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Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
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Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
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Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
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H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal.


History

The Janata Dal (Secular), formed in 1999, had its origins in the
Janata Party The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
, founded in 1977 as a coalition of several smaller parties that combined forces to oppose the
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
.{{cite news, url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Janata-Dal-Secular, title=britannica.com : Janata Dal (Secular) In 1988 the Janata Party and other smaller parties merged to form the Janata Dal. In 1996, Janata Dal reached its pinnacle when H. D. Deve Gowda became Prime Minister of India, heading the United Front (UF) coalition government.{{Cite web , date= , title=History – Janata Dal (Secular) , url=http://jds.ind.in/histor/ , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919160654/http://jds.ind.in/histor/ , archive-date=2021-09-19 , access-date= , website=jds.ind.in The Janata Dal split in 1999, when a faction led by Chief Minister J. H. Patel lent support to the
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
-led National Democratic Alliance leading to the formation of Janata Dal (Secular) under H. D. Deve Gowda and
Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd List of chief ministers of Karnataka, chief minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previo ...
. The Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal, the Lok Shakti and the Samata Party merged as the
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...
. Even though the premise for the split was its opposition to allying with the National Democratic Alliance, H. D. Deve Gowda stayed equally away from the
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from the outset. The 2004 Karnataka Assembly election witnessed the revival of the party's fortunes with JD(S) becoming part of the ruling coalition in the state. On 14 April 2015, the JD(S), Janata Dal (United),
Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...
, the
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,
Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...
, and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to oppose the BJP, thus leaving the UPA. It has a political presence mainly in Karnataka and is in decline. In September 2023, JD(S) joined the BJP controlled National Democratic Alliance. In
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
, the party had a small state unit which is part of the state government coalition, the Left Democratic Front. The state unit has refused to be part of the right wing NDA and are in rebellion against their national leadership for having joined hands with the BJP.


Prominent members

* H. D. Deve Gowda, President of Janata Dal (Secular), Former Prime Minister of India and Former Chief minister of Karnataka * H. D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister of Heavy Industries of Government of India, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Karnataka State President of Janata Dal (Secular) * H. D. Revanna, former cabinet minister, present MLA, Karnataka (son of H. D. Deve Gowda). * Nikhil Gowda, state president, Yuva Janata Dal (Secular) * B. M. Farooq, current MLC of Karnataka Legislative Council, current national general secretary of Janata Dal (Secular) * C. S. Puttaraju, former minister for small irrigation resources, and former member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Mandya * GT Devegowda, former minister for higher education, and member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chamundeshwari (Vidhana Sabha constituency * Oommen Thalavady, former MLA Kuttanad, Kerala Legislative Assembly * Sarekoppa Bangarappa, former chief minister of Karnataka * N. M. Joseph, vice president of Janata Dal (Secular) * D. Kupendra Reddy, Former MP of Rajya Sabha * Mathew T. Thomas, Kerala State president of Janata Dal (Secular) and former Kerala State minister * Jose Thettayil, vice president of Janata Dal (Secular), former minister Govt. of Kerala. * Neelalohithadasan Nadar, former Kerala State president of Janata Dal (Secular) (former minister Govt. of Kerala; former member of Parliament, Govt. of India) * K. Krishnankutty, current Kerala State minister for electricity department


Electoral performance


Assembly election history in Karnataka

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
, 203 , {{Composition bar, 10, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{increase 10 , 10.42 , {{increase 10.42 , Opposition , - style="text-align:center;" ,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
, 220 , {{Composition bar, 58, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{increase 48 , 20.77 , {{increase 10.35 , Government , - style="text-align:center;" ,
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, 219 , {{Composition bar, 28, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{decrease 30 , 18.96 , {{decrease 1.81 , rowspan="2", Opposition , - style="text-align:center;" ,
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, 222 , {{Composition bar, 40, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{increase 12 , 20.09 , {{increase 1.13 , - style="text-align:center;" ,
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
, 199 , {{Composition bar, 37, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{decrease 3 , 18.3 , {{decrease 1.79 , Government, later Opposition , - style="text-align:center;" ,
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
, 209 , {{Composition bar, 19, 224, {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , {{decrease 18 , 13.29 , {{decrease 5.01 , Opposition


Assembly election history in Kerala

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Lok Sabha election history

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
, , 13th Lok Sabha , , 96 , , 1 , , 33,32,702 , - ,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
, , 14th Lok Sabha , , 43 , , 3 , , 57,32,296 , - ,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, , 15th Lok Sabha , , 21 , , 3 , , 33,35,530 , - ,
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, , 16th Lok Sabha , , 26 , , 2 , , 37,10,060{{cite web, url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS10.htm?st=S10, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521023317/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS10.htm?st=S10, archive-date=2014-05-21, title=Partywise Trends & Result, date=21 May 2014 , - ,
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, ,
17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offici ...
, , 8 , , 1 , , 33,97,229 , - ,
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
, ,
18th Lok Sabha The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 ...
, , 3 , , 2 , , 22,16,350


Legislative leaders


List of union cabinet ministers

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List of chief ministers


Chief Ministers of Karnataka

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({{Abbr, b., born in 1959) , 3 February 2006 , 8 October 2007 , rowspan=2, 2 years, 308 days , 12th
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List of deputy chief ministers


Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka

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Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd List of chief ministers of Karnataka, chief minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previo ...

({{Abbr, b., born in 1947) , 28 May 2004 , 5 August 2005 , 1 year, 69 days , rowspan=2, 12th
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(1940–2011) , 8 August 2005 , 28 January 2006 , 173 days , Hoovina Hadagali


See also

* List of political parties in India * Samata Party


References

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