Congress workers celebrate in Karnataka. (PTI)
The last time a party got a clear majority in Karnataka was in 2013 when the Congress got 122 seats and Siddaramaiah was made the chief minister.
Karnataka is a state with a hung assembly and a fractured mandate. However, after 1994, only the Congress has managed to win a clear majority in the assembly elections in the state, that too thrice – in 2023, 2013 and 1999. In 1994, JDS got a clear majority.
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Till eight o’clock on Saturday night, the party has crossed the mark of 134 seats and is leading in two seats.
Also, the results of this election continued the trend that no political party has received a continuous mandate in the state since 1985.
The last time a party got a clear majority in Karnataka was in 2013 when the Congress got 122 seats and Siddaramaiah was made the chief minister.
The state received such a weak mandate that when he completed his term in 2018, Siddaramaiah became the first Karnataka chief minister in 40 years to complete a full five-year term, and the second in the state’s history to do so. ,
Before him, D Devaraj Urs managed to complete the term only during 1972 and 1977.
In 1999, Congress won the election as it got 133 seats. However, despite that the government did not complete the term. SM Krishna provided a stable government between 1999 and 2004, however, he did not complete the full term as he decided to go to the polls five months earlier.
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The Congress is also the only party that has had a clear mandate since 1989, with the exception of JDS getting a majority in 1994. In 1989, the Congress won the elections with 178 seats – a record till date.
In fact, the Congress holds the record for winning the top five most seats won by any party in the state – 1989 (178 seats); 1972 (165 seats); 1957 (150 seats); 1978 (149 seats) and 1962 (138 seats).
The current result is the record since 1989.
The BJP may have formed the government in the state, but could never get a clear majority in the state.
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On two occasions, the BJP came close to the majority mark of 113, though it could never cross it.
In 2018, BJP got 104 seats and in 2008 it won 110 seats.
