The 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 May 2013 to elect members from 223 constituencies in the

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. The election for the

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constituency was postponed to 28 May 2013 due to the death of the BJP candidate for the seat. The voter turnout in the state was 70.23%. Five major political parties contested the election:

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(INC) led by

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(BJP) led by Chief Minister

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(JD(S)) led by

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(KJP) and B. Sriramulu's Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress (BSRCP). The INC won the election with an absolute majority of 122 seats, including the Piriyapatna seat, 9 more than the majority mark of 113. As a result, the INC returned to power on its own after nine years with Siddaramaiah becoming the

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Background

In 2008, the BJP under the leadership of B. S. Yeddyurappa, won 110 seats, emerging as the single largest party. As the party did not have a majority of its own, having not won 113+ seats, it had to form a government with the support of a few

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MLA's. The BJP thus came to power for the first time in South India with Yeddyurappa becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka. However, the five years in which BJP was in power in Karnataka was not smooth and was mired in many controversies. A few months after coming to power, the BJP encouraged Congress and JD(S) MLA's to defect to the BJP to boost its strength in the assembly. Yeddyurappa had to face many revolts over his style of functioning from the Reddy brothers ( Karunakara, Somashekara and

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) and B. Sriramulu, a faction led by Balachandra Jarkiholi and the old BJP loyalists led by Ananth Kumar. Janardhana Reddy was arrested in the Bellary illegal mining scam in 2011. Some BJP leaders like Katta Subramanya Naidu, Ess Enn Krishnaiah Setty and Yeddyurappa were imprisoned for some time for their role in individual land scams. Yeddyurappa and Kumaraswamy of JD(S) were accused of encouraging

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, though were cleared later by the High Court of Karnataka. In its five years of rule, the BJP had three Chief Ministers. Yeddyurappa was forced to resign as Chief Minister in July 2011 due to his alleged involvement in a land scam. He was replaced by his handpicked successor and loyalist D. V. Sadananda Gowda, who faced a challenge from

, the Chief Minister choice for Yeddyurappa's opponents in the BJP. However, Gowda soon fell out with Yeddyurappa and the latter began to revolt against him, threatening to quit the BJP if Gowda was not removed. The BJP High Command replaced Gowda with Shettar, only 11 months after he became Chief Minister. Shettar was another Lingayat BJP leader whom Yeddyurappa opposed becoming his successor just less than a year ago as they were from the same caste. In local body elections, the Congress and the JD(S) won more seats while the BJP was pushed to third. In the by-election to the Udupi Chimagalur

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seat held in March 2012, the Congress won. Yeddyurappa quit the BJP in November 2012 and formed his own party, the

(KJP). Previously, Sriramulu had quit the BJP in 2011 to form the Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress (BSR Congress) after Janardhana Reddy was imprisoned. These splits weakened the BJP.

Parties and Alliances

Others

Election

The election was held in a single phase on 5 May 2013 for 223 out of total 224 seats. A voter turnout of 70.23% was recorded. 50,446 polling stations were set up for the 41.8 million voters in Karnataka. The election in the constituency of

Periyapatna Periyapatna, also known as Piriyāpattana, is a town in Mysore district. It is known for being a major producer of tobacco, and is called 'the land of tobacco'. There are popular temples in Periyapatna, the Kannambadi Amma and Masanikamma templ ...

was adjourned due to the death of the BJP candidate, Sannamogegowda, a day before polls.

Results

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, 11,473,025 , 36.59 , 1.83 , 223 , 122 , 43 , 54.46 , - , ,

, 6,329,158 , 20.19 , 1.23 , 222 , 40 , 12 , 17.86 , - , ,

, 6,236,227 , 19.89 , 13.67 , 222 , 40 , 72 , 17.86 , - , ,

, 3,069,207 , 9.79 , 9.79 , 204 , 6 , 6 , 2.68 , - , Bgcolor=#00308F, , Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress , 844,588 , 2.69 , 2.69 , 176 , 4 , 4 , 1.79 , - , ,

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, 105,948 , 0.34 , 0.6 , 27 , 1 , 1 , 0.45 , - , bgcolor=#DB7093, , Karnataka Makkala Paksha , 55,867 , 0.18 , 0.2 , 7 , 1 , 1 , 0.44 , - , bgcolor=#FFFF00, , Sarvodaya Karnataka Party , 109,039 , 0.35 , 0.1 , 6 , 1 , 1 , 0.44 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Independents , 2,313,386 , 7.38 , 0.5 , 1,217 , 9 , 3 , 4.02 , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Other parties and candidates , 816,009 , 2.60 , , 644 , 0 , , 0.0 , - ! colspan="9" , , - style="font-weight:bold;" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Total , 31,352,454 , 100.00 , style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , 2948 , 224 , ±0 , 100.0 , - ! colspan="9" , , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; , Valid votes , 31,352,454 , 99.91 , , colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; , Invalid votes , 28,682 , 0.09 , , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; , Votes cast / turnout , 31,381,136 , 71.83 , , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; , Abstentions , 12,304,603 , 28.17 , , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; , Registered voters , 43,685,739 , colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - ! colspan="9" , , - , colspan="9" style="text-align:left; , Source: Election Commission of India , -

Results by district

Results by Constituency

Source. ;Notes

Aftermath

Following the defeat, Chief Minister

submitted his resignation on 8 May. Governor H. R. Bharadwaj later appointed INC legislative leader

as the next chief minister. The next election was held in May 2018.

References

External links

* {{Karnataka elections State Assembly elections in Karnataka 2010s in Karnataka 2013 State Assembly elections in India 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly