2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

20, 24 April 2004
All 224 Legislative Assembly seats 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.17 pp (2.48 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa S. M. Krishna Siddaramaiah Party BJP INC JD(S) Alliance NDA UPA N/A Leader's seat Shikaripura Chamrajpet Chamundeshwari Last election 44 132 10 Seats won 79 65 58 Seat change 35 67 48 Popular vote 71,18,658 88,61,959 52,20,129 Percentage 28.33% 35.27% 20.77% Swing 7.64 pp 5.57 pp 10.42 pp
CM before election S. M. Krishna INC Elected CM Dharam Singh INC

The 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place on 20 April and 26 April 2004 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 13 May 2004. None of the parties were able to win a majority and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 79 seats. Subsequently, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government with Dharam Singh as the chief minister. This was the first ever coalition government in the state.

Background

in 1999 election, Indian National Congress secured a majority by winning 132 seats out of 224 seats in the assembly after which S. M. Krishna became the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Bharatiya Janata Party becoming the opposition party for the second time securing 44 seats and the two factions of the Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) led by outgoing Chief Minister J. H. Patel and Janata Dal (Secular) led by former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda securing 18 and 10 seats respectively.

Results

Party-wise

Parties		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+pp	Contested	Won	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	71,18,658	28.33	7.64	198	79	35
	Indian National Congress	88,61,959	35.27	5.57	224	65	67
	Janata Dal (Secular)	52,20,121	20.77	10.35	220	58	48
	Janata Dal (United)	5,17,904	2.06	11.47	26	5	13
	Independent	17,24,480	6.86	5.14	405	13	6
	Others	17,02,468	6.71	4.19	642	4	3
Total		2,51,29,066	100.00		1715	224	±0
Valid votes		2,51,29,066	99.93
Invalid votes		16,524	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		2,51,45,590	65.17
Abstentions		1,34,41,164	34.83
Registered voters		3,85,86,754

Successful candidates

#	Constituency	Winner				Runner-up				Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	Runner-up	Party		Votes
Bidar district
1	Aurad	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		INC	45621	Gundappa Vakil		JDS	34300	11321
2	Bhalki	Prakash Khandre		BJP	52652	Eshwara Khandre		INC	42711	9941
3	Hulsoor (SC)	Rajendra Varma		BJP	29285	Babu Honnanaik		Ind	27850	1435
4	Bidar	Bandeppa Kashempur		Ind	67019	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi		Ind	39784	27235
5	Humnabad	Merajuddin Patel		JDS	35755	Rajshekahar Basawaraj Patil		INC	33586	2169
6	Basavakalyan	Mallikarjun Khuba		JDS	29557	Basavaraj Patil Attur		Ind	22132	7425
Gulbarga district
7	Chincholi	Vaijnath Patil		JDS	36184	Kailashnath Patil		INC	31067	5117
8	Kamalapur (SC)	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	28607	Ramakrishna G		INC	23740	4867
9	Aland	B. R. Patil		JDS	50818	Subhash Guttedar		INC	35989	14829
10	Gulbarga	Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor		BJP	78845	Qamar ul Islam		INC	74645	4200
11	Shahabad (SC)	Sunil Vallyapure		BJP	32625	Baburao Chavan		INC	31607	1018
12	Afzalpur	M. Y. Patil		JDS	53122	Malikayya Guttedar		INC	34654	18468
13	Chittapur	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal		JDS	40871	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	23921	16950
14	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil		INC	26424	Rajkumar Patil		BJP	21892	4532
15	Jevargi	Dharam Singh		INC	45235	Shivalingappa Patil Naribole		BJP	42504	2731
16	Gurmitkal (SC)	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	37006	Akaashi Basavaraj		JDS	18459	18547
17	Yadgir	Veer Basawanthreddy Mudnal		Ind	37222	A B Malakraddy		INC	25788	11434
18	Shahapur	Sharanabassappa Darshanapur		JDS	59310	Shivashekarappagouda Sirwal		INC	38080	21230
19	Shorapur	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gowda)		KNP	43608	Raja Venkatappa Naik		INC	40733	2875
Raichur district
20	Devadurga (SC)	Alkod Hanumanthappa		JDS	33460	Manappa		Ind	20125	13335
21	Raichur	Ahuja Papareddy		BJP	38784	Syed Yasin		INC	29188	9596
22	Kalmala	Muniyappa Muddappa B		JDS	30915	Shankaragouda Harvi		BJP	27444	3471
23	Manvi	N. S. Boseraju		INC	38620	Basavanagouda Byagawat		Ind	28513	10107
24	Lingsugur	Amaregowda Patil Bayyapur		JDS	49211	Anwari Basavaraj Patil		INC	45692	3519
25	Sindhanur	Hampanagouda Badarli		INC	79001	Hanumanagouda Amareshappagouda		JDS	30277	48724
Koppal district
26	Kushtagi	Doddanagoud Hanuamagouda Patil		BJP	44492	Sharanappa Vakeelaru		JDS	34526	9966
27	Yelburga	Basavaraj Rayareddy		INC	49401	Eshanna Gulagannavar		BJP	43729	5672
28	Kanakagiri	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti		BJP	46712	Mallikarjuna Nagappa		INC	41136	5576
29	Gangawati	Iqbal Ansari		JDS	39486	Giregouda Advocate H		BJP	36044	3442
30	Koppal	Basavaraj Hitnal		INC	47228	Karadi Sanganna		BJP	41880	5348
Bellary district
31	Siruguppa	M. S. Somalingappa		BJP	49160	T. M. Chandrashekaraiah		JDS	42844	6316
32	Kurugodu	Suryanarayana Reddy		JDS	56517	Ramalingappa		BJP	37246	19271
33	Bellary	B. Sriramulu		BJP	53354	M Diwakara Babu		INC	46643	6711
34	Hospet	H. R Gaviappa		Ind	31440	G. Shankara Goud		BJP	23737	7703
35	Sandur	Santosh Lad		JDS	65600	Venkatarao Ghorpade		INC	30022	35578
36	Kudligi	Anil Lad		BJP	58977	Siraj Sheikh		INC	41796	17181
37	Kottur	T. Bhagirathi		INC	29593	N. T. Bommanna		JDS	26781	2812
38	Hoovina Hadagali	M. P. Prakash		JDS	61863	V. B. Halappa		INC	28077	33786
Davanagere district
39	Harapanahalli (SC)	P. T. Parameshwar Naik		INC	38158	Narayana Das		Ind	30164	7994
40	Harihar	Y. Nagappa		INC	40366	H. Shivappa		JDS	39797	569
41	Davanagere	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		INC	63499	Yashawantha Rao		BJP	41366	22133
42	Mayakonda	S. A. Ravindranath		BJP	62290	R. S. Shekharappa		INC	53193	9097
Chitradurga district
43	Bharamasagara (SC)	H. Anjaneya		JDU	47673	M. Chandrappa		INC	31104	16569
44	Chitradurga	G. H. Thippareddy		INC	53386	S. K. Basavarajan		JDS	51420	1966
Davanagere district
45	Jagalur	T. Gurusiddanagowda		BJP	38530	G. H. Ashwath Reddy		INC	31767	6763
Chitradurga district
46	Molakalmuru	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC	33592	G M Thippeswamy		JDU	27155	6437
47	Challakere	D. Sudhakar		INC	47550	Basavaraj Mandi Mutt		BJP	20199	27351
48	Hiriyur (SC)	D. Manjunath		JDS	43749	G. S. Manjunath		INC	31310	12439
49	Holalkere	A. V. Umapathi		INC	48179	G. S. Manjunath		Ind	33836	14343
50	Hosadurga	B. G. Govindappa		INC	49780	Elkal Vijaya Kumar		JDS	29052	20728
Tumakuru district
51	Pavagada (SC)	K. M. Thimmarayappa		JDS	53136	Venkataramanappa		INC	45058	8078
52	Sira	B. Satyanarayana		JDS	33166	Sreenivasaiah		INC	25073	8093
53	Kalambella	K. S. Kiran Kumar		BJP	50108	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	32873	17235
54	Bellavi (SC)	K. N. Rajanna		JDS	35099	C. V. Mahadevaiah		BJP	33595	1504
55	Madhugiri (SC)	G. Parameshwara		INC	47039	Kenchamaraiah		JDS	29826	17213
56	Koratagere	C. Channigappa		JDS	41826	Veeranna		JDU	38832	2994
57	Tumkur	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	59977	Shafi Ahmed		INC	51332	8645
58	Kunigal	H. Ningappa		JDS	52370	S. P. Muddahanumegowda		INC	33280	19090
59	Huliyurdurga	D. Nagarajaya		JDS	27848	Anusuyamma		BJP	23106	4742
60	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas		Ind	40431	G. S. Shivananjappa		JDS	28854	11577
61	Turuvekere	M. T. Krishnappa		JDS	39934	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	30776	9158
62	Tiptur	B. Nanjamari		JDS	46996	K. ShadaksharI		INC	30173	16823
63	Chikkanayakanahalli	J. C. Madhu Swamy		JDU	43040	C. B. Suresh Babu		JDS	41412	1628
Kolar district
64	Gauribidanur	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		INC	49636	Jyothireddy		JDS	41611	8025
65	Chikballapur (SC)	S. M. Muniyappa		INC	45993	M. Shivananda		JDS	35613	10380
66	Sidlaghatta	S. Munishamappa		JDS	60322	V. Muniyappa		INC	52875	7447
67	Bagepalli	G. V. Sreeramareddy		CPM	57132	N Sampangi		INC	45997	11135
68	Chintamani	M. C. Sudhakar		INC	65256	K. M. Krishna Reddy		BJP	57156	8100
69	Srinivasapur	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		INC	65041	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		BJP	56431	8610
70	Mulbagal	R. Srinivas		JDS	48250	Y. Surendra		BJP	32772	15478
71	Kolar Gold Field (SC)	S. Rajendran		RPI	23098	Bhakthavathsalam		ADMK	13991	9107
72	Bethamangala	B. P Venkatamuniyappa		BJP	41117	M. Narayana Swamy		Ind	40570	547
73	Kolar	K. Srinivas Gowda		INC	54755	M. S. Anand		BJP	31004	23751
74	Vemagal	Krishna Byre Gowda		INC	95563	S. N. Srirama		BJP	20204	75359
75	Malur	S. N. Krishnaiah Shetty		BJP	69120	A. Nagaraju		INC	42264	26856
Bangalore Urban district
76	Malleshwaram	M. R. Seetharam		INC	47029	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		BJP	37252	9777
77	Rajaji Nagar	N. L. Narendra Babu		INC	67899	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	63777	4122
78	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC	40797	V. Nagaraj		JDS	12529	28268
79	Chickpet	P. C. Mohan		BJP	21404	Sathya Narayana Swamy		INC	19167	2237
80	Binnypet	V. Somanna		INC	77657	Aswathnarayana		BJP	50737	26920
81	Chamrajpet	S. M. Krishna		INC	27695	Mukhyamantri Chandru		BJP	14010	13685
82	Basavanagudi	K. Chandrashekhar		INC	44600	K. N. Subbareddy		BJP	36280	8320
83	Jayanagar	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	54078	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		BJP	51428	2650
84	Shanti Nagar (SC)	S. Raghu		BJP	33483	M. Muniswami		INC	30005	3478
85	Shivajinagar	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	22001	N. A. Haris		INC	17628	4373
86	Bharathinagar	Nirmal Surana		BJP	27867	J. Alexander		INC	22986	4881
87	Jayamahal	R. Roshan Baig		INC	41757	Mumtaz Ali Khan		BJP	21877	19880
88	Yelahanka (SC)	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	144806	C. Munikrishna		BJP	130494	14312
89	Uttarahalli	R. Ashoka		BJP	313309	S. T. Somashekhar		INC	229308	84001
90	Varthur	A. Krishnappa		INC	127490	Ashwatha Narayana Reddy		BJP	114352	13138
Bangalore Rural district
91	Kanakapura	P. G. R Sindhia		JDS	52740	Narayana Gowda		INC	43791	8949
92	Sathanur	D. K. Shivakumar		INC	51603	D. M. Vishwanath		JDS	37675	13928
93	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeshwara		INC	64162	M. C. Ashwath		JDS	47993	16169
94	Ramanagar	H. D. Kumaraswamy		JDS	69554	C. M. Lingappa		INC	44638	24916
95	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna		JDS	49197	H. M. Revanna		INC	37921	11276
96	Nelamangala (SC)	Anjanamurthy		INC	37578	B. Guruprasad		BJP	32992	4586
97	Doddaballapur	J. Narasimha Swamy		INC	59954	V. Krishnappa		JDS	46898	13056
98	Devanahalli (SC)	G. Chandranna		JDS	61344	Muninarasimhaiah		INC	34000	27344
99	Hosakote	M. T. B. Nagaraj		INC	75808	B. N. Bache Gowda		JDS	74935	873
Bangalore Urban district
100	Anekal	A. Narayanaswamy		BJP	63023	B Shivanna		INC	60847	2176
Mandya district
101	Nagamangala	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		JDS	54847	L. R. Shivarame Gowda		INC	48760	6087
102	Maddur	D. C. Thammanna		INC	38991	M. S. Siddaraju		Ind	28256	10735
103	Kiragaval	M. K. Nagamani		JDU	53590	Madhu G Madegowda		INC	38029	15561
104	Malavalli (SC)	K. Annadani		JDS	38860	P. M. Narendraswamy		INC	27630	11230
105	Mandya	M. Srinivas		JDS	46985	M. S. Atmananda		INC	32105	14880
106	Keragodu	H. B. Ramu		INC	39842	G. B. Shiva Kumar		JDS	27366	12476
107	Shrirangapattana	Vijayalakshmamma Bandisiddegowda		JDS	27371	K. S. Nanjundegowda		KRRS	26113	1258
108	Pandavapura	C. S. Puttaraju		JDS	44165	K. S. Puttannaiah		Ind	42649	1516
109	Krishnarajpete	Krishna		JDS	34738	K. B. Chandrashekar		INC	29234	5504
Chamarajanagar district
110	Hanur	Parimala Nagappa		JDS	61626	R. Narendra		INC	48613	13013
111	Kollegal (SC)	S. Balraj		Ind	27736	S. Jayanna		JDS	24408	3328
Mysore district
112	Bannur	Sunitha Veerappa Gowda		BJP	33522	Chikkamada Nayaka		INC	27859	5663
113	T. Narasipur (SC)	H. C. Mahadevappa		JDS	37956	M. Srinivasaiah		INC	23699	14257
114	Krishnaraja	M.K. Somashekar		JDS	25439	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	22045	3394
115	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankaralingegowda		BJP	38193	Sandesh Nagaraj		INC	23416	14777
116	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait		INC	54462	Maruthi Rao Pawar		Ind	29853	24609
117	Chamundeshwari	Siddaramaiah		JDS	90727	L. Revanasiddaiah		INC	58382	32345
118	Nanjangud	D. T. Jayakumar		JDS	46068	M. Mahadev		INC	26483	19585
Chamarajanagar district
119	Santhemarahalli (SC)	R. Dhruvanarayana		INC	40752	A. R. Krishna Murthy		JDS	40751	1
120	Chamarajanagar	Vatal Nagaraj		KCVP	37072	B. P. Manjula		INC	26589	10483
121	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		JDS	55076	H. S. Nanjappa		INC	44057	11019
Mysore district
122	Heggadadevankote (SC)	M. P. Venkatesh		JDS	50729	N. Nagaraju		BJP	38412	12317
123	Hunsur	G. T. Devegowda		JDS	60258	S. Chikkamadu		INC	46126	14132
124	Krishnarajanagara	Mahadeva		JDS	40341	H. Vishwanath		INC	40018	323
125	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		JDS	39357	K. S. Chandre Gowda		INC	30372	8985
Kodagu district
126	Virajpet (ST)	H. D. Basavaraju		BJP	35550	Suma Vasantha		INC	27484	8066
127	Madikeri	K. G. Bopaiah		BJP	31610	Dambekodi S Madappa		JDS	23446	8164
128	Somwarpet	B. A. Jeevijaya		INC	46560	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	43763	2797
Hassan district
129	Belur (SC)	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JDS	31438	D Mallesh		INC	26489	4949
130	Arsikere	A. S. Basavaraju		BJP	36867	G. V. Siddappa		INC	30418	6449
131	Gandasi	B Shivaramu		INC	52781	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		JDS	52763	18
132	Shravanabelagola	C. S. Putte Gowda		JDS	70461	H. S. Vijay Kumar		INC	35585	34876
133	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JDS	64664	G. Puttaswamy Gowda		INC	32070	32594
134	Arkalgud	A. T. Ramaswamy		JDS	47131	A. Manju		INC	44192	2939
135	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JDS	63527	K. M. Rajegowda		INC	35804	27723
136	Sakleshpur	H. M. Vishwanath		JDS	41704	B. B. Shivappa		INC	19911	21793
Dakshina Kannada
137	Sullia (SC)	Angara S.		BJP	61480	Dr Raghu		INC	44395	17085
138	Puttur	Shakunthala T. Shetty		BJP	65119	Sudhakar Shetty		INC	54007	11112
139	Vittla	Padmanabha Kottari		BJP	60250	K. M. Ibrahim		INC	59859	391
140	Belthangady	Prabhakar Bangera		BJP	48102	Harish Kumar		INC	35281	12821
141	Bantval	B. Nagaraja Shetty		BJP	54860	Ramanath Rai		INC	48934	5926
142	Mangalore	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	29928	Lancelot Pinto		INC	24827	5101
143	Ullal	U. T. Fareed		INC	47839	Chandrashekar Uchil		BJP	40491	7348
144	Surathkal	J. Krishna Palemar		BJP	57808	Vijaya Kumar Shetty		INC	54496	3312
Udupi district
145	Kapu	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	33611	Vasantha V. Salian		INC	32221	1390
146	Udupi	K. Raghupati Bhat		BJP	36341	U. R. Sabhapati		INC	34808	1533
147	Brahmavar	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		Ind	39521	Pramod Madhwaraj		INC	27348	12173
148	Kundapura	Halady Srinivas Shetty		BJP	58923	Ashok Kumar Hegde		INC	39258	19665
149	Byndoor	K Gopala Poojary		INC	47627	K. Lakshminarayana		BJP	44375	3252
150	Karkala	V. Sunil Kumar		BJP	52061	H. Gopal Bhandary		INC	42149	9912
Dakshina Kannada
151	Moodabidri	Abhayachandra Jain		INC	29926	K. Amarnath Shetty		JDS	26977	2949
Chikmagalur district
152	Sringeri	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	47263	D. B. Chandregowda		INC	29042	18221
153	Mudigere (SC)	M. P. Kumaraswamy		BJP	27148	Motamma		INC	25810	1338
154	Chikmagalur	C. T. Ravi		BJP	57165	C. R. Sageer Ahmed		INC	32292	24873
155	Birur	S. L. Dharmegowda		JDS	33164	K. B. Mallikarjuna		INC	32031	1133
156	Kadur	K. M. Krishnamurthy		JDS	43433	Marulasiddappa		INC	36144	7289
157	Tarikere	T. H. Shivashankarappa		INC	47593	H. Omkarappa		BJP	27919	19674
Davanagere district
158	Channagiri	Mahima J Patel		JDS	42837	Vadnal Rajanna		INC	32154	10683
Shimoga district
159	Holehonnur	G. Basavanneppa		BJP	50071	Kariyanna		INC	43769	6302
160	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara		Ind	52572	M. J. Appaji Gowda		INC	35141	17431
Davanagere district
161	Honnali	M. P. Renukacharya		BJP	46593	D. G. Shanthanagowda		INC	39119	7474
Shimoga district
162	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	69015	H. N. Chandrashekarappa		INC	49766	19249
163	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	47843	Kimmane Rathnakar		INC	46468	1375
164	Hosanagar	Hartalu Halappa		BJP	49086	G. D. Narayanappa		INC	32235	16851
165	Sagar	Belur Gopalkrishna		BJP	57455	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	42282	15173
166	Sorab	Kumar Bangarappa		INC	44677	Madhu Bangarappa		BJP	32748	11929
167	Shikaripura	B. S. Yediyurappa		BJP	64972	K. Shekarappa		INC	45019	19953
Uttara Kannada
168	Sirsi (SC)	Viveknand Vaidya		BJP	47811	Jaiwant Premanand		INC	33652	14159
169	Bhatkal	Shivanand Naik		BJP	46471	J. D. Naik		INC	42301	4170
170	Kumta	Mohan Krishna Shetty		INC	34738	Shashibhushan E Hegde		BJP	31273	3465
171	Ankola	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	46787	Shantaram Hegde		INC	30709	16078
172	Karwar	Gangadhar Nagesh Bhat		BJP	36397	Prabhakar Rane		JDS	20165	16232
173	Haliyal	R. V. Deshpande		INC	55974	V. S. Patil		BJP	41765	14209
Dharwad district
174	Dharwad Rural	Vinay Kulkarni		Ind	33744	A. B. Desai		JDU	30514	3230
175	Dharwad	S. R. Morey		INC	43334	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	37584	5750
176	Hubli	Jabbarkhan Honnalli		INC	41971	Ashok Katwe		BJP	40155	1816
177	Hubli Rural	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	58501	Anil Kumar Patil		INC	31965	26536
178	Kalghatgi	Siddanagouda Chikkanagoudra		BJP	28065	Babusab K Kashimanavar		JP	26107	1958
179	Kundgol	Akki Mallikarjunappa Shahadevappa		JDU	28184	C. S. Shivalli		Ind	23942	4242
Haveri district
180	Shiggaon	Sindhura Rajashekar		Ind	41811	Sayed Azimpeer Khadri		INC	40971	840
181	Hangal	C. M. Udasi		BJP	61167	Manohar Tahasildar		INC	43080	18087
182	Hirekerur	B. C. Patil		JDS	39237	U. B. Banakar		BJP	34247	4990
183	Ranibennur	G. Shivanna		BJP	57123	K. B. Koliwad		INC	41037	16086
184	Byadgi (SC)	Nehru Olekar		BJP	52686	Rudrappa Lamani		INC	41408	11278
185	Haveri	Shivaraj Sajjanar		BJP	53482	Basavaraj Shivannanavar		INC	51286	2196
Gadag district
186	Shirahatti	Shivamurthayya Gaddadevaramath		INC	34151	Ganganna Mahantashettar		JDU	31205	2946
187	Mundargi	Shidlinganagouda Patil		INC	40287	B. F. Dandin		JDS	21071	19216
188	Gadag	D. R. Patil		INC	50580	S. B. Sankannavar		BJP	35376	15204
189	Ron	Kalakappa Bandi		BJP	46733	Gurupadagouda Patil		INC	38668	8065
190	Nargund	C. C. Patil		BJP	43382	B. R. Yavagal		INC	31260	12122
Dharwad district
191	Navalgund	R. B. Shiriyannavar		BJP	30195	Kallappa Nagappa Gaddi		INC	26356	3839
Belgaum District
192	Ramdurg	Mahadevappa Yadawad		BJP	56585	Ashok Pattan		INC	31044	25541
193	Parasgad	Vishwanath Mamani		Ind	38451	Subhash Koujalgi		INC	37006	1445
194	Bailhongal	Jagadish Metgud		BJP	48208	Mahantesh Koujalgi		INC	36633	11575
195	Kittur	Suresh Marihal		BJP	49970	Danappagouda Inamdar		INC	35265	14705
196	Khanapur	Digambar Yashwantrao Patil		Ind	19115	Vaishali Ashok Patil		Ind	18747	368
197	Belgaum	Ramesh Kudachi		INC	32198	Vilas Pawar		BJP	31181	1017
198	Uchagaon	Manohar Kinikar		Ind	42483	Sambhaji Laxman Patil		INC	31277	11206
199	Bagewadi	Abhay Patil		BJP	32854	Shivaputrappa Malagi		INC	29156	3698
200	Gokak (ST)	Ramesh Jarkiholi		INC	56768	Mallappa Muttennavar		BJP	40593	16175
201	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi		JDS	62054	Veeranna Koujalgi		INC	42604	19450
202	Hukkeri	Shashikanth Naik		BJP	46969	Umesh Katti		JDS	46148	821
203	Sankeshwar	Appayagouda Patil		INC	52036	Rajendra Malagouda Patil		BJP	35828	16208
204	Nippani	Kakasaheb Panduranga Patil		INC	40222	Subhash Shridhar Joshi		BJP	39793	429
205	Sadalga	Prakash Hukkeri		INC	58039	Annasaheb Jolle		BJP	38737	19302
206	Chikkodi (SC)	Hakkyagol Dattu Yellappa		BJP	32663	S. S. Bhimannavar		INC	30121	2542
207	Raibag (SC)	Bheemappa Sarikar		JDU	54049	Laxman Kamble		INC	43855	10194
208	Kagwad	Raju Kage		BJP	44529	Kiran Kumar Patil		INC	41077	3452
209	Athani	Laxman Savadi		BJP	59578	Dongaragaon Shahajan Ismail		INC	28325	31253
Bagalkot district
210	Jamkhandi	Siddu Savadi		BJP	73223	Ramappa Kaluti		INC	39902	33321
211	Bilgi	Murugesh Nirani		BJP	68136	J. T. Patil		INC	50811	17325
212	Mudhol (SC)	Govind Karjol		BJP	71814	R. B. Timmapur		INC	38872	32942
213	Bagalkot	Veeranna Charantimath		BJP	34597	Pralhad Pujari		Ind	29075	5522
214	Badami	Mahagundappa Pattanshetti		BJP	52678	B B Chimmanakatti		INC	33677	19001
215	Guledgud	H. Y. Meti		JDS	30832	Rajashekhar Sheelavant		BJP	29426	1406
216	Hungund	Doddanagouda Patil		BJP	50617	Gouramma Kashappanavar		INC	32193	18424
Bijapur district
217	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda		INC	30203	Vimalabai Deshmukh		JDS	27776	2427
218	Huvina Hipparagi	Shivputrappa Desai		BJP	39224	B. S. Patil		INC	32927	6297
219	Basavana Bagevadi	Shivanand Patil		INC	50238	S. K. Bellubbi		BJP	46933	3305
220	Tikota	M. B. Patil		INC	48274	Rudragoudar Sahebagouda		JDU	19040	29234
221	Bijapur	Appu Pattanshetty		BJP	70001	Ustad Maheboob Patel		INC	45968	24033
222	Ballolli (SC)	R. K. Rathod		JDS	39915	H. R. Alagur		INC	28873	11042
223	Indi	Ravikant Patil		Ind	42984	B. G. Patil Halasangi		INC	33652	9332
224	Sindagi	Ashok Shabadi		BJP	38853	M. C. Managuli		JDS	29803	9050

Government formation

In the elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition to run the government. Dharam Singh of the Congress was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 28 May 2004. However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead forged an alliance with the BJP. A new government was formed with H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) as Chief minister and B. S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP as his deputy.