Congress leaders and workers celebrate at the party office as the party leads in early trends on the counting day of Karnataka Assembly polls, in Bengaluru, Saturday, May 13, 2023. PTI
Chandigarh, May 13
A resurgent Congress appeared headed for a comfortable majority in Karnataka on Saturday and on course to wresting power from the BJP in its lone southern citadel which seems to have been hit by anti-incumbency.
According to the latest Election Commission statistics, the M Mallikarjun Kharge-led party won 10 seats and was leading in 136 more segments, well above the 113-mark needed for a simple majority in the 224-member House.
Elections were held on May 10 and counting of polled votes took place on Saturday.
The BJP, which won 104 seats in the previous Assembly election, was ahead on over 60 seats after winning four, and the JD(S), which was expected to play a key role in the event of a hung verdict, came out victorious on one seat and was leading in 19 others. Others were leading in four segments.
The BJP could not make a mark in spite of the efforts by the party's top brass, outgoing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai acknowledged.
13:25 13 May
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the assembly election trends from Karnataka that project a Congress victory send the message that the "end" of the BJP's negative, communal and corrupt politics has begun.
The Congress was striding forward with leads in 117 seats while the BJP was ahead in 75 in Karnataka, according to Election Commission of India trends, as votes were counted on Saturday for an election widely seen as a litmus test for both parties ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls.
Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi, "The message from Karnataka is that the 'antkaal (end)' of the BJP's negative, communal, corrupt, pro-rich, anti-women, anti-youth, socially divisive, propaganda, individual-centric politics has begun." "This is a strict mandate of a new posit
13:14 13 May
#WATCH | Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge reacts to his party winning Karnataka Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/nKl7TOwFLm
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
11:51 13 May
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and claimed the visits of BJP brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. Siddaramaih said the visits of Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka.
11:10 13 May
#KaranatakaElectionResults | Congress leader Siddaramaiah leading from Varuna constituency as the Congress leads in 120 seats in #KarnatakaElection
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
10:08 13 May
#WATCH | Karnataka Congress workers hail party leadership as they celebrate the party's lead in 95 Assembly constituencies
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
Visuals from Congress office in Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/wHETDrMVuz
09:51 13 May
Karnataka Congress Chief D K Shivakumar leading in Kanakapura by about 6,000 votes against BJP leader and Minister R Ashoka.
09:50 13 May
Ex-CM Jagadish Shettar trails in Hubballi-Dharwad central Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar who quit BJP and joined the Congress is trailing by around 2,500 votes in Hubballi-Dharwad Central.
09:29 13 May
#WATCH A snake which had entered BJP camp office premises in Shiggaon, rescued; building premises secured amid CM's presence pic.twitter.com/1OgyLLs2wt
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
09:18 13 May
Opposition Congress in Karnataka forged ahead of its rival, the ruling BJP, according to the initial trends of counting of votes polled.
The Mallikarjun Kharge-led party was leading in 82 seats and the BJP in 66.
The JD(S), led by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, gained an early lead in 21 segments.
08:58 13 May
#KarnatakaPolls | "As of now, it seems to be a neck-to-neck fight but we will be able to form the govt": BJP spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam on initial trends in #KarnatakaAssemblyElection2023 pic.twitter.com/8OCAiggPZD
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
08:41 13 May
#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
08:36 13 May
The ruling BJP was slightly ahead of the Congress in early trends as the counting of votes was taken up for the Karnataka Assembly elections on Saturday.
08:26 13 May
The authorities have clamped prohibitory orders in the capital city Bengaluru and communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district to avoid untoward incidents and maintain law and order situation. The election results are crucial for the two national parties - BJP and Congress - as well as for the state party JD(S).
08:22 13 May
#WATCH | Today is a big day for Karnataka as the people's verdict for the state will be out. I am confident that BJP will win with absolute majority and give a stable government, says Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, in Hubballi. pic.twitter.com/8r9mKGiTIe
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023
08:18 13 May
#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
08:17 13 May
#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
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