2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election
5 December 2019
15 vacant seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Turnout70%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader B. S. Yediyurappa Siddaramaiah H. D. Kumaraswamy
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Leader's seat Shikaripura Badami Channapatna
Last election 0 11 3
Seats won 12 2 0
Seat change 12 9 3
Percentage 50.32% 31.50% 11.90%
Swing 18.82pp 13.96pp 4.87pp
Chief Minister before election

B. S. Yediyurappa
BJP

Chief Minister

B. S. Yediyurappa
BJP

By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were held in Karnataka on 5 December 2019, and results were announced on 9 December. As the ruling party, BJP needed to win 6 out of the 15 seats to maintain its majority. BJP won 12 seats, Congress won two, JD(S) failed to open its account, and one seat was won by a rebel BJP leader who contested as an independent.

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