2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

The 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 May 2013 to elect members from 223 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. The election for the Piriyapatna 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%.

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election
5 May 2013
All 224 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.83% ( 7.15%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy Jagadish Shettar
Party INC JD(S) BJP
Alliance UPA - NDA
Leader's seat Varuna Ramanagara Hubli-Dharwad Central
Seats before 80 28 110
Seats won 122 40 40
Seat change 42 12 70
Popular vote 11,473,025 6,329,158 6,236,227
Percentage 36.6% 20.2% 19.9%
Swing 1.8% 1.1% 13.9%
Chief Minister before election

Jagadish Shettar
Bharatiya Janata Party

 Elected Chief Minister

Siddaramaiah
Indian National Congress

Five major political parties contested the election: Indian National Congress (INC) led by Siddaramaiah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) led by H. D. Kumaraswamy, B. S. Yediyurappa's Karnataka Janata Paksha (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 Chief Minister.

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