2009 Indian general election in Karnataka

Indian general election in Karnataka, 2009

April–May 2009

28 seats
Turnout58.82%
  First party Second party
 
Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Mallikarjun Kharge
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Did not contest Gulbarga
Last election 18 8
Seats won 19 6
Seat change 1 2
Percentage 41.63% 37.65%

  Third party
 
Leader H. D. Devegowda
Party JD(S)
Alliance Third Front
Leader's seat Hassan
Last election 2
Seats won 3
Seat change 1
Percentage 13.57%

Seat results by constituency. As this is a FPTP election, seat totals are not determined proportional to each party's total vote share, but instead by the plurality in each constituency.

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Karnataka, occurred for 28 seats in the state.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party B. S. Yediyurappa 28
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Mallikarjun Kharge 28
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Kumaraswamy 21

List of Candidates

Constituency BJP INC JD(S)
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Chikkodi BJP Ramesh Katti INC Prakash Hukkeri Did not contest
2 Belgaum BJP Suresh Angadi INC Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil JD(S) A. B. Patil
3 Bagalkot BJP P. C. Gaddigoudar INC J. T. Patil Did not contest
4 Bijapur BJP Ramesh Jigajinagi INC Prakash Kubasing Rathod JD(S) Almelkar Vilasababu Basalingappa
5 Gulbarga BJP Revu Naik Belamgi INC Mallikarjun Kharge JD(S) Babu Honna Naik
6 Raichur BJP Sanna Pakirappa INC Raja Venkatappa Naik JD(S) K. Devanna Naik
7 Bidar BJP Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli INC N. Dharam Singh JD(S) Subhash Tippanna Nelge
8 Koppal BJP Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda INC Basavaraj Rayareddy JD(S) Ansari Iqbal
9 Bellary BJP J. Shantha INC N. Y. Hanumanthappa Did not contest
10 Haveri BJP Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi INC Saleem Ahmed JD(S) Shivkumargoud Shidlingangouda Patil
11 Dharwad BJP Pralhad Joshi INC Kunnur Manjunath Channappa Did not contest
12 Uttara Kannada BJP Anantkumar Hegde INC Margaret Alva JD(S) V. D. Hegade
13 Davanagere BJP G. M. Siddeshwara INC S. S. Mallikarjuna JD(S) K. B. Kallerudreshappa
14 Shimoga BJP B. Y. Raghavendra INC S. Bangarappa Did not contest
15 Udupi Chikmagalur BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda INC K. Jayaprakash Hegde
16 Hassan BJP K. H. Hanume Gowda INC B. Shivaramu JD(S) H. D. Deve Gowda
17 Dakshina Kannada BJP Nalin Kumar Kateel INC Janardhana Poojary Did not contest
18 Chitradurga BJP Janardhana Swamy INC Dr. B. Thippeswamy JD(S) M. Rathnakar
19 Tumkur BJP G. S. Basavaraj INC P. Kodandaramaiah JD(S) S. P. Muddahanumegowda
20 Mandya BJP L. R. Shivarame Gowda INC M. H. Ambareesh JD(S) N. Chaluvaraya Swamy
21 Mysore BJP C. H. Vijayashankar INC Adagur H. Vishwanath JD(S) B. A. Jivijaya
22 Chamarajanagar BJP A. R. Krishnamurthy INC R. Dhruvanarayana JD(S) Kote M. Shivanna
23 Bangalore Rural BJP C. P. Yogeeshwara INC Tejaswini Gowda JD(S) H. D. Kumaraswamy
24 Bangalore North BJP D. B. Chandre Gowda INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief JD(S) R. Surendra Babu
25 Bangalore Central BJP P. C. Mohan INC H. T. Sangliana JD(S) B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan
26 Bangalore South BJP Ananth Kumar INC Krishna Byre Gowda JD(S) Prof. Radhakrishna
27 Chikballapur BJP C. Aswathanarayana INC M. Veerappa Moily JD(S) C. R. Manohar
28 Kolar BJP D. S. Veeraiah INC K. H. Muniyappa JD(S) G. Chandranna

Note

List of Repeat Candidates (2004 to 2009)

  • Candidates who Switched Parties
    • 1. S. Bangarappa: Contested Shimoga as a BJP candidate in 2004 and as an INC candidate in 2009.
    • 2. G. S. Basavaraj: Contested Tumkur as an INC candidate in 2004 and as a BJP candidate in 2009.
    • 3. H. T. Sangliana: Contested Bangalore North as a BJP candidate in 2004 and Bangalore Central as an INC candidate in 2009.
    • 4. Kunnur Manjunath Channappa: Contested Dharwad South as a BJP candidate in 2004 and Dharwad as an INC candidate in 2009.
    • 5. P. Kodandaramaiah: Contested Chitradurga as a JD(S) candidate in 2004 and Tumkur as an INC candidate in 2009.
  • Candidates who Switched Constituencies (Same Party)
    • 6. M. Veerappa Moily (INC): Moved from Mangalore in 2004 to Chikkballapur in 2009.
    • 7. D. V. Sadananda Gowda (BJP): Moved from Mangalore in 2004 to Udupi Chikmagalur in 2009.
    • 8. Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP): Moved from Chikkodi in 2004 to Bijapur in 2009.
    • 9. N. Y. Hanumanthappa (INC): Moved from Chitradurga in 2004 to Bellary in 2009.
  • Candidates in the Same Constituency (Same Party)
    • Note: Some constituency names changed due to delimitation (e.g., Kanakapura to Bangalore Rural, Kanara to Uttara Kannada).
    • 10. H. D. Devegowda (JD(S)): Contested Kanakapura and Hassan in 2004 and Hassan in 2009.
    • 11. Ananth Kumar (BJP): Bangalore South.
    • 12. C. K. Jaffer Sharief (INC): Bangalore North.
    • 13. M. H. Ambareesh (INC): Mandya.
    • 14. G. M. Siddeshwara (BJP): Davangere.
    • 15. S. S. Mallikarjun (INC): Davangere.
    • 16. K. H. Muniyappa (INC): Kolar.
    • 17. D. S. Veeraiah (BJP): Kolar.
    • 18. C. H. Vijayashankar (BJP): Mysore.
    • 19. P. C. Gaddigoudar (BJP): Bagalkot.
    • 20. Suresh Angadi (BJP): Belgaum.
    • 21. Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil (INC): Belgaum.
    • 22. Pralhad Joshi (BJP): Dharwad North in 2004 and Dharwad in 2009.
    • 23. Ananthkumar Hegde (BJP): Kanara in 2004 and Uttara Kannada in 2009.
    • 24. Margaret Alva (INC): Kanara in 2004 and Uttara Kannada in 2009.
    • 25. M. Shivanna (JD(S)): Chamarajanagar (listed as Kote M. Shivanna in 2009).
    • 26. Tejashwini See Ramesh / Tejaswini Gowda (INC): Kanakapura in 2004 and Bangalore Rural in 2009.

Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 1,02,28,790 41.63 6.86 28 19 1
INC 92,50,984 37.65 0.83 28 6 2
JD(S) 33,35,530 13.57 6.88 21 3 1
Others 7,44,961 3.03 90 0
IND 10,12,448 4.12 1.78 260 0
Total 2,45,72,713 100% - 427 28 -

List of elected MPs

Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Chikkodi Ramesh Katti BJP 438,081 50.48 Prakash Hukkeri INC 382,794 44.11 55,287 6.37
2 Belgaum Suresh Angadi BJP 384,324 50.93 Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil INC 265,637 35.20 118,687 15.73
3 Bagalkot P. C. Gaddigoudar BJP 413,272 48.06 J. T. Patil INC 377,826 43.94 35,446 4.12
4 Bijapur Ramesh Jigajinagi BJP 308,939 47.56 Prakash Kubasing Rathod INC 266,522 41.03 42,417 6.53
5 Gulbarga Mallikarjun Kharge INC 345,241 45.46 Revu Naik Belamgi BJP 331,837 43.70 13,404 1.76
6 Raichur Sanna Pakirappa BJP 316,450 46.38 Raja Venkatappa Naik INC 285,814 41.89 30,636 4.49
7 Bidar Dharam Singh INC 337,957 43.37 Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli BJP 298,338 38.29 39,619 5.08
8 Koppal Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda BJP 291,693 38.65 Basavaraj Rayareddy INC 209,904 27.81 81,789 10.84
9 Bellary J. Shantha BJP 402,213 46.72 N. Y. Hanumanthappa INC 399,970 46.46 2,243 0.26
10 Haveri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi BJP 430,293 49.33 Saleem Ahmed INC 342,373 39.25 87,920 10.08
11 Dharwad Pralhad Joshi BJP 446,786 55.97 Kunnur Manjunath Channappa INC 309,123 38.73 137,663 17.24
12 Uttara Kannada Anantkumar Hegde BJP 339,300 44.63 Margaret Alva INC 316,531 41.63 22,769 3.00
13 Davanagere G. M. Siddeshwara BJP 423,447 46.67 S. S. Mallikarjun INC 421,423 46.45 2,024 0.22
14 Shimoga B. Y. Raghavendra BJP 482,783 50.58 Sarekoppa Bangarappa INC 429,890 45.04 52,893 5.54
15 Udupi Chikmagalur Sadananda Gowda BJP 401,441 48.09 K. Jayaprakash Hegde INC 374,423 44.86 27,018 3.23
16 Hassan H. D. Devegowda JD(S) 496,429 50.64 K. H. Hanume Gowda BJP 205,316 20.94 291,113 29.70
17 Dakshina Kannada Nalin Kumar Kateel BJP 499,385 49.16 Janardhana Poojary INC 458,965 45.18 40,420 3.98
18 Chitradurga Janardhana Swamy BJP 370,920 44.37 Dr. B. Thippeswamy INC 235,349 28.15 135,571 16.22
19 Tumkur G. S. Basavaraj BJP 331,064 36.79 S. P. Muddahanumegowda JD(S) 309,619 34.41 21,445 2.38
20 Mandya N. Chaluvaraya Swamy JD(S) 384,443 37.26 Ambareesh INC 360,943 34.99 23,500 2.27
21 Mysore Adagur H. Vishwanath INC 354,810 36.43 C. H. Vijayashankar BJP 347,119 35.64 7,691 0.79
22 Chamarajanagar R. Dhruvanarayana INC 369,970 38.00 A. R. Krishnamurthy BJP 365,968 37.59 4,002 0.41
23 Bangalore Rural H. D. Kumaraswamy JD(S) 493,302 44.73 C. P. Yogeshwara BJP 363,027 32.92 130,275 11.81
24 Bangalore North D. B. Chandregowda BJP 452,920 45.22 C. K. Jaffer Sharief INC 393,255 39.26 59,665 5.96
25 Bangalore Central P. C. Mohan BJP 340,162 40.16 H. T. Sangliana INC 304,944 36.00 35,218 4.16
26 Bangalore South Ananth Kumar BJP 437,953 48.20 Krishna Byre Gowda INC 400,341 44.06 37,612 4.14
27 Chikkballapur Veerappa Moily INC 390,500 39.90 C. Aswathanarayana BJP 339,119 34.65 51,381 5.25
28 Kolar K. H. Muniyappa INC 344,771 37.18 D. S. Veeraiah BJP 321,765 34.70 23,006 2.48

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 S. M. Krishna Rajya Sabha Cabinet Minister External Affairs 23 May
2009
27 October
2012
INC
2 M. Veerappa Moily Chikkballapur Cabinet Minister Law and Justice 28 May
2009
12 July
2011
Corporate Affairs 12 July
2011
28 October
2012
Power 31 July
2012
28 October
2012
Petroleum and Natural Gas 28 October
2012
26 May
2014
Environment and Forests 21 December
2013
26 May
2014
3 Mallikarjun Kharge Gulbarga Cabinet Minister Labour and Employment 28 May
2009
17 June
2013
Railways 17 June
2013
26 May
2014
Social Justice and Empowerment 28 January
2014
26 May
2014
4 Oscar Fernandes Rajya Sabha Cabinet Minister Road Transport and Highways 17 June
2013
26 May
2014
Labour and Employment 15 December
2013
26 May
2014
5 K. Rahman Khan Rajya Sabha Cabinet Minister Minority Affairs 28 October
2012
26 May
2014
6 K. H. Muniyappa Kolar MoS Railways 28 May
2009
28 October
2012
MoS (I/C) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 28 October
2012
26 May
2014

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2013 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 140 40
Indian National Congress 62 122
Janata Dal (Secular) 22 40
Others 0 22
Total 224

References

  1. ^ http://eci.nic.in/ Election Commission of India