Congress creates history by getting biggest vote share in 34 years

The Congress party created history by registering the biggest vote share of any party in the Karnataka assembly polls in the last 34 years.
In the 2023 assembly elections, the results of which were declared on Saturday, the grand old party won 135 seats and recorded a whopping 42.88 percent of the vote share. This is seen as the biggest victory for any party in Karnataka since 1989. Activist Yogendra Yadav took to Twitter and said that this is going to be the biggest victory for “any party in Karnataka” in 34 years by vote share and seat.
Yadav claimed that it was in 1989, during Veerendra Patil’s regime, when the grand old party had won 178 seats with a vote share of 43.76 percent.
According to figures posted by Yadav on Twitter, the Congress won 132 seats in Karnataka with a vote share of 40.84 percent in 1999. This was followed by the party’s second win with 122 seats and a vote share of 36.6 percent in 2013.
Similarly, in 1994, JDS won a total of 115 seats with 33.54 percent of the vote. In 2008, the BJP won 110 seats with a vote percentage of 36.86.
This was followed by the BJP in the 2018 assembly elections, where it won 104 seats with a vote percentage of 36.3. In 2004, the BJP got a total of 79 seats with a vote percentage of 28.33.
he Congress party created history by registering the biggest vote share of any party in the Karnataka assembly polls in the last 34 years.
In the 2023 assembly elections, the results of which were declared on Saturday, the grand old party won 135 seats and recorded a whopping 42.88 percent of the vote share. This is seen as the biggest victory for any party in Karnataka since 1989. Activist Yogendra Yadav took to Twitter and said that this is going to be the biggest victory for “any party in Karnataka” in 34 years by vote share and seat.
Yadav claimed that it was in 1989, during Veerendra Patil’s regime, when the grand old party had won 178 seats with a vote share of 43.76 percent.
According to figures posted by Yadav on Twitter, the Congress won 132 seats in Karnataka with a vote share of 40.84 percent in 1999. This was followed by the party’s second win with 122 seats and a vote share of 36.6 percent in 2013.
Similarly, in 1994, JDS won a total of 115 seats with 33.54 percent of the vote. In 2008, the BJP won 110 seats with a vote percentage of 36.86.
This was followed by the BJP in the 2018 assembly elections, where it won 104 seats with a vote percentage of 36.3. In 2004, the BJP got a total of 79 seats with a vote percentage of 28.33.
An incumbent government has not returned to power in Karnataka after a full term of five years since 1985, as no political party could win a successive mandate in the state.
It last happened in 1985, when the Ramakrishna Hegde-led Janata Party was voted into power.
So far, Karnataka has had 23 chief ministers since 1952. Basavaraj Bommai has served as the 23rd Chief Minister since 2021c
So far, Karnataka has had 23 chief ministers since 1952. Basavaraj Bommai has served as the 23rd Chief Minister since 2021