Karnataka Live Election Results Highlights: The Congress has won 135 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. The BJP has won 66 seats and the JD(S) 19, according to the Election Commission. Counting of votes in Karnataka began at 8 AM across 224 Assembly seats of Karnataka. Earlier in the day, welcoming the leading trend and the seats won, Congress leaders in Kerala unanimously termed it an indication of the anti-BJP public sentiment and the success of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and his fight against the saffron party’s alleged divisive and communal politics.
After high drama, BJP candidate C K Ramamurthy was declared the winner in the Jayanagar Assembly seat in Karnataka by a slender margin of 16 votes against his Congress rival Soumya Reddy on Saturday. The elections to 224 Assembly seats in the state was held on May 10 and the polled votes were taken up for counting on Saturday. Ramamurthy was declared the winner with a thin margin of 16 votes.
Karnataka Election Results 2023: The Congress party won a clear majority and is all set to form a new government in the southern state, ousting the BJP from power.
TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Aarin Capital & former board member of Infosys, expressed hope of a clear majority in Karnataka.
“Just hope there is no split verdict as it will lead to political instability, which is bad news. Karnataka is today among the fastest growing states in India but what is required is greater investment in infrastructure, higher education, school education, health and skill training. Karnataka today produces more than 12 lakh jobs a year but 80 per cent of these pay less than Rs 25,000 a month. This amount needs to double and there has to be focus on creating labour intensive industries in north Karnataka,” he told FinancialExpress.com.
Janata Dal Secular leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy of JD(S) trails in Ramanagara seat by 9,609 votes.
The Election Commission of India data shows that Congress is leading on 113 seats and BJP in 73 seats. From the Varuna Assembly seat, Siddaramaiah is leading while V Sommana is trailing.
Congress workers gathered at the party headquarters in Bengaluru as Election Commission data showed it leading on more seats than the BJP.
VIDEO | Karnataka Election Results 2023: Congress workers gather outside the KPCC office in Bengaluru. #KarnatakaResultsWithPTI pic.twitter.com/5UKlneyMf9
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 13, 2023
Election Commission of India shows that Congress is leading in 95 seats out of 180, and BJP in 61 seats.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offers prayers at Jakhu Hanuman Temple in Shimla
आज कांग्रेस महासचिव श्रीमती @priyankagandhi जी ने शिमला स्थित प्रसिद्ध जाखू हनुमान मंदिर में पूजा-अर्चना कर देश की सुख-समृद्धि की प्रार्थना की। pic.twitter.com/IlTXdYAtjN
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 13, 2023
ABP news showed BJP leads in 112 seats, Congress in 86 seats and JDS in 23 seats.
News channel Aaj Tak shows that BJP is leading in 79 seats, Congress 116 seats, and JDS in 24 seats.
Times Now shows that the BJP is leading in 81 seats, Congress in 115 seats and JDS in 24 seats.
Republic TV shows that the BJP is leading in 78 seats, Congress in 114 seats, JDS in 27 seats.
Congress leads in early trends.
From 9 – 9 30 AM, here is what trends show:
ABP news showed BJP leads in 137 seats, Congress in 68 seats and JDS in 17 seats.
News channel Aaj Tak shows that BJP is leading in 79 seats, Congress 121 seats, and JDS in 22 seats.
Times Now shows that the BJP is leading in 80 seats, Congress in 119 seats and JDS in 23 seats.
Republic TV shows that the BJP is leading in 88 seats, Congress in 114 seats, JDS in 19 seats.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai reaches the BJP camp office in Shiggaon, a snake found in the building compound slithers away.
#WATCH Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai reaches the BJP camp office in Shiggaon, a snake found in the building compound slithers away
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
The snake was later captured and the building compound secured pic.twitter.com/FXSqFu0Bc7
As early trends show Congress leads, the party has asked all MLAs to reach capital Bengaluru.
According to the Election Commission of India website, Congress is leading in 25 Assembly constituency out of 39 seats. The BJP is leading in 12 seats.
How early trends moved till 9 AM. Counting of votes across 224 Assembly seats is underway.
As counting of voting is underway, here is a castewise breakdown of candidates. While from the Lingayat community Congress has fielded 46 candidates, BJP has fielded 68 candidates.
Trends at 8:47 AM.
ABP news showed BJP leads in 90 seats, Congress in 106 seats and JDS in 17 seats.
News channel Aaj Tak shows that BJP is leading in 74 seats, Congress 104 seats, and JDS in 17 seats.
Times Now shows that the BJP is leading in 106 seats, Congress in 103 seats and JDS in 11 seats.
Republic TV shows that the BJP is leading in 92 seats, Congress in 104 seats, JDS in 19 seats.
CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday held a key meeting with top BJP leaders on Friday. The meeting was held at the residence of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in Bengaluru.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai exuded confidence on Friday saying, “There is no chance of a hung Assembly, we are going to form the government comfortably. Let him (DK Shivakumar) be happy with his 141 seats till tomorrow. We will have a legislature party meeting to decide the Chief Ministerial face.”
Celebrations in Congress office in Delhi.
#WATCH | Celebrations underway at national headquarters of Congress party in New Delhi as counting of votes gets underway for #KarnatakaPolls. pic.twitter.com/e0eGObhLh3
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
Early trends now show that Congress is leading 8:31 Am.
BJP leads in 80 seats, Congress in 100 seats and JDS in 18 seats, shows ABP News.
News channel Aaj Tak shows that BJP is leading in 50 seats, Congress 65 seats, and JDS in 15 seats.
Times Now shows that the BJP is leading in 96 seats, Congress in 90 seats and JDS in 13 seats.
Republic TV shows that the BJP is leading in 80 seats, Congress in 84 seats, JDS in 15 seats.
In the 2018 assembly elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single-largest party with 104 seats, followed by the Congress with 78 seats and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 37.
BJP leads in 80 seats, Congress in 85 seats and JDS in 10 seats, shows ABP News.
News channel Aaj Tak shows that BJP is leading in 36 seats, Congress 42 seats, and JDS in nine seats.
Times Now shows that the BJP is leading in 80 seats, Congress in 72 seats and JDS in 10 seats.
Republic TV shows that the BJP is leading in 75 seats, Congress in 73 seats, JDS in 13 seats.
“I am confident that BJP will have absolute majority and give a stable government where a new Karnataka will all-inclusive development will be possible,” says CM Bommai.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visits Hanuman temple in Hubballi, Karnataka. Counting is underway across 36 centres.
#WATCH | As counting of votes begins for #KarnatakaPolls, CM Basavaraj Bommai visits Hanuman temple in Hubballi. pic.twitter.com/isXkxoa79D
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
The voting passed off peacefully in Karnataka with a voting turnout of 73.19 per cent, surpassing the 72.36 per cent recorded in 2018. A total of 737 Theme-based and ethnic Model Polling stations were set up. At 239 Polling stations set up in the state, voters were greeted by PwD staff.
Counting of votes for the Karnataka assembly elections 2023 is underway across 36 centres in the state.
Visuals from Kolar counting centre. Counting for 224-member Karnataka Assembly is underway.
#WATCH | Counting of votes begins for Karnataka #KarnatakaPolls. Visuals of a counting centre in Kolar. #KarnatakaAssemblyElections2023 pic.twitter.com/9tj983cVME
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
Early trends show BK leading in 33 seats and Congress in 29 seats and Janata Dal (Secular) is leading in 10 seats. Counting across 224 Assembly seats is underway.
Early trends show BJP leading in nine seats, Congress in seven seats, while JDS have no seats yet. Counting across 224 Assembly seats began at 8 AM.
Counting of votes begins in all 224 Karnataka Assembly constituencies; 2,615 candidates are in the fray. First leads show BJP is leading in three seats.
Counting for the 224 Assembly seats of Karnataka begins.
The 2018 elections did not give a clear majority to any single party. The BJP which had 104 MLAs in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly had won 104 seats, while the Congress won 80 seats and JDS had got 37 seats. The Congress and JDS had come together and formed the government with HD Kumaraswamy as the CM. However, in a year, the government collapsed as Congress-JDS lost 17 MLAs who switched to BJP. The BJP has since then been in power in the state. In the outgoing Assembly, the ruling BJP has 116 MLAs, followed by the Congress 69, JD(S) with 29 MLAs.