Karnataka Elections Result: Key Contests That Will Decide Who Wins State
NDTV
Karnataka Election Result 2023: The counting of votes began at 8 am across 36 designated centres in the southern state, the Election Commission informed. A party needs to win 113 seats to reach the majority mark and stake a claim to forming the government in Karnataka.
As Karnataka gears up for counting of votes, with most exit-poll projections predicting a hung Assembly while putting the Congress in the lead, the outcome will boil down to how the battle for some key constituencies play out.
After a high-decibel campaign during which all three key contestants - the incumbent BJP, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) - went at each other and pulled out stops and heavyweight campaigners to draw voters, the verdict in the battle for the Karnataka Assembly now rests with the people's court.
The counting of votes began at 8 am across 36 designated centres in the southern state, the Election Commission informed.
While the campaign saw the BJP and the Congress trading fire over the promise in the latter's manifesto to proscribe the Bajrang Dal, polling went off peacefully on May 10, with the eventual turnout recorded at a robust 73.29 per cent.
