| Party Name: | Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha |
| Logo Upright: | 0.8 |
| Abbreviation: | SKP |
| Colorcode: | Yellow |
| Leader: | Darshan Puttannaiah |
| Chairman: | Amzad Pasha |
| General Secretary: | Prasanna. N. Gowda |
| Ppchairman: | none |
| Treasurer: | Shivaraj Haralikatte |
| Foundation: | 2005 |
| Founder: | Devanur Mahadeva |
| Headquarters: | No. 151, 59th feet road, 1st block, 3rd phase, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560085 |
| Eci: | Registered Unrecognised |
| Alliance: | None |
| Loksabha Seats: | 0 |
| Rajyasabha Seats: | 0 |
| State Seats Name: | Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| No States: | Includes 28 states and 3 union territories with a legislature --> |
| Colours: | Yellow |
Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha, also called Sarvodaya Karnataka Party, is an Indian political party mainly based in Karnataka state of India. It was relaunched in 2016 by its lone Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly K. S. Puttannaiah and Devanooru Mahadeva.[1] [2] It was formed in 2005 by Devanur Mahadeva and later merged in Swaraj India of Yogendra Yadav in 2017.[3] [4]
Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha won one seat in 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election on which K. S. Puttanniah.[5]
In January 2023, with Swaraj India deciding not to contest the elections, SKP relaunched itself and announced five candidates. SKP fought the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in five seats, namely Melukote, Belthangady, Virajpet, Bilgi and Mandya constituencies.[6] [7] SKP won the Melukote seat. Darshan Puttannaiah, son of late Puttannaiah, won the 2023 Assembly election from Melukote with support from Congress.[8] He defeated C. S. Puttaraju of JD(S) by a margin of 10,862. In 2018, Darshan, contesting on Swaraj India ticket, lost to the same candidate, despite the support of Congress.[9]
Congress took a strategic decision to support SKP as it enjoys the support of a huge section of the farmers and is backed by Karnataka Rajya Raithu Sangha and its youth wing, Hasiru Sena.[10]