JD(S) seals poll pact with Congress, gets 8 Karnataka seats

JD(S) will contest in Hassan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, Tumakuru, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura.In the remaining 20 constituencies, it will back Congress. Congress will sacrifice Tumakuru, represented by SP Muddhanume Gowda. Incidentally, Gowda was with JD(S) till 2014 and joined Congress during the last general elections.