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Day. Section 144 will remain in force in the entire district from 6 am on Saturday to 12 midnight on Sunday. The sale of liquor has also reportedly been banned in the Bengaluru Police Commissionerate area.
While the official numbers will come by late evening, a clear picture of BJP, Congress or JD(S) is expected to be with us by mid-day.
The electoral fate of top leaders and prominent candidates – BJP chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, Congress stalwart Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy and many others – was sealed on Wednesday, May 10, when the state polled 224 polled assembly constituencies in a single-phase assembly election.
The magic number, the majority mark, which the parties are hoping to break is 113 in a state with 224 assembly constituencies.
what were the exit poll results
Most exit polls predicted a tough fight between the Congress and the BJP, however, the former was given an edge by most pollsters, which the saffron party is confident of proving wrong. Meanwhile, the JD(S) appears to be hoping for a hung mandate, which would enable it to play a role in government formation, or “king maker”.
While the ABP News-C Voter exit poll predicted that Congress will get 100-112 seats, BJP 83-95, JD(S) 21-29, Republic TV-P Mark forecast that the Grand Old The party will get 94-108 seats. seats, the saffron party 85-100 and JD(S) 24-32.
India Today-Axis My India has predicted 62-80 seats for the BJP, 122-140 for the Congress and 20-25 for the JD(S). India TV-CNX predicted that the Congress could get 110–120 seats and the BJP 80–90, while the JD(S) could get 20–24.
The TV9 Bharatvarsha-Polstrat exit poll predicted 99-109 seats for the Congress, 88-98 for the BJP and 21-26 for the JD(S). The Zee News-Matrize forecast states that Congress is likely to get 103-118 votes, BJP 79-94 and JD(S) 25-33.
According to News Nation-CGS poll, BJP is likely to get 114 seats, Congress 86 and JD(S) 21 seats. Suvarna News-Jan Ki Baat predicted 94-117 seats for the Bharatiya Janata Party, 91-106 for the Congress and 14-24 for the JD(S).
The Times Now-ETG exit poll had predicted 113 seats for the Congress, 85 for the BJP and 23 for the JD(S).
the main candidates
Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, newsmaker Jagadish Shettar, who switched sides to BJP after being denied ticket, Laxman Savadi, Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge are some of the prominent Congress candidates.
BJP has chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, BS Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra Yediyurappa, CT Ravi and Ramesh Jarkiholi among its key candidates. HD Kumaraswamy, his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy are among the top faces in the JD(S).
2018 karnataka election
In 2018, the BJP had emerged as the single largest party by winning 104 seats, followed by the Congress which won 80 seats and the JD(S) which won 37 seats. An independent candidate, and one candidate each from the BSP and the Karnataka Pragyavantha Janata Party (KPJP) also won. from their seats.
In the 2018 elections, the Congress secured a vote-share of 38.04 per cent, followed by the BJP (36.22 per cent) and the JD(S) (18.36 per cent).
At that time no party got a clear majority and Congress and JD(S) tried to form an alliance as no party got a clear majority. BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa staked claim and formed the government as his was the single largest party. This did not last long and the government was dissolved within three days, before the trust vote, as BJP strongmen were unable to muster the required numbers.
Subsequently, the Congress-JD(S) coalition formed the government with Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister. This government also fell within 14 months due to the resignation of 17 MLAs of the ruling coalition and later joining the BJP.
This paved the way for the BJP to return to power. After this, in the by-elections held in 2019, the ruling party won 12 out of 15 seats. In the outgoing assembly, the ruling BJP has 116 MLAs, followed by Congress 69, JD(S) 29, BSP one, two independents, one Speaker and six vacant seats resulting from death and resignation. Join other parties before elections.