The last assembly elections in Karnataka were held in the first week of May in 2013. Photo: AFP
New Delhi: The Election Commission announced the polling schedule for the 224-member Karnataka assembly on Tuesday. Voting in Karnataka will be held on 12 May, while counting is slated for 15 May, reported NDTV.
The last state elections were held in the first week of May in 2013. The polls are being seen as politically crucial for the ruling Congress as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it is the only big state where the former is in power after losing a string of assembly elections to the saffron party in the last few years.
The BJP is making a concerted bid to unseat the Congress. Beside, the Congress and the BJP, the JD(S) led by former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda is the third player in the fray.