Karnataka Assembly bypoll results 2019, Karnataka bye-election results 2019 Elections were held on December 5 to the Yellapur, Ranebennur, Vijayanagara, Yeshwantpur, Mahalakshmi Layout, Chikkaballapura, KR Puram, Shivajinagar, KR Pete, Hunsur, Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Hirekerur, and Hoskote seats.
The BJP retained majority in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday, after registering a victory in at least twelve of the 15 bypoll seats. The party is leading in six other seats, while the Congress is leading in two and an Independent in one. The results are a drubbing for the JD(S), which is trailing in no seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Karnataka people have “punished” the Congress and JD(S) and taught them a lesson. Addressing a rally in poll-bound Jharkhand, he said, “The Congress and its allies subverted the mandate in Karnataka, stabbed it in the back. These parties will now have to bite the dust.”
Elections were held on December 5 to the Yellapur, Ranebennur, Vijayanagara, Yeshwantpur, Mahalakshmi Layout, Chikkaballapura, KR Puram, Shivajinagar, KR Pete, Hunsur, Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Hirekerur, and Hoskote seats. This was necessitated after 15 rebel MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) parties defected to the BJP in July in a bid to bring down the coalition government led by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. The MLAs were subsequently suspended from the House but allowed to contest the bypolls.
Two seats remain vacant in the House — Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Maski — as separate election petitions challenging the results of the 2018 elections are still pending in the Karnataka High Court.
