats.

In 2018, the BJP did exceptionally well in coastal Karnataka and the Mumbai-Karnataka regions. However, it fell short of a clear majority in parts of the old Mysuru region and the Hyderabad-Karnataka region.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is reluctant to contest the 2023 assembly election in the state from the Chamundeshwari assembly segment in Mysuru district where he had lost in 2018.

Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka assembly M Krishna Reddy, elected to the House on a JDS ticket in the 2018 elections, resigned from the post on Tuesday ahead of a no-confidence motion sought to be moved by the ruling BJP against him.

In the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections in 2018, HD Kumaraswamy had said: "I will be the king and not the kingmaker." His words turned prophetic as the 59-year old Vokkaliga leader occupied the coveted post on May 23, 2018 despite his JD(S) finishing a poor third in the polls.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah on Sunday said he will not contest again from Chamundeshwari assembly constituency in Mysuru, where he had tasted defeat during the May 2018 assembly polls.

Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda today claimed that the BJP tried using money to lure his son - Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy - into agreeing to an electoral alliance before the 2018 Karnataka assembly elections, news agency PTI reported. The allegation came hours after Income Tax officials conducted raids on Janata Dal (Secular) leaders, a...

At least Rs 356 crore was collected and Rs 170 crore spent by political parties that contested the May 2018 Karnataka polls, according to the political monitoring non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The BJP was the highest grosser with Rs 213 crore and spent nearly Rs 139 crore, also the most, it said.