2014 Indian general election in Karnataka

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Karnataka for 28 Lok Sabha seats was held in a single phase on 17 April 2014.[1] As of 14 February 2014, the total voter strength of Karnataka is 44,694,658.[2]

Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)
17 April
28 seats
Turnout67.20%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader B. S. Yeddyurappa Mallikarjun Kharge H. D. Devegowda
Party Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Janata Dal (Secular)
Leader's seat Shimoga Gulbarga Hassan
Last election 19 6 3
Seats won 17 9 2
Seat change 2 3 1
Percentage 43.00% 40.80% 11.00%

The Main political parties are Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal.

Opinion polling
Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency Sample size
INC BJP JD(S) AAP Others
Aug–Oct 2013 [3] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 24,2841312300
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 [4] India Today-CVoter 21,7921213003
Jan–Feb 2014 [5] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,0001411210
March 2014 [6] NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571620200
March–April 2014 [7] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 82512–187–131 – 4
(Including Others)		01 – 4
(Including JD(S))
April 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research 24,0001412300

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1] –

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage
1 5 17 April Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary,
Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada] [karwar , Davanagere, Shimoga, Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan,
Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural,
Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar		 65[9]

Results

BJP won 17 seats. INC won 9 seats and JD (S) won 2 seats.

17 9 2
BJP INC JD(S)
Name of PartyVote Share %ChangeSeats wonChanges
Bharatiya Janata Party43.00%−1.37172
Indian National Congress40.80%+3.159 3
Janata Dal (Secular)11.00%−2.57%21
Others5.2%+0.79+0

Source: http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS10.htm?st=S10 [1]

References
  1. "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. "Karnataka General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. "NDA may win over 200 seats as Modi's popularity soars further: India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll : North, News – India Today". India Today. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  5. "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  6. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. "Karnataka tracker: Congress to win 12–18 seats, BJP 7–13, others 1–4". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  8. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  9. "Fifth phase of elections: About 65 per cent voter turn out in Karnataka". Indian Express. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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