Key Points
Lingayats comprise an estimated 14% of the 5. 3 crore electorate, while Vokkaligas, the other politically prominent community, account for about 12%..
Lingayats dominate about 90 of the 224 assembly segments in the state and Congress has won many of these seats..
The Karnataka elections saw a major swing in Lingayat support from BJP to Congress, indicating an end to decades of alienation the grand old party had suffered from the politically influential community...
Patil said the community supported Congress in seats where the party had fielded non-Lingayat candidates..
All three major parties BJP, Congress and JD(S) had fielded Lingayat candidates in Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district, but Congress won.. (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)..
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