Congress supporters celebrate Karnataka election victory at AICC headquarter in New Delhi on May 13, 2023. (Pic/PTI)
Also known as the Old Mysore region, the belt is home to two top Congress leaders – one is potential chief ministerial contender Siddaramaiah and the other is state party president DK Shivakumar. However, in the last three elections, the Congress struggled here, with seats won by the grand old party steadily falling.
southern region of Karnataka This time it has shifted its focus from Janata Dal (Secular) to Congress. News18’s data analysis shows that the grand old party has got more than half the seats in this part of the state.
This part of Karnataka is considered crucial for HD Deve Gowda’s JD(S) as the region has historically given his party a bulk of votes as well as seats, data from the Election Commission of India show. Is.
But this time, out of 51 constituencies in the southern region, the Congress has won 31. This is almost double what the Grand Old Party got in 2018 – just 16 seats.
Also known as the Old Mysore region, the belt is home to two top Congress leaders – one is potential chief ministerial contender Siddaramaiah and the other is state party president DK Shivakumar. However, in the last three elections, the Congress struggled here, with seats won by the grand old party steadily falling.
In the 10 years between 2008 and 2018, the seats won by the party nearly halved – from 26 in 2008 to 16 in 2018. On the other hand, the seats won by the JD(S) were on the rise during this period – from 15 in 2008 to 24 in 2018.
Interestingly, in the last four elections including this election, JD(S) has got at least half of the seats from South Karnataka. This time the party is getting around 20 seats and 13 are from this region. In the last elections, JDS had 24 out of 37 seats from this part of the state, and even in 2013 and 2008, half of the party’s total seats were from this region, according to ECI data accessed by News18. The analysis has been done.
Compared to the results of 2018, this time the Congress party has snatched five seats from BJP and 13 seats from JD(S). Moreover, Congress has secured more seats than JD(S) and BJP combined.
In 2018, the BJP had won nine seats including Gundlupet, Chamaraja, Tiptur, Tumkur City and Nanjangud. This time the Congress has captured these five seats.
The 13 seats that the Congress is wresting from the JD(S) are T Narsipur, Periyapatna, Krishnarajanagara, Arsikere, Krishnarajapete, Chintamani, Nagamangala, Srirangapatna, Madhugiri, Maddur, Malavalli, Kolar and Sira.
If we look at the last four assembly elections in the state, BJP has never got good numbers in this region. The nine seats in 2018 were its biggest hold since at least the 2008 elections.
As per the latest available figures, the Congress had won 133 seats in the elections and was leading in three. JD(S) had won 19 seats. BJP had won 63 seats and was leading in 2.
