KARNATAKA OPINION POLLS 2018

Assembly Elections Timeline:

Year Vidhan Sabha Party-wise Details Chief Minister Party
Election

1952 Mysore Legislative Total: 99 Seats. Congress: Kengal Congress

Assembly election, 74, KMPP:8, Independents: 11 Hanumanthaiah
1952ly Kadidal
Manjappa
S. Nijalingappa

1957 Second Assembly Total: 208. Congress: 150, PSP:18, S. Nijalingappa Congress
Independents: 35. B. D. Jatti

1962 Third Assembly Total: 208. Congress: S.R. Kanthi Congress

138, PSP:20, Swatantra: 9, S. Nijalingappa
Independents: 27

1967 Fourth Assembly Total: 216. Congress: 126, PSP: S. Nijalingappa Congress
20, Swatantra: 16, SSP: 6, BJS: 4, Veerendra Patil
Independents: 41

1972 Fifth Assembly Total: 216. Congress: 165, NCO: 24, Devaraj Urs Congress
Independents: 20

1978 Sixth Assembly Total: 224. Congress (I): 149, Janata: D. Devaraj Urs Congress
59, Independents: 10 R. Gundu Rao

1983 Seventh Assembly Total: 224. Janata: 95, Congress (I): Ramakrishna Janata
82, BJP: 18, Independents: 22 Hegde

1985 Eighth Assembly Total: 224. Janata: 139, Congress: Ramakrishna Janata
65, BJP: 2, Independents: 13 Hegde(2)
S. R. Bommai

1989 Ninth Assembly Total: 224. Congress: 178, JD: Veerendra Patil Congress
24, BJP: 4, Independents: 12 S.Bangarappa
M. Veerappa
Moily

1994 Tenth Assembly Total: 224. JD: 115, BJP: H.D. Deve Gowda Janata
40, Congress: 34, KCP: 10, J. H. Patel
Dal
Independents: 18
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1999 Eleventh Total: 224. Congress: 132, BJP: S. M. Krishna Congress
Assembly 44, JD(U): 18, JD(S): 10,
Independents: 19

2004 Twelfth Assembly Total: 224. BJP: 79, Congress: Dharam Singh Congress
65, JD(S): 58 H. D.
JD(S)
Kumaraswamy
B. S. BJP
Yeddyurappa

2008 Thirteenth Total: 224. BJP: 110, Congress: B. S. BJP

Assembly 80, JD(S): 28 Yeddyurappa(2)
D.V. Sadananda
Gowda
Jagadish Shettar

2013 Fourteenth Total: 224. Congress: 122, BJP: K. Siddaramaiah Congress

Assembly 40, JD(S): 40, KJP: 6, BSR Congress: 4

(Source: Wikipedia)

Probable Chief Minister Candidates:

1. Indian National Congress: Siddaramaiah

2. Bhartiya Janta Party: BS Yedyurappa
3. Janta Dal(Secular): HD Kumaraswamy