Janata Dal (Secular)

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The Janata Dal (Secular) (Template:Translation; Template:Small JD(S)) is an Indian political party recognised as a state party in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded by the former prime minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

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">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1988 the Janata Party and other smaller parties merged to form the Janata Dal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1996, Janata Dal reached its pinnacle when H. D. Deve Gowda became Prime Minister of India, heading the United Front (UF) coalition government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 Indian National Congress from the outset.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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<ref>D A I J I W O R L D. D A I J I W O R L D (2011-08-10). Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>
• N. M. Joseph, vice president of Janata Dal (Secular)
• D. Kupendra Reddy, Former MP of Rajya Sabha<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 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

Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (pp)	Outcome
1999	203	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 10	10.42	Template:Increase 10.42	Opposition
2004	220	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 48	20.77	Template:Increase 10.35	Government
2008	219	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 30	18.96	Template:Decrease 1.81	Opposition
2013	222	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 12	20.09	Template:Increase 1.13
2018	199	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 3	18.3	Template:Decrease 1.79	Government, later Opposition
2023	209	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 18	13.29	Template:Decrease 5.01	Opposition

Assembly election history in Kerala

Year	Assembly election	Seats contested	Seats won	Votes secured	Percentage of votes
2001	11th Assembly	12	3	546,917	3.48%
2006	12th Assembly	7	5	353,111	2.27%
2011	13th Assembly	5	4	264,631	1.52%
2016	14th Assembly	5	3	293,274	1.5%
2021	15th Assembly	4	2	265,789	1.28%

Lok Sabha election history

Year	Lok Sabha election	Seats contested	Seats won	Votes secured
1999	13th Lok Sabha	96	1	33,32,702
2004	14th Lok Sabha	43	3	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	15th Lok Sabha	21	3	33,35,530
2014	16th Lok Sabha	26	2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	17th Lok Sabha	8	1	33,97,229
2024	18th Lok Sabha	3	2	22,16,350

Legislative leaders

List of union cabinet ministers

No.	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Portfolio	Term in office			Elected constituency Template:Small	[[Prime Minister of India|Template:White]]
				Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:HDK Minister of Steel.jpg	H. D. Kumaraswamy (Template:Abbr 1959)	Ministry of Heavy Industries	9 June 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Mandya (Lok Sabha)	Narendra Modi	rowspan=2 Template:Party color cell
			Ministry of Steel

List of chief ministers

Chief Ministers of Karnataka

No.	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term in office			[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Template:White]] Template:Small	Elected constituency	Ministry
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:HDK Minister of Steel.jpg	H. D. Kumaraswamy (Template:Abbr 1959)	3 February 2006	8 October 2007	2 years, 308 days	12th Template:Small	Ramanagara	Kumaraswamy I
			23 May 2018	23 July 2019		15th Template:Small	Channapatna	Kumaraswamy II

List of deputy chief ministers

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka

No.	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term in office			[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Template:White]] Template:Small	Elected constituency	[[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Template:White]]
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Siddaramaiah at the function Akshaya Patra Foundation in Karnataka.jpg	Siddaramaiah (Template:Abbr 1947)	28 May 2004	5 August 2005	1 year, 69 days	12th Template:Small	Chamundeshwari	Dharam Singh	rowspan=2 Template:Party color cell
2	File:No image available.svg	M. P. Prakash (1940–2011)	8 August 2005	28 January 2006	173 days		Hoovina Hadagali

See also

• List of political parties in India
• Samata Party