Karnataka, 2023. 2,615 candidates from 93 parties contested 224 seats; 6 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
93
2023 · 6 of them won a seat
Largest party
135seats
Indian National Congress · 43.18% of votes
Deposits lost
80.73%
2,111 of 2,615 candidates
Effective parties
3.0
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
11.7
2,615 for 224 declared seats
[02]Vote share against seat share
2023 · bar is vote share, marker is seat share
First-past-the-post rarely pays out in proportion. The bar is the share of votes a
party won; the marker is the share of seats it took. A marker to the right of its
bar means the system paid the party more seats than its votes alone would buy.
Indian National Congr…
43.18%135 seats · +17.09 pts
Bharatiya Janta Party
36.25%66 seats · -6.79 pts
Janata Dal (secular)
13.39%19 seats · -4.91 pts
Independent
4.1%2 seats · -3.21 pts
Kalyana Rajya Pragath…
0.64%1 seat · -0.19 pts
Sarvodaya Karnataka P…
0.25%1 seat · +0.2 pts
Aam Aadmi Party
0.58%0 seats · -0.58 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2023 · parties fielding 5 or more
Indian National Congr…
60.54%135/223
Bharatiya Janta Party
29.46%66/224
Sarvodaya Karnataka P…
12.5%1/8
Janata Dal (secular)
9.09%19/209
Kalyana Rajya Pragath…
2.17%1/46
Independent
0.22%2/917
Aam Aadmi Party
0.0%0/209
Bahujan Samaj Party
0.0%0/133
Uttama Prajaakeeya Pa…
0.0%0/110
Nationalist Congress…
0.0%0/9
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2023
80.73%2,111 of 2,615
2018
80.68%2,142 of 2,655
2013
82.06%2,419 of 2,948
2008
75.51%1,693 of 2,242
2004
67.93%1,165 of 1,715
1999
60.93%817 of 1,341
1994
77.81%1,943 of 2,497
1989
74.16%1,515 of 2,043
1985
73.26%1,315 of 1,795
1983
64.32%878 of 1,365
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2023
11.72,615 candidates
2018
11.92,655 candidates
2013
13.22,948 candidates
2008
10.02,242 candidates
2004
7.71,715 candidates
1999
6.01,341 candidates
1994
11.22,497 candidates
1989
9.12,043 candidates
1985
8.01,795 candidates
1983
6.11,365 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2023
9172 won
2018
1,1291 won
2013
1,2189 won
2008
9436 won
2004
44213 won
1999
47619 won
1994
1,25618 won
1989
1,08812 won
1985
1,20013 won
1983
75122 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Indian National Congress took 60.27% of the seats on 43.18% of the votes — a seat bonus of +17.09 pts.
seat share 60.27 - vote share 43.18
Bharatiya Janta Party went the other way: 36.25% of votes returned only 29.46% of seats.
seat share 29.46 - vote share 36.25
80.73% of candidates lost their deposit in 2023 — 2,111 of 2,615 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
2111/2615 below the one-sixth threshold
917 independents stood and 2 won — a strike rate of 0.22%.