Karnataka
After the Indian independence, the new united Mysore State was created in 1956, and was renamed as Karnataka in 1973. Karnatka is one the important states of the Indian Union. Along with being an IT hub and centre of Industrial development this state has produced some great politicians. Population of the state is 52,850,562 and territorial region is 1.91,791 sq km. It has a coastal line of nearly 400 km. Principal language of the Karnataka state is Kannada. It has 28 parliamentary constituencies.
Update : Mr. D. V. Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 4 August 2011 after being selected as legislative party leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka. This followed the resignation of the previous Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa after being indicted on corruption charges by the Lok Ayukta of Karnataka,
Capital: Bangalore
No of Parliamentary Constituencies: 28
No of Assembly Constituencies: 224
20/3/2013 Election commission announced that the Karnataka will go for a single-phase state assembly elections on May 5th and counting of votes will take place on May 8th 2013.
The notification for the election is expected to be issued on April 10. The last date of filing nominations would be April 14 and scrutiny of nominations papers would take place on April 18, the last date for withdrawal of candidates would be April 20th. The entire election process is expected to be completed by May 11th.
Karnataka has 224 assembly constituencies with 36 of them reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes. Total electors in the state are 4,18,75,267.
Parliamentary Constituencies
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| State Assembly Elections 2008 | ||
Party |
Contested |
Won |
| BJP | 224 | 110 |
| INC | 222 | 80 |
| JD(S) | 219 | 28 |
| Others** | 634 | 0 |
| IND | 943 | 6 |
| OTHERS** | 2242 | 224 |
* Percentage of votes for the AC **Others consist of all other parties |
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| RULING PARTY |
| Congress |
Chief Minister |
K. Siddaramaiah |
| State Government |
| State Chief Electoral Officer |
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