Congress supporters carry out ‘havan’ at ACC headquarters on the counting day of Karnataka Assembly polls, in New Delhi, Saturday, May 13, 2023.
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The Congress is striding ahead with leads in 124 seats whereas the BJP was forward in 70 in Karnataka as of 12.25 p.m., in keeping with Election Commission of India tendencies, as votes had been counted on May 13 for an election broadly seen as a litmus check for each events forward of the 2024 parliamentary polls.
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Of the 41 Assembly segments unfold throughout 7 districts of Kalyana Karnataka area, Congress is main in 25 segments and the BJP is main in 10 segments. While the JDS leads in 4 segments, Independent candidates have taken a lead in 2 segments.
Of the six segments in Bidar district, BJP has taken a lead in three, Congress in two and JDS in one section.
Of the 9 segments in Kalaburagi district, BJP and Congress are main in 4 segments ach and an Independent candidate is main in one section.
Of the 4 constituencies in Yadgir district, Congress has taken the lead in three and JDS in one. Of the seven segments in Raichur, Congress is main in 4, BJP in two and JDS in one section.
Of the 5 segments in Koppal, Congress is main in 4 and BJP in one section. Of the 5 segments in Vijayanagara district, Congress has taken the lead in three, whereas JDS and Independent candidates are main in one every. Congress has taken the lead in all of the 5 segments in Ballari.
Congress asks all its MLAs to achieve Bengaluru
With the Congress main in the counting of votes for Karnataka Assembly polls, the social gathering has requested all its MLAs to achieve Bengaluru as we speak, sources mentioned on May 13.
Special preparations have additionally been made in the distant areas of the State to take them to Bengaluru and observers have additionally been appointed to do that train, social gathering sources mentioned.
Congress main decisively in three areas of the State
A regional break-up of the election outcomes in Karnataka confirmed that the Congress social gathering has elevated its vote shares throughout all 5 areas however has decisively captured three of them.
In the Mumbai/Kittur Karnataka and Central Karnataka area particularly, the Congress is main in 40 of the 62 seats with a 44.9% vote share, up by a whopping 6 % factors and 20 seats, in comparison with the 2018 meeting elections, whereas the BJP’s vote share fell to 39.1% and its seats down by 21 in comparison with 2018. Clearly, the high-profile defections of leaders resembling Jagadish Shetter and Laxman Savadi has helped the Congress breach the Lingayat stronghold of the BJP.
The Congress additionally managed to fare nicely in South Karnataka and Malnad area (together with the Old Mysuru area) with the social gathering main in 39 seats – up by 18 in comparison with 2018 with a 40.4% vote share (up by 6.2 % factors), helped largely by the autumn in the regional hegemon JD(S)’s vote share (7.5% factors), contributing to leads solely in 19 seats for the latter. The BJP additionally did marginally higher in this area however it’s in line to bag solely 12 seats.
The BJP carried out strongly in the Coastal Karnataka area (albeit with a complete of solely 18 seats). The BJP is main in 14 of those seats with a strong vote share of 49.1%, a lot greater than its total 36% share in the State and in addition trumping the Congress’ 42.7% and leads in 4 seats. The BJP was additionally forward of the Congress in vote share phrases in the Bengaluru area (45% vs 41.4%, 16 vs 11 seats).
In total vote share phrases, the Congress had a wholesome lead over the BJP – ~43% vs 36% even because the JD(S) has gained a 13% share, down by 5% factors since 2018 however sufficient to guide in 19 seats in South Karnataka and denying the Congress social gathering a landslide in the method.
