| 1952 | 1957 | 1962 | 1967 | 1972 | 1978 | 1983 | 1985 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 2004 | 2008 | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electorate (lakhs) | 40.2 | 100.0 | 113.5 | 127.9 | 150.8 | 179.1 | 198.3 | 222.8 | 286.2 | 308.6 | 342.8 | 385.9 | 403.6 | 436.9 |
| Turnout (%) | 69.4 | 52.6 | 59.6 | 63.7 | 61.6 | 71.9 | 66.8 | 67.3 | 67.6 | 68.5 | 67.7 | 65.2 | 64.8 | 71.8 |
| Seats | 99(19) | 208(29) | 208 | 216 | 216 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 |
| Candidates | 394 | 561 | 679 | 727 | 820 | 1165 | 1364 | 1795 | 2043 | 2497 | 1341 | 1715 | 2242 | 2948 |
| Indian National Congress (Cong), | 74(100) | 149(206) | 138(208) | 126(216) | 165(212) | 149(214) | 82(221) | 66(224) | 178(221) | 35(222) | 132(222) | 65(224) | 80(222) | 122(224) |
| (INCI) in 1978 | 46.7% | 51.9% | 50.2% | 48.4% | 52.2% | 44.2% | 40.4% | 41.1% | 43.8% | 27.2% | 40.8% | 35.3% | 34.8% | 36.6% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), | 0(23) | 0(20) | 0(63) | 4(37) | 0(102) | 18(110) | 2(116) | 4(118) | 40(223) | 44(149) | 79(198) | 110(224) | 40(223) | |
| (BJS) till 1967 | 2.3% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 4.3% | - | 7.9% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 17.0% | 20.7% | 28.3% | 33.9% | 19.9% |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 1(5) | 1(20) | 3(31) | 1(6) | 3(4) | 3(6) | 3(7) | 4(8) | 0(18) | 0(8) | 0(8) | 0(5) | 0(10) | 0(8) |
| 0.9% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) | - | - | - | 1(10) | 0(17) | 0(10) | 3(4) | 2(7) | 0(7) | 1(13) | 0(10) | 1(5) | 0(9) | 0(16) |
| 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||||
| Janata Dal Secular (JDS), | - | - | 4(17) | - | - | 59(222) | 95(194) | 139(206) | 2(217) | 1(37) | 10(203) | 58(220) | 28(219) | 40(222) |
| (JP) 1978-94, (LSS) in 1962 | 2.5% | 37.9% | 33.1% | 43.8% | 11.3% | 0.5% | 10.4% | 20.8% | 19.0% | 20.2% | ||||
| Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(204) |
| 9.8% | ||||||||||||||
| Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress Party (BSRC) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(176) |
| 2.7% | ||||||||||||||
| Karnataka Makkala Paksha (KMP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(7) |
| 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
| Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha (SKP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(21) | 1(6) |
| 0.4% | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| Samajwadi Party (SP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(40) | 0(13) | 0(15) | 0(120) | 1(27) |
| 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | ||||||||||
| Janata Dal United (JDU), | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24(209) | 114(220) | 18(112) | 5(26) | 0(72) | 0(116) |
| (JD) till 1994 | 27.1% | 33.2% | 13.5% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | ||||||||
| Kannada Chalavali Vatal Party (KCVP), | - | - | - | - | 24(176) | 2(212) | - | - | - | 1(43) | 0(10) | 1(5) | 0(6) | 0(3) |
| (INCU) 1978,(INCO) in 1972 | 26.2% | 8.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||||||
| Muslim League (MUL), (SSP) 1967, | 3(47) | - | 1(8) | 6(17) | 3(29) | - | 0(4) | - | 1(14) | - | - | 0(6) | 0(5) | 0(5) |
| (SOC) till 1962 & in 1972 | 8.7% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(5) | 1(77) | 0(85) | 0(102) | 0(217) | 0(175) |
| 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 0.9% | |||||||||
| Karnataka Congress Party (KCOP), | 8(59) | 18(78) | 20(84) | 20(52) | - | - | - | - | - | 10(218) | - | - | - | - |
| (PSP) till 1967,(KMPP) 1952 | 14.2% | 14.1% | 14.1% | 8.9% | 7.3% | |||||||||
| Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha (KRRS), | 2(7) | 2(6) | 9(60) | 16(46) | 0(28) | - | - | - | 2(105) | 1(108) | 0(9) | 0(10) | - | 0(7) |
| (SWA) 62-72,(SCF) till 1957 | 1.7% | 1.3% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 0.6% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | ||||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | - | 2(2) | 6(6) | - | - | 0(7) | 1(1) | - | 1(1) | 1(4) | 1(13) | 0(2) | 0(7) | 0(5) |
| (ADMK), (MES) 1962, (PWP) in 1957 | 0.6% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | ; | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| Republican Paty of India (RPI), | - | - | 0(19) | 1(12) | 1(2) | 1(3) | - | - | 0(9) | 0(11) | 0(2) | 1(3) | 0(4) | 0(6) |
| (JPP) in 1972 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | ||||
| Kannada Naadu Party (KNDP), | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(2) | - | 1(188) | - | - |
| (INL) in 1994 | 0.3% | 1.3% | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Republican Paksha (BRP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(2) | 0(7) | - | - | 0(2) |
| 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
| Others | - | - | 0(4) | 0(1) | - | 0(11) | 0(74) | 0(37) | 0(32) | 0(15) | 0(22) | 0(264) | 0(162) | 0(299) |
| 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 0.6% | 1.1% | ||||
| Independents (IND) | 11(153) | 36(229) | 27(179) | 41(330) | 20(250) | 10(480) | 22(749) | 11(1197) | 12(1087) | 17(1254) | 19(476) | 13(442) | 6(944) | 9(1217) |
| 25.5% | 28.9% | 17.3% | 28.2% | 12.8% | 7.5% | 15.4% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 9.4% | 12.0% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 7.4% |
Dates of Election - 1952: March 27; 1976: February 15,19; 1972: March 5,9; 1978: February 25; 1989: November 24; 1994: November 26, December 1; 1999: September 5,11; 2004: May 13; 2008: May 10,16, 22; 2013: May 5
(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JP) Janata Party), (LSS) Lok Sewak Sangh,(JD) Janata Dal, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SOC) Socialist Party, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (MES) Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, (PWP) Peasants & Workers Party, (JPP) Janata Paksha Party, (INL) Indian National League
Note : (INCU) in 1978 refers to INC, Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats