Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: The counting of votes for all 28 Lok Sabha seats of Karnataka is currently underway. A state that will have a significant influence in the 18th Lok Sabha elections, the polling in Karnataka was held in the second and third phase (April 19 and May 7 respectively). There were two main rival alliances competing in the state - the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance). While Congress is fighting alone in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular).
The 28 seats in Karnataka represent the state population of 6.11 crore citizens, as per the census held in the state in 2011. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won the majority of the parliamentary seats in Karnataka - 25. An independent candidate Sumalatha, who was part of the NDA and has now joined the BJP, also won a seat, and the Congress-JD(S) alliance each won one of the two remaining seats. Stakes are high in this battle, and it remains to see who emerges victorious.
Key candidates and constituencies to watch out for in Karnataka
Some of the key battles were seen in Mandya, Hassan, Mysore Bangalore Rural, Bangalore South, Bangalore North and Dakshina Kannada in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections. BJP's Shobha Karandlaje, Tejasvi Surya, PC Mohan, CN Manjunath and Govind Karjol were among the key candidates in this phase, as were DK Suresh, Rajeev Gowda, Soumya Reddy, BN Chandrappa and K Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress and Janata Dal Secular's (JDS) HD Kumaraswamy. Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda, was the candidate in Hassan whose involvement in an obscene videos case sent shockwaves across the country. He left for Germany on a diplomatic passport and arrived a month later on May 31, after which he was arrested and suspended from the JDS.
The third phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw crucial contests in Shimoga, Dharwad, Haveri, Bellary and Belgaum in Karnataka. BJP's Pralhad Joshi, B Sriramulu, Basavaraj Bommai, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Jagadish Shettar and BY Raghavendra were some of the key candidates, along with Geeta Shivarajkumar, Prabha Mallikarjun, Anjali Nimbalkar, Priyanka Jarkiholi, K Rajashekar Basavaraj Hintal and Anandswamy Gaddadevara Math of Congress.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Complete list of constituencies and leading/winning candidates from Karnataka
| Serial Number | Constituency | State | Candidates/Parties | Leading/Winning Candidate/Party |
| 1 | Bagalkot | Karnataka | PC Gaddigoudar (BJP) vs Samyukta S Patil (Congress) | PC Gaddigoudar (BJP) - Won |
| 2 | Bangalore Central | Karnataka | PC Mohan (BJP) vs Mansoor Ali Khan (Congress) | PC Mohan (BJP) |
| 3 | Bangalore North | Karnataka | Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) vs MV Rajeev Gowda (Congress) | Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) - Won |
| 4 | Bangalore Rural | Karnataka | Dr CN Manjunath (BJP) vs DK Suresh (Congress) | Dr CN Manjunath (BJP) - Won |
| 5 | Bangalore South | Karnataka | Tejasvi Surya (BJP) vs Sowmya Reddy (Congress) | Tejasvi Surya (BJP) - Won |
| 6 | Belgaum | Karnataka | Jagadish Shettar (BJP) vs Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar (Congress) | Jagadish Shettar (BJP) - Won |
| 7 | Bellary | Karnataka | B Sriramulu (BJP) vs E Tukaram (Congress) | E Tukaram (Congress) - Won |
| 8 | Bidar | Karnataka | Bhagwanth Khuba (BJP) vs Sagar Khandre (Congress) | Sagar Khandre (Congress) - Won |
| 9 | Bijapur | Karnataka | Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP) vs H Raju Algur (Congress) | Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP) - Won |
| 10 | Chamarajanagar | Karnataka | S Balaraj (BJP) vs Sunil Bose (Congress) | Sunil Bose (Congress) - Won |
| 11 | Chikkballapur | Karnataka | Dr K Sudhakar (BJP) vs MS Raksha Ramaiah (Congress) | Dr K Sudhakar (BJP) - Won |
| 12 | Chikkodi | Karnataka | Annasaheb Jolle (BJP) vs Priyanka Jarkiholi (Congress) | Priyanka Jarkiholi (Congress) - Won |
| 13 | Chitradurga | Karnataka | Govind Karjol (BJP) vs BN Chandrappa (Congress) | Govind Karjol (BJP) - Won |
| 14 | Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka | Captain Brijesh Chowta (BJP) vs Padmaraj R Poojary (Congress) | Brijesh Chowta (BJP) - Won |
| 15 | Devanagare | Karnataka | Gayathri Siddheshwara (BJP) vs Prabha Mallikarjun (Congress) | Prabha Mallikarjun (Congress) - Won |
| 16 | Dharwad | Karnataka | Pralhad Joshi (BJP) vs Vinod Asooti (Congress) | Pralhad Joshi (BJP) - Won |
| 17 | Gulbarga | Karnataka | Umesh G Jadhav (BJP) vs Radhakrishna (Congress) | Radhakrishna (Congress) - Won |
| 18 | Hassan | Karnataka | Prajwal Revanna (JDS) vs Shreyas M Patel (Congress) | Shreyas M Patel (Congress) - Won |
| 19 | Haveri | Karnataka | Basavaraj Bommai (BJP) vs Anandswamy Gaddadevara Math (Congress) | Basavaraj Bommai (BJP) - Won |
| 20 | Kolar | Karnataka | KV Gowtham (Congress) vs M Mallesh Babu (JDS) | M Mallesh Babu (JDS) - Won |
| 21 | Koppal | Karnataka | Basavaraj Kyavator (BJP) vs K Rajashekar Basavaraj Hintal (Congress) | K Rajashekar Basavaraj Hintal (Congress) - Won |
| 22 | Mandya | Karnataka | HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) vs Venkataramane Gowda (Congress) | HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) - Won |
| 23 | Mysore | Karnataka | Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (BJP) vs M Lakshmana (Congress) | Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (BJP) - Won |
| 24 | Raichur | Karnataka | Raja Amareshwara Naik (BJP) vs G Kumair Naik (Congress) | G Kumair Naik (Congress) - Won |
| 25 | Shimoga | Karnataka | BY Raghavendra (BJP) vs Geeta Shivarajkumar (Congress) | BY Raghavendra (BJP) - Won |
| 26 | Tumkur | Karnataka | V Somanna (BJP) vs SP Muddahanumegowda (Congress) | V Somanna (BJP) - Won |
| 27 | Udupi Chikmagalur | Karnataka | Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP) vs K Jayaprakash Hegde (Congress) | Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP) - Won |
| 28 | Uttara Kannada | Karnataka | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP) vs Anjali Nimbalkar (Congress) | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP) - Won |
