In a spectacular performance, the Congress bagged 26 seats out of 41 in Kalyana Karnataka in the 2023 Assembly Elections, leaving 10 for the BJP and three for the Janata Dal (Secular) and two for others.
After the 2021 byelections, the BJP slightly had an upper hand with 19 seats over the Congress which had 18. The JD(S) held four seats. The Congress expanded its base by bagging eight more seats in the region this time.
The most impressive performance for the Congress came from Ballari district where the grand old party won all five segments. The next inspiring performance for the Congress came from Kalaburagi district, the home turf of All-India Congress Committee president M. Mallikarjun Kharge, where the party won seven seats out of nine, leaving two seats for the BJP.
