2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Karnataka on 10 May 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 13 May 2023.

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

10 May 2023

All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered53,131,579
Turnout73.84% ( 1.34 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Siddaramaiah Basavaraj Bommai H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party INC BJP JD(S)
Leader since 2013 2021 2006
Leader's seat Varuna Shiggaon Channapatna
Last election 38.14%, 80 seats 36.35%, 104 seats 18.3%, 37 seats
Seats won 135 66 19
Seat change 55 38 18
Popular vote 16,789,272 14,096,529 5,205,489
Percentage 42.88% 36.00% 13.29%
Swing 4.74 pp 0.35 pp 5.01 pp


Structure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Basavaraj Bommai
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Siddaramaiah
INC

The election saw a final voter turnout of 73.84%, the highest ever recorded in the history of Legislative Assembly elections in Karnataka.

The Indian National Congress won the election in a landslide by getting 135 seats, making it their biggest win by seats and vote share in Karnataka since the 1989 elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) conceded defeat, finishing second and third, respectively.

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