The state capital --
Bangalore City -- has 28 seats in the fray. In the 224-member assembly, the state appears to be heading for a photo-finish, and the way it looks now, JDS chief HD Kumaraswamy could well play the role of kingmaker. Congress is likely to get 91 seats, while BJP is just two seats behind with 89 seats, JDS gets 40, according to the survey.
Here's how Bangalore City voted in 2013 and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
These are the figures of the complete state.
Issues facing Bangalore City:
* Infrastructure
* Women's safety, crime and law and order
* Traffic congestion
* Garbage
* Pollution
Times Now-VMR Survey
The Greater Bengaluru region is electorally important because it has the densest concentration of urban seats in the state.
If BJP wins two-third of the 32 seats in the region, it can cross the 100 seat mark.
Takeaway
* ‘Kannada first' trumps caste and 'Hindutva'
