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Bommai ministers fall like nine pins before Congress sweep

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 22:25 IST

As many as 14 ministers of the outgoing Basavaraj Bommai-led Bharatiya Janata Party government lost the Karnataka assembly elections, the counting for which was taken up on Saturday.

IMAGE: Basavaraj Bommai speaks to the media on Karnataka assembly elections, in Bengaluru on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo

They are: Govinda Karjol (Mudhol), J C Madhuswamy (Chikkanayakanahalli), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Shankar Patil Munena Koppa (Navalgund), Halappa Achar (Yelburga) and B Sriramulu (Ballari), K Sudhakar (Chikkaballapur), B C Nagesh (Tiptur), Murugesha Nirani (Bilgi), B C Patil (Hirekerur) and M T B Nagaraj (Hoskote). Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, a BJP leader, also lost the Sirsi seat.

Minister V Somanna lost from Varuna and Chamarajanagar, the two segments where he contested.

Minister R Ashoka, who too contested from two constituencies, was reelected from Padmanabhanagar but lost in Kanakapura.

The Congress scored a thumping win in the Assembly polls with Election Commission data showing the party winning or leading in 136 seats which gives it a comfortable majority on its own in the 224-member state assembly.