Karnataka Polls: The results will be declared on Saturday.
Voting is underway in Karnataka to elect members to the 224-seat assembly. It began at 7 am and continue till 6 pm. The BJP is hoping for another straight term while the Congress is banking on the states' revolving door trend. The JDS, which has its bastion over 61 seats, may play spoiler. The Karnataka election results will be declared on Saturday.
Here are the LIVE updates on Karnataka Elections 2023:
Karnataka Minister CN Ashwath Narayan casts his vote for #KarnatakaElections2023, at a polling booth in Bengaluru
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
"I request all people to come and cast their votes," he says pic.twitter.com/2tv2IbpTtq
#WATCH | #KarnatakaAssemblyElection2023 | Kannada actress Amulya and her husband cast their votes at a polling booth in RR Nagar, Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/7T8BXynRro
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
Karnataka Minister and BJP leader K Sudhakar casts his vote for #KarnatakaElections2023, at a polling booth in Chikkaballapur pic.twitter.com/6Vg6IA9aNB
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
#WATCH | "I request all people to cast their votes as early as possible. I am 100% sure they will vote in favour of the BJP. More than 75-80% will support BJP. We will win 130-135 seats," says Former Karnataka CM and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa#KarnatakaElectionspic.twitter.com/PckMSr7jLC
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
As the polling for the assembly elections begins, I urge all my sisters and brothers in Karnataka to go out there and vote for change.
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 10, 2023
It's time to bring in a strong, development oriented and capable government that works tirelessly to make your lives better....
#KarnatakaElections2023 | Karnataka Votes, Stakes High For BJP, Congress
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 10, 2023
Read: https://t.co/r8ZIwFYGXrpic.twitter.com/otbJbN18J5
#WATCH | #KarnatakaElections | Former Karnataka CM and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa visits and offers prayers at Sri Huccharaya Swami Temple in Shikaripur, along with his family.
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
His son, BY Vijayendra is contesting from the Assembly constituency. pic.twitter.com/ncasRIzhNe
#WATCH | #KarnatakaElections | Former Karnataka CM and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa visits and offers prayers at Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Shikaripura, along with his family.
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
His son, BY Vijayendra is contesting from the Assembly constituency. pic.twitter.com/wy1LFoBA88
Karnataka will see a triangular contest today for its 224 assembly seats. While the BJP is hoping for another straight term, the Congress is banking on the state's revolving door trend. The JDS, which dominates over 61 seats, may play spoiler.
People of Karnataka have decided that they shall choose a progressive, transparent & welfare-oriented government.
- Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 10, 2023
Today, it is time vote in large numbers.
We welcome our first time voters to participate in this democratic process for a better future.
Urging the people of Karnataka, particularly young and first time voters to vote in large numbers and enrich the festival of democracy.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 10, 2023
According to poll officials, elaborate security arrangements have been made across Karnataka for the smooth conduct of elections and forces have been deployed from neighbouring states as well. As many as 84,119 State Police Officers and 58,500 CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces ) police in 650 companies are on law and order and security duty on poll day across the state. 'Critical Polling Stations' are covered by one or more of the measures like Micro Observers, Webcasting and CCTVs to keep a watch on the polling process as force multipliers.
On voting day, I urge our sisters and brothers of Karnataka to come out in large numbers to vote for good governance, development and prosperity in the state. Your one vote can ensure a pro-people and pro-progress govt that will continue to take the state to newer heights.
- Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 10, 2023
#WATCH | Actor Prakash Raj arrives at polling booth in St. Joseph's School in Shanti Nagar, Bengaluru to cast his vote for #KarnatakaAssemblyElectionpic.twitter.com/DsYgbc3ko3
- ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023
- Karnataka polls are being held in a single phase today
- Votes to be counted on Saturday, May 10
- A total of 5,31,33,054 electors are eligible to cast their votes in 58,545 polling stations
- As many as 2,615 candidates are contesting.
- The voting will take place from 7am to 6pm
Voting has begun for the elections to the 224 seats of the Karnataka assembly. It will conclude at 6 pm.
In the run-up to the election, the ruling BJP - which is facing multiple corruption allegations -- covered all its bases, including tweaking the quota, which it hopes will bring in the Vokkaliga and Scheduled Castes and Tribes votes. The party, which already had the support of Lingayats, also shored up the support of the community, giving them a chunk of the four percent OBC (Other Backward Classes) votes for Muslims that was scrapped.
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