Voting for the Karnataka assembly elections ended on the evening of May 10, 2023. The fate of incumbent BJP, the opposition Congress, and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s JD(S), hang in balance as the counting gets underway.
The election saw a voter turnout of 65.69% with a total of 3,49,88,756 voters casting their votes. The state has a total of 224 constituencies, and the party that manages to secure a simple majority of 112 seats will be declared the winner.
The Congress on Saturday made a stunning comeback in Karnataka ousting the BJP from its lone southern citadel with a comfortable majority in a morale booster win that will be key for reviving its electoral fortunes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress is also set to return to power in Karnataka with a historic mandate on Saturday, but some of its candidates won by small margins of less than 300 votes, including former state unit chief Dinesh Gundu Rao.
The Congress is all set to win 136 seats in the southern state where the polling for the 224 member Assembly took place on May 10, whereas the BJP is set to win on 65 seats and the JD-S 19. The remaining four were won by two small parties (one each) and two Independents.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, the Congress party has won 130 seats and leading in 6 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The BJP has won 60 seats and leading in 5 seats. The JDS has won 19 seats.
The counting continues.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, the Congress party has won 119 seats and leading in 17 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The BJP has won 55 seats and leading in 9 seats. The JDS has won 18 and leading in 2 more seats.
The counting continues.
Karnataka BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said the Assembly election results will have no bearing on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he will take full responsibility for the BJP's defeat in the Assembly elections, and that the party will function as a responsible opposition in the days to come.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, the Congress party has won 79 seats and leading in 57 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The BJP has won 39 seats and leading in 25 seats. The JDS has won 14 and leading in 6 more seats.
The counting continues.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, the Congress party has won 41 seats and leading in 96 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The BJP has won 18 seats and leading in 44 seats. The JDS has won 7 and leading in 14 more seats.
The counting continues.
As the counting continues in Karnataka Assembly elections, the Congress party has won 20 seats and leading in 115 more seats. The BJP has won 10 seats and leading in 55 other seats. Similarly, the JDS has won 2 seats and leading in 18 seats.
As the counting for the Karnataka Assembly polls continues, the Congress party is leading in 127 seats, the BJP is leading in 68 seats and JDS is leading in 22 Assembly Constituencies.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, the Congress party is leading in 117 seats, the BJP in 71 seats and JDS in 28 seats. Other parties including the Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha, Nationalist Congress Party and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha are leading in one seats each.
As per the latest Election Commission of India data, Congress is leading in 74 Assembly constituencies, BJP in 45 and JD(S) in 16 seats.
BJP leads in Bhatkal and Bengaluru South; Congress leads in Chamarajanagar and Chamrajpet Assembly constituencies, in initial trends as per the Election Commission of India.
As the counting for the Karnataka Assembly election began, early trends suggested that the Congress party is leading in 104 Constituencies, BJP in 74 and JDS in 17 seats.
Counting for the 224-member Karnataka assembly polls began with tight security arrangements all across the counting centres. The results will seal the fate of several heavyweights, including chief minister Basavaraj Bommai of the BJP, Congress stalwarts Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar and JD(S)'s HD Kumaraswamy.