Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)

Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)
India
17 April
28 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP INC JD(S)
Seats won 17 9 2

Karnataka

The Indian general election, 2014 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]

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 24,284 13 12 3 0 0
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 [4] India Today-CVoter 21,792 12 13 0 0 3
Jan–Feb 2014 [5] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,000 14 11 2 1 0
March 2014 [6] NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571 6 20 2 0 0
March–April 2014 [7] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 825 12–18 7–13 1 – 4
(Including Others) 		0 1 – 4
(Including JD(S))
April 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000 14 12 3 0 0

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, 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 Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party 43.00% −1.37 17 Decrease2
Indian National Congress 40.80% +3.15 9 Increase 3
Janata Dal (Secular) 11.00% −2.57% 2 Decrease1
Others 5.2% +0.79 +0

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. 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.