Topic: Karnataka assembly election

The sons of former CMs B.S. Yeddyurappa, J.H. Patel and S. Bangarappa are up against each other in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha bypoll on 3 November.

Besides the customary trip to Vokkaliga mutts, chief minister Kumaraswamy also visited mutts belonging to the Lingayats, the other major community in Karnataka.

Several unanswered questions remain as the Congress-JD(S) coalition government takes oath, including whether the grand old party is ready to play second fiddle at the national stage.

Front Page 10 people killed during a protest against a copper smelter unit in Tamil Nadu. Thousands of people turned out in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, as “a massive rally (was) taken out demanding the closure of Sterlite Copper, a Vedanta group copper smelter unit", The Hindu reports. The agitation turned violent with some protesters allegedly throwing stones at police personnel and setting vehicles on fire. H.D. Kumaraswamy will be sworn in as Karnataka CM today, with senior Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in attendance. Dalit leader and state Congress president G. Parameshwara will be sworn in as deputy CM, The Indian Express reports. Fuel prices are likely to be slashed by Rs 2-4 in the next few days. BJP president Amit Shah said petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan will meet oil companies Wednesday to come up with a plan to deal with the spiking oil prices, The Times of India reports. Two more people died of...

Front Page The aftermath of the Karnataka elections continues to unfold. The CM candidate of the JD(S)-Congress coalition, H.D. Kumaraswamy, says he will prove his majority within 24 hours of taking oath Wednesday. Congress heavyweight D.K. Shivakumar, who was most vocal against the alliance, told The Indian Express in an interview that “both parties would work together to keep the BJP at bay", and that he “swallowed some bitterness” to unite with the JD(S). Behind the scenes, the two parties have started hard bargaining on portfolios and power distribution, Hindustan Times reports. Kumaraswamy is to visit New Delhi Monday to hold consultations with the Congress high command, The Hindu adds. Not only that, Karnataka may have not one, but two deputy chief ministers in a bid to strike a balance between the two parties, NDTV reports. Seven policemen were killed as Maoists allegedly targeted their vehicle with an improvised explosive device (IED)...

After B.S.Yeddyurappa stepped down, Kumaraswamy has been invited to form the government.

Political science departments can contribute a lot by introducing graduate level courses on research methods. This will help understand the findings of a poll. Dear Friends (if I may call you so), I am one of you. I share your nervousness about forecasting an election, almost go sleepless the night before the counting day, and jump in joy when we manage to correctly predict an election outcome, and through a heartbreak when the gap between prediction and the final outcome is unbelievably large. After our continued failure in predicting electoral outcomes (except in elections in which the direction of results was clear before the voting day), the forecasts about Karnataka results have deeply troubled me. While many of us went gaga over how close our predictions were to actual results, the truth is that there was an utter disregard for some basic standards that we should uphold. Let me say this upfront: This...

Twitter recorded over 2.3 million tweets related to Karnataka election between 25 April to 11 May. Siddaramaiah emerges as the most discussed candidate.

Congress and the JD(S) have met Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala and staked claim to form the government.

BJP gave tickets to 7 Reddy family members and friends, but only 3 won – brothers Karunakara and Somashekara Reddy, and B. Sriramulu from Molkalmuru.