2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election


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 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.

Results

Successful Candidates

Assembly ConstituencyPartyMember
AfzalpurJanata Dal M Y Patil
AlandJanata Dal B R Patil
AnekalBharatiya Janata PartyA Narayanaswamy
AnkolaBharatiya Janata PartyVishveshwar Hegde Kageri
ArabhaviJanata Dal Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarakiholi
ArkalgudJanata Dal Ramaswamy A. T.
ArsikereBharatiya Janata PartyA.S Basavaraj
AthaniBharatiya Janata PartyLaxman Sangappa Savadi
AuradIndian National CongressGurupadappa Nagamarapalli
BadamiBharatiya Janata PartyMahagundappa Kallappa Pattanshetti
BagalkotBharatiya Janata PartyCharantimath Viranna Chandrashekharayya
BagepalliCommunist Party of India Sreerama Reddy G. V
BagewadiBharatiya Janata PartyAbhay Patil M
BailhongalBharatiya Janata PartyMetgud Virupaxi Channappa
BaindurIndian National CongressGopala Poojary K
BallolliJanata Dal Rathod R.K
BannurBharatiya Janata PartySunitha Veerappagowda
BantvalBharatiya Janata PartyNagaraja Shetty B
BasavakalyanJanata Dal Mallikarjun Siddaramappa Khuba
Basavana BagevadiIndian National CongressShivanand Patil
BasavanagudiIndian National CongressChandrashekar K
BelgaumIndian National CongressKudachi Ramesh Laxman
BellaryBharatiya Janata PartyB.Sreeramulu
BellaviJanata Dal Kyatasandra N Rajanna
BelthangadyBharatiya Janata PartyK. Prabhakara Bangera
BelurJanata Dal Kumar Swamy H.K
BethamangalaBharatiya Janata PartyVenkatamuniyappa B.P
BhadravatiIndependentB. K Sangameshwara
BhalkiBharatiya Janata PartyM Prakash Khandre
BharamasagaraJanata Dal Anjaneya H
BharathinagarBharatiya Janata PartyNirmal Surana
BhatkalBharatiya Janata PartyShivananda Naik
BidarIndependentBandeppa Khashempur
BijapurBharatiya Janata PartyAppasaheb Mallappa Pattanashetti
BilgiBharatiya Janata PartyMurugesh Rudrappa Nirani
BinnypetIndian National CongressSomanna V
BirurJanata Dal Dharmegowda S. L
BrahmavarIndependentJayaprakash Hegde K
ByadgiBharatiya Janata PartyOlekar Nehru Channabasappa
C.V. Raman NagarBharatiya Janata PartyS. Raghu
ChallakereIndian National CongressSudhakar D
ChamarajaBharatiya Janata PartyH. S Shankaralingegowda
ChamarajanagarKannada Chalavali Vatal PakshaVatal Nagaraj
ChamrajpetIndian National CongressS M Krishna
ChamundeshwariJanata Dal Siddaramaiah
ChannagiriJanata Dal Mahima J Patel
ChannapatnaIndian National CongressC P Yogeshwar
ChickpetBharatiya Janata PartyP. C. Mohan
ChikkaballapurIndian National CongressS. M Muniyappa
Chikkodi-SadalgaBharatiya Janata PartyHakkyagol Dattu Yellappa
ChikmagalurBharatiya Janata PartyC. T Ravi
ChiknayakanhalliJanata Dal J. C Madhuswamy
ChincholiJanata Dal Vijanath Patil
ChintamaniIndian National CongressM C Sudhakar
ChitradurgaIndian National CongressG. H Thippareddy
ChittapurJanata Dal Vishwanath Patil Hebbal
CoondapurBharatiya Janata PartyHaladi Srinivasa Shetty
DavanagereIndian National CongressShamanuru Shivashankarappa
DevadurgaJanata Dal Alkod Hanumanthappa
DevanahalliJanata Dal G. Chandranna
DharwadIndian National CongressS. R Morey
Dharwad RuralIndependentVinay Kulkarni
DoddaballapurIndian National CongressJ. Narasimhaswamy
GadagIndian National CongressD R Patil
Gandhi NagarIndian National CongressDinesh Gundu Rao
GandsiIndian National CongressB. Shivaramu
GangawatiJanata Dal Iqbal Ansari
GauribidanurIndian National CongressShivashankara Reddy N H
GokakIndian National CongressJarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao
GubbiIndependentS. R Srinivas
GulbargaBharatiya Janata PartyChandrashekhar Patil Revoor
GuledagudJanata Dal Moti Hulappa Yamunappa
GundlupetIndian National CongressH. S. Mahadeva Prasad
GurmitkalIndian National CongressMallikarjun Kharge
HadagalliJanata Dal M. P Prakash
HaliyalIndian National CongressR. V Deshpande
HangalBharatiya Janata PartyUdasi Channabasappa Mahalingappa
HanurJanata Dal Parimala Nagappa
HarapanahalliIndian National CongressP. T Parameshwara Naik
HariharIndian National CongressDr. Y. Nagappa
HassanJanata Dal H. S. Prakash
HaveriBharatiya Janata PartyShivaraj Sajjanar
HeggadadevankoteJanata Dal M. P Venkatesh
HirekerurIndian National CongressB. C. Patil
HiriyurJanata Dal D. Manjunath
HolalkereIndian National CongressA. V Umapathi
HolehonnurBharatiya Janata PartyG. Basavanneppa
HolenarasipurJanata Dal H. D. Revanna
HomnabadJanata Dal Mirajuddin Patel
HonnaliBharatiya Janata PartyM. P. Renukacharya
HosadurgaIndian National CongressB. G Govindappa
HosakoteIndian National CongressM. T Nagaraju
HubliIndian National CongressHonnalli Jabbarkhan Hayatkhan
Hubli RuralBharatiya Janata PartyJagadish Shettar
HosanagarBharatiya Janata PartyH. M Halappa
HospetIndependentH. R Gaviappa
HukkeriBharatiya Janata PartyShashikant Akkappi Naik
HuliyurdurgaJanata Dal D. M Nagarajaya
HulsoorBharatiya Janata PartyRajendra Varma
HungundBharatiya Janata PartyDoddanagouda G Patil
HunsurJanata Dal G. T Deve Gowda
Huvina-HuppargiBharatiya Janata PartyDesai Shivaputrappa Madiwalappa
IndiIndependentPatil Ravikant Shankarappa
JagalurBharatiya Janata PartyT. Gurusiddanagowda
JamkhandiBharatiya Janata PartySiddu Savadi
JayamahalIndian National CongressRoshan Baig
JayanagarIndian National CongressRamalinga Reddy
JevargiIndian National CongressDharam Singh
KadurIndian National CongressK. M Krishnamurthy
KagwadBharatiya Janata PartyBharamgouda Alagouda Kage
KalghatgiBharatiya Janata PartyChikkanagoudra Siddanagouda Ishwaragouda
KallambellaBharatiya Janata PartyK. S Kiran Kumar
KalmalaBharatiya Janata PartyB. Muniyappa Muddappa
KamalapurBharatiya Janata PartyRevunayak Belmagi
KanakagiriBharatiya Janata PartyVeerappa Devappa Kesarahatti
KanakapuraJanata Dal P. G. R Sindhia
KapuBharatiya Janata PartyLalaji R Mendon
KarkalBharatiya Janata PartyV. Sunil Kumar
KarwarBharatiya Janata PartyGangadhar Nagesh Bhat
KeragoduIndian National CongressH. B Ramu
KhanapurIndependentDigambar Yashwantrao Patil
KiragavalJanata Dal M. K Nagamani
KitturBharatiya Janata PartyMarihal Suresh Shivarudrappa
KolarIndian National CongressK. Srinivasa Gowda
Kolar Gold FieldRepublican Party of IndiaS. M Rajendran
KollegalIndependentBalraj S
KoppalIndian National CongressBasavraj Bhimappa Hitnal
KoratagereJanata Dal Chanigappa
KotturIndian National CongressT. Bhagirathi
KrishnarajaJanata Dal M. K Somashekar
KrishnarajanagaraJanata Dal Mahadeva
KrishnarajpetJanata Dal Krishna
KudligiBharatiya Janata PartyAnil Lad
KumtaIndian National CongressMohan Krishna Shetty
KundgolJanata Dal Akki Malikarjunappa Shahadevappa
KunigalJanata Dal H. Ningappa
KurugoduJanata Dal Suryanarayana Reddy N
KushtagiBharatiya Janata PartyDoddanagoud Hanumagouda Patil
LingsugurJanata Dal Amaregowda Patil Bayyapur
MaddurIndian National CongressD. C Tammanna
MadhugiriIndian National CongressDr. Parameshwara
MadikeriBharatiya Janata PartyK. G. Bopaiah
MagadiJanata Dal H C Balakrishna
MalavalliJanata Dal K. Annadani
MalleshwaramIndian National CongressM. R Seetharam
MalurBharatiya Janata PartyES EN Krishnaiah Shetty
MandyaJanata Dal M. Srinivas
MangaloreBharatiya Janata PartyN. Yogish Bhat
ManviIndian National CongressN. S Bosuraju
MayakondaBharatiya Janata PartyS. A Ravindranath
MolakalmuruIndian National CongressN. Y Gopala Krishna
MoodabidriIndian National CongressK. Abhayachandra Jain
MuddebihalIndian National CongressAppaji Channabasavaraj Shankararao Nadagouda
MudholBharatiya Janata PartyGovind M Karjol
MudigereBharatiya Janata PartyM. P Kumara Swamy
MulbagalJanata Dal Srinivas R
MundargiIndian National CongressPatil Shidlinganagouda Shiddanagouda
NagamangalaJanata Dal Chaluvaraya Swamy N
NanjangudJanata Dal D. T Jayakumar
NarasimharajaIndian National CongressTanveer Sait
NargundBharatiya Janata PartyC. C. Patil
NavalgundBharatiya Janata PartyDr. R. B Shiriyannavar
NelamangalaIndian National CongressAnjanamurthy
NippaniIndian National CongressKakaso Pandurang Patil
PandavapuraJanata Dal C. S Puttaraju
ParasgadIndependentMamani Vishwanath Karabasappa
PavagadaJanata Dal K. M Thimmarayappa
PiriyapatnaJanata Dal K. Venkatesh
PutturBharatiya Janata PartyShakunthala T Shetty
RaibagJanata Dal Sarikar Bheemappa Channappa
RaichurBharatiya Janata PartyAhuja Papareddy
Rajaji NagarIndian National CongressN. L Narendra Babu
RamanagaramJanata Dal H. D. Kumaraswamy
RamdurgBharatiya Janata PartyYadawad Mahadevappa Shivalingappa
RanibennurBharatiya Janata PartyG. Shivanna
RonBharatiya Janata PartyKalakappa Gurushantappa Bandi
SadalgaIndian National CongressPrakash Babanna Hukkeri
SagarBharatiya Janata PartyGopalkrishna Beluru
SakleshpurJanata Dal H. M Vishwanatha
SandurJanata Dal Santhosh S Lad
SankeshwarIndian National CongressAppayagouda Basagouda Patil
SanthemarahalliIndian National CongressR. Dhruvanarayana
SathanurIndian National CongressD. K Shivakumar
SedamIndian National CongressDr. Sharan Prakash Rudrappa Patil
ShahabadBharatiya Janata PartySunil Vallapure
ShahapurJanata Dal Sharanabasappa Darshnapur
Shanti NagarBharatiya Janata PartyS. Raghu
ShiggaonIndependentSindhura Rajashekhar
ShikaripuraBharatiya Janata PartyB. S. Yeddyurappa
ShimogaBharatiya Janata PartyK. S. Eshwarappa
ShirahattiIndian National CongressGaddadevaramath Gaddaya Shivamurthy
ShivajinagarBharatiya Janata PartyKatta Subramanya Naidu
ShorapurKannada Nadu PartyNarasimha Nayak
ShravanabelagolaJanata Dal C. S Putte Gowda
ShrirangapattanaJanata Dal Vijayalakshmi Bandisiddegowda
SidlaghattaJanata Dal S. Munishamappa
SindgiBharatiya Janata PartyAshok Gurappa Shabadi
SindhanurIndian National CongressBadarli Hampanagouda
SiraJanata Dal B. Satyanaraya
SirsiBharatiya Janata PartyVivekanand Vaidya
SiruguppaBharatiya Janata PartySomalingappa M.S
SomwarpetIndian National CongressB. A Jivijaya
SorabIndian National CongressKumar Bangarappa
SringeriBharatiya Janata PartyD. N Jeevaraja
SrinivaspurIndian National CongressK. R Ramesh Kumar
SulliaBharatiya Janata PartyAngara S
SurathkalBharatiya Janata PartyKrishna Palemar J
T.NarasipurIndian National CongressDr. H. C Mahadevappa
TarikereIndian National CongressShivashankarappa T
TikotaIndian National CongressM. B Patil
TipturJanata Dal Nanjamari B
TirthahalliBharatiya Janata PartyAraga Jnanendra
TumkurBharatiya Janata PartyS. Shivanna Sogadu
TuruvekereJanata Dal MT Krishnappa
UchagaonIndependentManohar Kallappa Kinekar
UdupiBharatiya Janata PartyK. Raghupathy Bhat
UllalIndian National CongressU. T Fareed
UttarahalliBharatiya Janata PartyR. Ashok
VarthurIndian National CongressKrishnappa A
VemgalIndian National CongressB. C Krishnabyre Gowda
VittalBharatiya Janata PartyPadmanabha Kottari
VirajpetBharatiya Janata PartyH. D Basavaraju
YadgirIndependentVeer Basawanthreddy Mudnal
YelahankaIndian National CongressB. M Prasanna Kumar
YelburgaIndian National CongressBasavaraj Rayareddy

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 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 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 as Chief minister and B.S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP as Deputy Chief minister.