With early trends trickling in the Karnataka Assembly Elections results, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s son HD Kumaraswamy is being seen leading from Ramanagara seat. HD Kumaraswamy is leading in Ramanagara by 1,000 votes, the official trends said. (LIVE UPDATES)
If early trends convert into final results, incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may lose his Chamundeshwari seat. According to the trends, Siddaramaiah is trailing by about 8,000 votes in the key constituency.
With BJP leading in 93 seats and the Congress ahead in 91 seats, the early trends are showing a close fight between both key players.
However, as the exit polls suggested the JD(S) can make or break their game plan in case of hung Assembly scenario.
Counting of votes began at 8 am for 221 out of 224 assembly constituencies in 58,546 polling stations in the state. The elections in two constituencies, Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, both in Bengaluru have been postponed earlier.
A total of 2,654 candidates, including 216 women candidates were in the fray for the Assembly Elections this year.
The elections in Karnataka are being viewed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its gateway into the South.
Since the 2014 general elections, the Congress party has been defeated by the BJP in over a dozen states, drastically shrinking its political footprint.
Today's vote count will decide the political fate of key players like Siddaramaiah, B.S Yeddyurappa, Malikarjun Kharge, and H.D Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded 223 candidates, while the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) fielded 222 and 201 candidates respectively.
Out of the 224 seats, 36 of them are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), while 15 of them are for Scheduled Tribes (STs).
It may be noted that a party or an alliance needs 112 seats to form the government.
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