Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, congratulated the Congress for its victory and appreciated the BJP workers for their hard work in the state. He further promised to serve Karnataka better in the times to come. Meanwhile, Congress won 133 seats and is leading 3 seats. The BJP won 64 seats and is leading at 1 seat at the time to updating this live blog. Well, its a clear win for the congress.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Former MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated the party members as the Congress won 114 seats and leading against the BJP in 51 seats. Gandhi said the Congress’ win in Karnataka is a victory of love over hatred. Meanwhile, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra worked for Karnataka.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Congress leader DK Shivakumar broke down as early trends indicate clear victory for the Congress. Speaking to the reporters, Shivakumar said he cannot forget when Sonia Gandhi visited him in jail and promised her to deliver in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. Meanwhile, Congress is leading with 50 seats while BJP is at 21 seats.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: As per the Election Commission of India, the Congress won 8 seats and is ahead in 126 seats. The BJP has won 4 seats.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Congress won the Challakere seat. T Raghumurthy defeated the independent candidate Anjamma. Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra thanked the people of Karnataka for voting for the Congress.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Congress is ahead of the BJP and is leading with 124 seats. As per the Election Commission of India, the Congress won one seat as of now. The BJP is leading in 69 seats.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Congress inches towards the halfway mark of 119 leading in 110 constituencies. The BJP has won 74 seats as of now and JDS is at 25 seats. Priyanka Gandhi visited the Hanuman temple.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: The BJP is leading in Udupi while overall the Congress is ahead with 116 seats.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: As per trends, the Congress is leading with 104 seats, the BJP is trailing behind with 83 seats, and JDS is at 23 seats.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: CM Basavaraj S Bommai said he is confident of the BJP retaining power.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Early trends show BJP leading in 74 seats, Congress in 88, and JD(S) in 18.

Karnataka election results 2023 LIVE: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited a Hanuman temple in Hubballi as the counting of votes is underway.

The results of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 that took place on May 10 will be declared today. Three contenders in the Karnataka Election 2023—the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, and the Janata Dal (Secular) are said to have a neck-and-neck fight.

Counting of votes has already begun in all the 224 assembly constituencies and 2,615 candidates are in the fray.

Stay tuned to apnlive.com to catch Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE.

As of now, Section 144 imposed has been imposed in Bengaluru ahead of the counting of votes. Exit polls said Congress can come to power this year, however, the final results will be declared today.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a massive win in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll while BJP ally Apna Dal (S) secured wins in Suar and Chhanbey Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and BJD’s Dipali Das won by a record margin in Odisha’s Jharsuguda. In Meghalaya UDP’s Synshar Kupar Roy Thabah defeated his NPP opponent in the Sohiong Assembly by-elections.

Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat bypoll

AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku registered a thumping victory, by over 58,000 votes, over Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary—the candidate from Rinku’s former party, Congress—in the Jalandhar bypoll thus breaking the grand old party’s 24-year-old grip on the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat.

The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat had been vacant since the demise of Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary who passed away due to a heart attack on January 14 while participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra alongside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Chaudhary’s demise necessitated a by-poll for the vacant constituency seat with the Congress fielding the deceased leader’s wife Karamjit Kaur in what was essentially a four-pronged battle between the grand old party, the AAP, the Akali-BSP combine and the BJP.

Suar and Chhanbey Assembly bypolls

In BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, both bypoll results for Suar and Chhanbey Assembly seats, went in favour of the saffron party ally Apna Dal (S).

Apna Dal candidates Shafiq Ahmad Ansari and Rinki Kol won from Suar and Chhanbey respectively. While Ansari defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Anuradha Chauhan by over 8,000 votes in Suar, Rinki Kol emerged victorious in Chhanbey by besting another SP candidate Kirti Kol by a meaty margin of nearly 9,000 votes.

The bypoll in Suar was necessitated after SP MLA Abdullah Azam was convicted and sentenced in a 15-year-old case while the Chhanbey Assembly seat became vacant after the demise of sitting Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Kol

Odisha- BJD’s Dipali Das scores record win in Jharsuguda

Meanwhile, the ruling Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Dipali Das—the daughter of slain Odisha Health Minister, Naba Das— scored a record-setting win in the Jharsuguda bypolls by defeating her closest rival, BJP’s Tankadhar Tripathy, by 48,619 votes.

Dipali Das secured a total of 10,7003 votes followed by a BJP’s Tripathy at a distant second with 58,384 votes and the Congress’s Tarun Pandey coming in last in the three-pronged contest with a meagre 4,463 votes.

Congratulating Dipali Das on her landslide win, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik thanked the people of Jharsuguda to have given the deceased minister’s daughter a chance to work for the betterment and development of the constituency.

The Jharsuguda Assembly seat has been vacant since the January 29 assassination of then Odisha Health Minister Naba Das, who was shot dead at point-blank range by a police constable.

UDP’s Thabah bests NPP candidate in Meghalaya’s Sohiong

In Meghalaya, United Democratic Party (UDP)candidate Synshar Kupar Roy Thabah registered a comfortable victory against his NPP opponent Samlin Malngiang by a comfortable margin of 3,400 votes in the Sohiong Assembly bypoll.

Thabah secured a total of 16,679 votes.

Bypolls for the Sohiong Assembly seat were necessitated after voting was adjourned due to the demise of UDP candidate HDR Lyngdoh ahead of the assembly polls on February 27.

The voting for all the above mentioned by-polls took place on May 10 alongside the Karnataka Assembly elections votes for which were also counted today with the Congress emerging victorious by a landslide margin.

Outgoing Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he takes “full responsibility” for the defeat of the BJP in the Assembly election even as former CM and BJP strongman BS Yediyurappa stressed that the state poll results will have absolutely no bearing on next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

Talking to reporters, Bommai said he accepts the people’s mandate and as the head of the government, takes full responsibility for the BJP’s defeat, adding that the party will conduct a complete analysis of their defeat in the coming days.

Basavaraj Bommai assured that the BJP would act as a responsible opposition and conceded that the Congress employed a “much organized” poll strategy that led to their victory.

He said the BJP will analyse the performance of every constituency in detail in the coming days and try to overcome their shortcomings and bounce back, adding that the party will now focus on making necessary preparations organisationally and administratively for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to emerge victorious and secure a third term at the Centre.

Asked why the PM Modi and Amit Shah factor did not work in the Karnataka polls, Bommai said the Congress had a better and organized election strategy which led to their win.

The Chief Minister, who secured a victory from Shiggaon Assembly segment despite the BJP’s mediocre performance, thanked the people for electing him and said he will work for the development of the constituency.

“No bearing on 2024 Lok Sabha polls”

Meanwhile, former CM and BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa stressed that the Karnataka results will have no bearing on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the saffron party will strive hard to repeat their 2019 feat by winning at least 25 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats.

Talking to newsmen, Yediyurappa maintained that the Karnataka election result will not affect the 2024 elections in the slightest and the BJP will make an all-out effort to make sure Prime Minister Narendra Modi is voted to power again.

The four-time chief minister said he “respectfully” accepts the people’s verdict while also urging the Congress to make good on their poll promises.

Yediyurappa also urged BJP supporters and workers not be feel deflated by the defeat, adding that the party will introspect the reason behind the Karnataka debacle.

The Congress is all but on the verge of forming a majority government in the state as Chief Minister Basavaraj implicitly conceded defeat saying that BJP wasn’t able to cross the “magic mark” despite the best efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Latest counts have put the grand old party ahead in the vicinity of over 140 seats, way ahead of the 113 required to form a majority government.

The Congress has already been declared victorious in 114 seats when last reports came in.