For Congress In Karnataka, A Record Victory In Nearly 40 Years
NDTV
The closest the Congress came to this score was in 1999, when it won 132 seats and had a vote share of 40.84 per cent.
The scale of Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly elections is a record in terms of both seats and vote share in over 30 years. The party has won 137 seats -- 57 more than 2018 -- and had a vote share of 42.9.
The closest the Congress came to this score was in 1999, when it won 132 seats and had a vote share of 40.84 per cent.The BJP has won 65 seats with a 36 per cent vote share, HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular won 19 seats with a vote share of 13.3 per cent.
Congress's former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had said the party was expecting 120-plus seats.
"This victory belongs to the people of the state. They decided and chose. That is why we got 136 seats - huge after 36 years... It is a big victory... We will respect the mandate and uphold people's belief in us. We will implement all the welfare schemes we have announced in our manifesto," said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also one of the tallest leaders of Karnataka.
