Janata Dal (Secular): Difference between revisions

|foundation        = {{Start date and age|July 1999}}

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[[Bahujan Samaj Party|JDS+BSP]] (2018—Present)<br/>([[Karnataka]])

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The '''Janata Dal (Secular)''' is an Indian political party<ref>{{cite web|url=http://janatadals.com/aboutparty.php|title=History of Janata Dal (Secular) according to its website|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref> led by former [[List of Prime Ministers of India|prime minister of India]], [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]. The party is recognized as a [[List of political parties in India#State (regional)|State Party]] in the states of [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. It was formed in July 1999 by the split of [[Janata Dal]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991113/ipo13028.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201104233/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991113/ipo13028.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2009|title=EC to hear Janata Dal symbol dispute|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19990802/jd.html|title=The Nation:Janata Dal:Divided Gains (India Today article)|access-date=2007-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109210028/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19990802/jd.html|archive-date=9 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has a political presence mainly in Karnataka. In Kerala, the party is a part of the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]].

The Janata Dal (Secular), formed in 1999, had its origins in the [[Janata Party]], founded in 1977 as a coalition of several smaller parties that combined forces to oppose the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/Janata-Dal-Secular|title=britannica.com : Janata Dal (Secular)}}</ref> In 1988 the Janata Party and other smaller parties merged to form the [[Janata Dal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lokpriya.com/personalities/political/present/chandrashekhar.html|title=article on Chandrashekar|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindujobs.com/thehindu/mp/2006/01/17/stories/2006011700490300.html|title=Bouquet of ideologies - article in the Hindu|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0029548.html|title=Janata Dal|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref> In 1996, Janata Dal reached its pinnacle when [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] became Prime Minister of India, heading the [[United Front (India)|United Front]] (UF) coalition government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_gowda.htm|title=Profile of Deve Gowda on PMO website|access-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010020723/http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_gowda.htm|archive-date=10 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">[http://jds.ind.in/histor/ History « Welcome to Janata Dal (Secular) Official Website]. Jds.ind.in. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>

The Janata Dal split in 1999, when a faction led by Chief Minister [[J. H. Patel]] lent support to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]-led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] leading to the formation of Janata Dal (Secular) under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Siddaramaiah]]. The [[Sharad Yadav]] faction of the Janata Dal, the Lok Shakti and the Samata Party merged as the [[Janata Dal (United)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janata.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=60|title=Janata.in|website=www.janata.in}}</ref><ref>[http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103051657/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm |date=3 January 2008 }}</ref> Even though the premise for the split was its opposition to allying with the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]], H. D. Deve Gowda stayed equally away from the [[Indian National Congress]] from the outset.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug26/head2.htm|title="Gowda rules out tieup with Congress " - Tribune India article|access-date=2007-09-30}}</ref>

*[[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

* [[D. Kupendra Reddy]], Former MP of Rajya Sabha<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kupendra-reddy-files-papers-as-jds-candidate-for-rs-polls/article6093755.ece|title=Kupendra Reddy files papers as JD(S) candidate for RS polls|date=2014-06-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-23|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/dkupendrareddy|title=D. Kupendra Reddy|date=2016-10-25|website=PRSIndia|language=en|access-date=2019-02-23}}</ref>

| [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]

==Assembly election history in Karnataka==

! Year || Assembly election || Seats contested || Seats won || Votes secured || Percentage of votes

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| 1999 || 11th Assembly || 203 || 10 || 23,16,885 ||10.42%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111111511/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|2004 || 12th Assembly || 220 || 59 || 52,20,121 || 20.77%<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf List Of Political Parties]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>

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|2008 || 13th Assembly || 219 || 28 ||49,59,252  || 18.96%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/stats_report_KT2008.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303032806/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/stats_report_KT2008.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|2013 || 14th Assembly || 222 || 40 || 63,29,864 || 20.09%

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|2018 || 15th Assembly || 202 || 37 || 66,66,307 || 18.30%

==Assembly election history in Kerala==

==Lok Sabha election history in Karnataka==

*[http://www.janatadals.com Official Website]