Karnataka Assembly Elections: Congress creates history in last 34 years with 42.88% vote share

New Delhi: With a vote share of 42.88 per cent, the Congress party has created history by registering the largest vote share by any party in Karnataka assembly elections in the last 34 years. In the 2023 assembly elections, the results of which were announced on Saturday, the grand old party won 135 seats and secured 42.88 per cent vote share. This is being seen as the biggest victory of any party in Karnataka since 1989.

Congress secured 43.76% votes in 1989

Activist Yogendra Yadav took to Twitter and said that this is going to be the biggest win for “any party in Karnataka” in 34 years in terms of vote share and seats. Yadav claimed that it was during Virendra Patil’s rule in 1989 when the grand old party won 178 seats with a vote share of 43.76 per cent.

According to data posted by Yadav on Twitter, the Congress won 132 seats in Karnataka in 1999 with a vote share of 40.84 per cent. This was followed by the party’s second win with 122 seats and a vote share of 36.6 percent in 2013.

Similarly, in 1994, JDS won a total of 115 seats with a vote share of 33.54 per cent. In 2008, the BJP won 110 seats with a vote share of 36.86. Subsequently, in the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP won 104 seats with a vote share of 36.3. In 2004, BJP got a total of 79 seats with a vote share of 28.33.

A sitting government has not returned to power in Karnataka after a full term of five years since 1985 as no political party could win a mandate continuously in the state.

This last happened in 1985, when the Janata Party led by Ramakrishna Hegde came to power. Karnataka has had 23 chief ministers since 1952. Basavaraj Bommai served as the 23rd Chief Minister from 2021. In the 2018 assembly elections, BJP emerged as the single largest party with 104 seats, Congress won 80 seats and JD(S) got 37 seats. seats.

According to the Election Commission of India, the Congress won 135 seats. BJP managed to win 66 seats. JD(S) won 19 seats, while four seats were won by others. It is noteworthy that the Karnataka elections were a major victory for the Congress after Kharge became the party president.

BJP-free South India: Kharge

The Congress victory comes at a time when it is gathering momentum ahead of assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana later this year and the Lok Sabha elections next year. On the other hand, the defeat has come as a blow for the BJP as it lost the only southern state it ruled.

After the results, the Congress President also took a jibe at the saffron party for ‘BJP-free South India’. After the results, outgoing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Saturday.

PM Modi congratulated Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Congress on its victory in the assembly elections. He appreciated the hard work of the BJP workers and said that the party would serve Karnataka with more enthusiasm in the days to come. In a tweet, PM Modi said, “Congratulations on the victory of the Congress party in the Karnataka assembly elections. My best wishes for fulfilling the aspirations of the people.”

He said, “I thank all those who supported us in the Karnataka elections. I appreciate the hard work of BJP workers. We will serve Karnataka with more enthusiasm in the times to come.” Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi hailed the party’s victory in the Karnataka assembly elections and said that the people of the state have defeated the “politics of hate”.

Talking to reporters at the Congress headquarters in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress stands with the poor. “In Karnataka, the poor defeated the crony capitalists…we fought the election with love…” he said.

Siddaramaiah will be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka

Highly-placed sources confirmed that senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka and the party’s state unit president DK Shivakumar will be his deputy, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge’s formal announcement in this regard on Monday after an impressive performance by the party. expected to do. Victory in the important assembly elections held in the southern state.

Karnataka went to polls on May 10 for the 224-member state assembly and recorded a record 72.68 per cent voter turnout. A party needed 113 seats to win a majority.