Karnataka exit poll results 2018 live updates: Most surveys put BJP ahead in a hung house

Turnout lower than 2013; peaceful polls in Karnataka

Watch: Today's Chanakya projects BJP as leading party with 120 seats, gives 73 to Congress

Complete seat projection by various agencies

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Today's Chanakya puts BJP above halfway mark

Times Now-Today's Chankya has predicted 120 seats for BJP - with 39% voteshare. It is well above the halfway mark. It has predicted 73 seats for Congress and JD(S) at an insignificant 26 seats.

Watch: Pollsters divided over K'taka mandate

CNX projects BJP as single largest party

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AXIS My India puts Congress on Top

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Poll of exit polls

BJP: 99 Congress: 88 JD(S)+: 33 Others: 2

Jan Ki Baat projects BJP on top

BJP- 95-114 Congress- 73-82 JD(S)- 32-43

Watch: Times Now-VMR exit poll predicts 97 seats for Congress, 87 for BJP

C-Voter has predicted BJP on top with 103 seats, 93 for Congress and JD(S) with 25 seats.

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C-Voter predicts BJP on top, with Congress and JD(S) in second and third respectively

C-Voter has predicted BJP on top with 103 seats, 93 for Congress and JD(S) with 25 seats. This too is a fractured mandate

CNX projects BJP as single largest party

CNX Exit Poll has predicted 102-110 seats for BJP making it once again the single largest party while it gives 72-78 seats to Congress placing it at second spot. Here again, JD(S)+ is expected to win 35-39 seats.

Axis My India puts Congress on top

Axis My India has projected 106 to 118 seats for Congress with a 39 % vote share. It has also projected 79-92 for the BJP with 35%. JD(S) is a distant third with 22-30 seats. This poll, aired on india Today TV has given the largest numbers to the Congress.

VMR polls project BJP will come in second with 80-93 seats and JD(S) a distant third with 31-39 seats, but still with enough to play the role of kingmaker.

VMR exit polls predict fractured mandate with Congress being single largest party with 90 to 103 seats

Changing realities of 2018

In 2013, Congress won Karnataka with 122 MLAs in the 224-seat Assembly. Remember, BJP that time was without Yeddyurappa and B Sriramulu. This time the ground realities are different this time.

District wise percentage of voting till 5.30 pm

Voting ends for 222 seats in Karnataka, re-polling ordered in two seats

Record turnout in Karnataka

Polling has ended across 222 constituencies in Karnataka. The voting percentage is likely to be known in a couple of hours from now, but as of now it doesn't look likely to go well above last years percentage of 71.45 per cent. The polling percentage at 6 pm was 64%.

Age no bar, 111-yr old Lingayat seer casts vote

Age did not deter the highly revered Shivakumar Mahaswamiji, senior seer of the Siddaganga Math at Tumakuru, who is said to be 111-years-old, from exercising his franchise. The seer came by car to the polling booth inside the Math, slowly walked inside and cast his vote. The seniormost pontiff of the powerful and politically influential Lingayats has reportedly never given a miss to voting in the elections held since Independence.

EVM in Bengaluru only registering votes for Lotus

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64 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm