Karnataka polls: The winning jinx

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, May 12 

The following dates show the different governments that have been formed in Karnataka since the year 1989. 

1989: The Congress loses power at the Centre, but in the simultaneously held Assembly elections in the state, it returned to power with a whopping majority,  winning 178 of the 224 seats, replacing the previous Janata Dal government

1994: The Congress government in power at the Centre, but lost Assembly polls witnessing return of the Janata Dal government headed by HD Deve Gowda

1999: In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led NDA won a majority. However, in Karnataka, the Congress won 18 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats, and 132 of the 224 Assembly seats

2004: In the Lok Sabha elections, the UPA trounced the NDA, but the BJP got the largest number of 18 Parliament seats in the state. In the state Assembly elections too, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 78 seats, though the Congress formed a government in alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular).

2008: Mid-term elections were held. The Congress -JD(S) government dethroned giving the BJP a majority.

2013: This time, too, the Congress forms the government in the state, but in the Lok Sabha polls, which were held a year after, the BJP wins 17 of the 28 seats.