Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2023: The big winners and losers

Congress is king in Karnataka. The party registered a thumping victory in the Assembly elections in the southern state, winning 136 out of the 224 seats. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) conceded defeat; it has bagged 65. There were some big names in the fray. How did Congress heavyweights K Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, who will be both gunning for the CM’s chair, fare? What about BJP stalwart Basavaraj Bommai? We take a look at the winners and losers of the Karnataka Assembly election 2023. Don't miss: Live updates of the Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE K Siddaramaiah Congress heavyweight Siddaramaiah has reasons to cheer. This party has emerged victorious and he too won from the Varuna constituency. The BJP had pitted V Somanna against the Congress leader in the keenly watched constituency. Siddharamaiah secured 1,19,430; he was far ahead of Somanna who bagged 73,424. [caption id=“attachment_12589032” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Veteran Siddaramaiah is now eyeing the CM’s post. File photo/PTI[/caption] Varuna is a traditional stronghold of the Congress. The seat was previously held by Siddaramaiah’s son Yatindra Siddaramaiah, who campaigned for his father in the elections. Now the Congress veteran, who had earlier said that this will be his last election, is gunning for the chief minister’s post. DK Shivakumar The seven-time MLA and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president won the Kanakapura constituency. One of the richest politicians in the state, the 60-year-old Vokkaliga leader was fighting BJP’s R Ashoka and JD(S)’ Nagaraju. [caption id=“attachment_12589052” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] DK Shivakumar has made his CM ambition clear. File photo/PTI[/caption] Shivakumar was a clear winner, bagging 1,42,156 votes. Nagaraju was far behind with 20,561 votes. Ashoka got 19602. DK Shivakumar has work ahead of him. He wants to be the CM and has made his ambition clear. Speaking to the media on Friday, he said, “I have struggled for the party and all will support (me). I got the responsibility (of the KPCC chief) after Dinesh Gundu Rao quit following the by-poll losses (2019). I never slept after that and will not sleep. I have done what is necessary for the party… all will support (me) and I will provide a good government.” Basavaraj Bommai The BJP lost but Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai won the Shiggaon seat in the state’s Haveri district. He was up against Congress’ Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan. Bommai defeated his rival by more than 35,000. After the party’s defeat, the 63-year-old Bommai, who was seeking re-election from Shiggaon for the fourth consecutive term, said that he would resign. “I have decided to resign as the chief minister of the state. I will submit my resignation by evening,” he said. [caption id=“attachment_12592502” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] While Basavaraj Bommai won, his party lost the election. File photo/PTI[/caption] The BJP leader served as the state home minister in the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in 2019, before replacing him as the chief minister in 2021. He is the son of former Karnataka chief minister the late Somappa Rayappa Bommai.  

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HD Kumaraswamy Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy claimed victory in the Channapatna constituency, another key constituency of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. He defeated BJP’s CP Yogeshwara by a margin of over 15,000 votes. Congress has fielded Gangadhar S as their candidate, who secured a mere 15,344 votes. Until now, the seat was dominated by CP Yogeshwara, when he first fought the polls in 1999 Independent candidate. He won the seat as a Congress candidate in the 2004 and 2008 assembly elections. [caption id=“attachment_12589062” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy defeated BJP leader CP Yogeshwara in the Channapatna seat. File photo/PTI[/caption] Jagadish Shettar The loss of Congress candidate Jagadish Shettar came as a blow to the party, even as it won the election He lost Karnataka’s Hubli-Dharwad Central seat to BJP’s Mahesh Tenginakai by more than 34,000 votes. The former CM was a big talking point in the election as he left the BJP and joined the Congress ahead of the elections. A six-time MLA, he switched sides last month after he was denied a ticket by the BJP to contest from the constituency. The veteran politician had then said he left the BJP because of “ill-treatment”. [caption id=“attachment_12592512” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] The loss of Jagadish Shettar was an upset for Congress. File photo/PTI[/caption]BY Vijayendra BJP candidate BY Vijayendra, the son of former Karnataka chief minister and Lingayat strongman B S Yediyurappa, won the Shikaripura seat in his electoral debut by a margin of 11,008 votes. Vijayendra got 81,810 seats, against 70,802 votes polled by Independent candidate and Congress rebel S P Nagarajagowda. The Congress’ Goni Malatesha was in third place with 8,101 votes, according to the Election Commission website. His father Yediyurappa has been winning from the Shikaripura constituency since the 1980s, except for once in 1999. However, the veteran leader did not contest any seats this time. [caption id=“attachment_12589222” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] BS Yediyurappa and his son BY Vijayendra. File photo/PTI[/caption] Nikhil Kumaraswamy JD(S) leader and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nilkil on Saturday faced defeat in the party bastion of Ramanagaram, losing the seat to the Congress by 10,715 votes. Anitha Kumaraswamy, the wife of HD Kumaraswamy, is the outgoing MLA of the  Ramanagaram segment. Nearly three decades after Ramanagaram propelled HD Deve Gowda to the post of the chief minister, his grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy tested the waters following his disastrous electoral debut in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. It was a close contest between the JD(S) scion and Iqbal Hussain from Congress. The latter won by 10,000 votes. [caption id=“attachment_12592492” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost his seat in Ramanagaram. PTI[/caption] Priyank Kharge Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge won from the Chittapur constituency in Karnataka by a margin of 13,640 votes, recording his third consecutive victory from the seat. Priyank Kharge bagged 81,323 votes against 67,683 polled by his BJP rival Manikanta Rathod. Aam Admi Party candidate Jagadish S Sagar was in third place with 962 votes, according to the Election Commission website. The Congress president’s son bettered his victory margin this time compared to the 2018 assembly election when he defeated the BJP’s Valmik Naik by 4,393 votes. CT Ravi Four-time Karnataka BJP MLA and the party’s national general secretary CT Ravi lost in Chikmagalur to the Congress’s HD Thammaiah by over 6,000 votes. In a tweet, Ravi accepted defeat, which came as a huge setback for the BJP leader from the politically influential Vokkaliga community.  “I accept my loss in the assembly elections. I wholeheartedly thank BJP Chikmagalur karyakartas (party workers) and the people of Chikmagalur for their support to me all these years. I congratulate all the winning candidates and wish them the very best in the coming days,” Ravi tweeted.

I accept my loss in the assembly elections. I wholeheartedly thank @BJP4Chikmagalur Karyakartas and the people of Chikkamagaluru for their support to me all these years.

I congratulate all the winning candidates and wish them the very best in the coming days.

— C T Ravi 🇮🇳 ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) May 13, 2023

B Sreeramulu B Sreeramulu, the BJP candidate from the Bellary constituency, lost to B Nagendra of the Congress. He is an influential Valmiki leader. In the outgoing Assembly, he represented Molakalmuru in the Chitradurga district. He has been elected to the Assembly five times and was seeking a sixth term. With inputs from agencies Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.