Karnataka Assembly elections are schedule to be held before 24th  of May this year as the legislative assembly of the state is completing its present term by then. The three major parties of the state are BJP, Congress and JDS (Janata Dal Secular) who would be contesting for the 224 members legislative assembly seats. In the last assembly polls in 2018 BJP had won 104 seat, the highest, but failed to get the majority of its own. So the Congress (80 seats) and JDS (37 seats) joined hand together and formed a strange coalition in which junior party JDS got the chair of chief minister. However, the H.D. Kumaraswamy government fall in May 2019 and later BJP’s B.S. Yediyurappa took the oath of office. Later on, 28 July 2021 Basavraj Bommai succeeded Yediyurappa as the chief minister of the state. However, the recent trends suggest Basavraj Bommai is not as popular as former chief minister Yediyurappa who at the age of 80 is the main spearhead of the party in state. In the above background let’s study the horoscopes of Basavraj Bommai, Yediyurappa, Kumaraswamy and D.K. Shivkumar to see the prospects of three major parties in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections 2023.

Basavraj Bommai : Born  January 28, 1960 at 12 h. 06 m. (IST) at Hubli, Karnataka (75 E 10’, 15 N 21’) with a balance of 6 years 9 months 22 days of Moon Dasha at birth.

 

The Aries lagna horoscope given above is of the current Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai. As per Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra the conjunction or opposition of Sun and Moon is the best possible Raja Yoga for the native’s born in Aries ascendant. This yoga is present in the chart of  Mr. Bommai. Sun as the 5th lord is in conjunction with 4th lord Moon in the 10th house of power is making a grand Raja Yoga. Then notice the concentration of planets in the 9th house of father. His father late Shri S.R. Bommai  was 11^th chief minister of Karnataka (13 August 1988 to 21^st of April 1989) who is widely remember as the champion for the landmark judgement of supreme court on at the provisions of Article 356 of the constitution.

Planets across Rahu-Ketu axis

Interesting thing to note in his horoscope is the position of all the planets across one side of Rahu-Ketu (nodes) axis. Many astrologers read it as the dreaded ‘Kaal-Sarpa Yoga’ which don’t have any mention in classical texts of Hindu astrology. Had the so called ‘Kaal-Sarpa-Yoga’ been so bad then he would not have become the chief minister of big state like Karnataka.

Basavraj Bommai was minister in BJP state government in Karnataka during 2008 to 2013 when he was passing through the Maha Dasha of Saturn. In birth chart Saturn is in conjunction with lagna lord Mars and 9th lord Jupiter in the 9th house of luck. In Navamsha Saturn is in conjunction with Yogakaraka Mars. In Dashamsha Saturn is in mutual aspect with 5th lord Jupiter.

Basavraj Bommai become the chief minister of Karnataka on 28^th of July 2021 in his Saturn Dasa and Rahu Anter Dasha. Saturn is in 9^th house as the lord of 10^th house of power enjoying the company of two natural benefic Venus and Jupiter. The Anter Dasha lord Rahu is in 6^th house and its depositor Mercury is in the 10^th house of power along with Raja Yoga giver planets the  4^th and  the 5^th lords joining him. However, from the Moon his Dasha lord Saturn falls in the 12^th house which is not good. In transit Saturn is getting only 25 points in Sarvashtaka Varga in sign Aquarius.

Difficult Dasha of Saturn-Rahu for Basavraj Bommai

The Dasha and Anter Dasha of Saturn-Rahu or Rahu-Saturn tend to give troubles from enemies is a well-known ‘Dasha rule’ of Sage Parashara. The sub-sub period  of Ketu is running at present from 2^nd March to 2^nd May just during the time of assembly polls . Ketu is in the 12^th house of losses along with Gulika is highly unfavorable.  Thus, Dasha period and transit is not favorable for chief minister Basavraj Bommai at present.

Unfavorable Chara Dasa

In Jaimini Chara Dasa system Pisces Dasha and Capricorn Anter Dasha  is running from 29^th of April   to 29^th of July this year.  Pisces is the 12^th house of losses though Amatayakaraka Mars is in the 10^th house from it along with some other planets. But from Anter Dasha Sign  Capricorn these important planets falls in the 12^th house showing a major loss in position for Basavraj Bommai who is likely to face a defeat in the elections. Since both Vimshottari and Chara Dasa is unfavorable so it is highly likely that BJP may receive a major defeat in Karnataka assembly polls and may event dump Basavraj Bommai after the elections get concluded.

B.S. Yediyurappa: Born February 27, 1943 at 03 h. 00 m. at Mandya, Karnataka (76 E 53’, 12 N 31’) with a balance of 0 years 9 months 15 days of Jupiter Dasha at birth.

At the age of 80 years B.S. Yediyurappa is the strongest leader of BJP in Karnataka state. During his chief minister years he did lots of work for the farmers but was also charges for corruption and went to jail for some period. He become chief minister for four times but never completed his tenure. He also become leader of opposition three times. He is the only leader in South India from the BJP who has achieve such feats.

In his Sagittarius lagna chart 5^th lord Mars is in the ascendant in mutual aspect with lagna lord Jupiter is making a good Raja Yoga. As per Jaimini system Atamakaraka is Mars which being in dual sign aspect Amatayakaraka making a great Raja yoga but Ganatikaraka Venus aspect these ‘karaka’s thus he has not been able to enjoy power for the long duration. Moreover, the mutual opposition of Jupiter and Mars across the 1/7 axis makes classical ‘Unmaad Yoga’ which has kept him unsettle on the chair of chief minister position. In Moon Dasha, which started in December 2012, had had formed his own party but failed to get any success so he came back to the BJP again.

Favorable Mars Dasha for Yediyurappa

The Dasha of Vargottama Mars was started in his chart on 14^th of December 2022. The Anter Dasha  of Mars is running in Mars Dasha till 12^th of May which is unlikely to give him any major success as it is a cardinal rule of Laghu Parashari that a planet generally don’t give its full results in its own Dasha-Anter Dasha.

It is during Mars Dasha and Rahu Anter Dasha  from 12nd of May 2023 to 30^th of May 2024 Yediyurapp can get some important position like upper house (Rajya Sabha) membership or some prominent role in his party BJP. Rahu is in the 9^th house from lagna and 10^th from Moon is getting the aspect of its sign lord Sun. In Dashmasha  Rahu is strongly placed in the 9^th house while in Navamsha  it is well placed in the lagna along with 10th lord Saturn and 9th lord Jupiter.

Also notice the transit of Saturn from the 4th house of Yediyurappa is a ‘Kantaka-Shani’ Gochar which is not favorable. The transiting Saturn from Aquarius is hovering over his natal Sun and Ketu shows some health concern’s also. In Sarvashtakavarga Aquarius has only 23 points which are not desirable. In Bhinnashtaka of Saturn Aquarius gets 4 points which are good.

Unfavorable Jaimini Chara Dasha for Yediyurappa

In Jaimini Chara Dasha  the Dasha of Capricorn and Anter Dasha  of Scorpio is running from October 2022 to June 2023 in Yediyurapp’s horoscope. From Capricorn Atamakaraka Mars falls in the 12^th getting the aspect of Amatayakaraka Jupiter is not favorable for him during the upcoming Karnataka elections. So Yediyurappa will not be able to get much success in these assembly elections.

Controversy regarding ‘Siddaramaiah Horoscope’ 

The correct birth details of former congress chief minister Siddaramaiah is not available as per a new repot published in Hindu News Paper on 11 August 2021. {Refer link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/when-was-siddaramaiah-born/article35865636.ece }

“Speaking to reporters in Mysore , Mr. Siddaramaiah said the date of birth in his academic records was entered by the teacher of the school to which he was taken by his father for admission in the fifth standard in 1957.

“My father and mother were unlettered so they did not write down my date of birth. When my father told the teacher that he did not know my date of birth, he entered it as August 3, 1947 in the school records”, Mr. Siddaramaiah said.

However, he said his followers and friends convey him birthday greetings on August 12 every year. “As I am in Mysuru a day earlier, they have come to greet me here.”

 H.D. Kumaraswamy : Born December 16, 1959 at  18 h. 08 m. (IST)  at Hassan, Karnataka (76 E 05’, 13 N 00’) with a Balance of  6 years 9 months and 11 days of Rahu Dasha at birth.

In the Gemini lagna horoscope of H.D. Kumaraswamy the striking feature is the placement of Mercury, Mars and Jupiter in the 6^th house. The 6^th house is 10^th from the 9^th house of father. His father Shri H.D. Deve Gowda  was the former prime minister of India for a brief period from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. Kumaraswamy  has remain chief minister of Karnataka for a short period only on two occasions; 2006-07 and 2018-19. There is no benefic planet in Kendra except the waxing Moon in the lagan. There has been a controversy about the status of his second marriage which we can see from the 7th house of his birth chart.

At present he is under Ketu Dasha and Jupiter Anter Dasha from 15 September 2022 to 22 August 2023. The sub-sub period  of Sun would be running from 27 April 2023 to 14 May 2023 . His Dasha lord Ketu is in the 10^th house of career in Rashi chart but it goes into the 8^th house of his Dashamsha chart which is not much helpful. The Anter Dasha lord Jupiter is in the 6th house of birth chart and in Navamsha it is deblieated. In transit Saturn is moving from Aquarius with just 24 points in Sarvashtaka Varga and 1 point in its own Bhinnashtaka. But Jupiter will be in Aries, at the time of elections, with 35 points in Sarvashtaka Varga which shows satisfactory performance from his party.

Favorable Chara Dasha of Kumaraswamy

.In the Jaimini Chara Dasha scheme the Dasha of Leo and Anter Dasha  of Sagittarius is running from December 2022 to August 2023. Leo is getting the Jaimini aspect of his Amatayakaraka Venus which is in the 11^th house from Anter Dasha  sign Sagittarius. The favorable placement of Amatayakaraka Venus from both Dasha and Anter Dasha Rashi is good for Kumaraswamy and his party. But the 10th Pada falls in Cancer which is the 12th house from Dasha Rashi Leo and 8th house from Anter Dasha Rashi Sagittarius so it may give some dent to his public image. So, although Vimshottari Dasha of Kumaraswamy is not very favorable but a good Jaimini Chara Dasha indicates that his party’s performance in the polls will be satisfactory.

 

D.K. Shiv Kumar: Born May 15,  1961 at  05 h. 15 m. (IST)  at  Kanakpur, Karnataka (77E 25’, 12N 33’) with a Balance of  2 years 8 months 0 days Sun Dasa at birth.

D.K. Shiv Kumar is presently serving as the president of the state congress committee in Karnataka. If Congress has to come back into power in the state then there must be good dasha period in his birth chart. He is one of the contender to become the chief minister or deputy chief minister if the Congress win’s this assembly elections. In his Aries lagna birth chart Raja Yoga of 4^th lord Moon along with 5^th lord Sun in the 2^nd house of wealth explains his status as one of the richest politicians in India who has declared wealth of rupees 840 crores (8400 millions)  in his election affidavit in year 2018.

He has held the important posts in the Siddaramaiah (2013 to 2018) and Kumaraswamy (2018 to 2019) governments but was reported to have conflicts with them. In his birth chart both Saturn and Mars aspect the 7th house which make him a dominating personality.

Enigmatic Saturn-Venus Dasha for D.K. Shiv Kumar

In his birth chart lagna lord Mars is in the 4^th house in mutual aspect with 10^th lord Saturn and 9^th lord Jupiter is another major Raja Yoga. In Saturn Dasha and Mercury Anter Dasha  he was arrested on 3^rd of September 2019 on the charges of money laundering and income tax invasion. At present he is under a favorable period of Saturn Dasha and Venus Anter Dasha from November 2021 to January 2025.

Venus as the 2^nd and 7^th lord is exalted in the 12^th house in Rashi chart. Most important thing is that Venus is the lord of his Dasmasha lagna and is strongly placed in the 9^th house of his Dasmasha chart. It has been observed that the Dasha or Anter Dasha of a planet which is the lord of Dasmasha lagna can give very good rise in one’s career. The favorable sub-sub period  of Sun at the time of elections results in May can give him a post of minister in the new government in Karnataka. In Sarvashtaka Varga the transiting Saturn from Aquarius gets 31 points which is good. In Bhinnashtaka Varga Saturn gets very good 4 points in Aquarius sign which can give him tremendous gains.

 

Favorable Jaimini Chara Dasa

In Jaimini Chara Dasa the period of Pisces is running from 15th of May 2021 to l 15^th of May 2023.  Here the Amatayakaraka Mercury is giving its Jaimini aspect to the sign Capricorn which is the 11^th house of gains from Dasha Rashi Pisces. Later the period of Aries starts from where the Amatayakaraka Mercury is in the 2^nd house and aspect the 10^th house which shows a very high position for him. Under his leadership Congress party can get full majority in the upcoming assembly polls in Karnataka. D.K. Shiv Kumar is likely to become a powerful minister in the next Congress government in Karnataka. So it is Congress Party which is likely to form the next government in Karnataka State after the assembly polls in May month.