New Delhi: With a 42.88 per cent vote share, the Congress celebration has created historical past by registering the largest vote share by any celebration within the (*34*) meeting polls within the final 34 years. In the 2023 meeting elections, outcomes of which had been declared on Saturday, the grand previous celebration received 135 seats and secured a whopping 42.88 per cent of the vote share. This is seen as the largest victory for any celebration in (*34*) since 1989.Â
Congress Secured 43.76% Votes In 1989
Activist Yogendra Yadav took to Twitter and mentioned that that is going to be the largest victory for “any party in Karnataka” in 34 years by vote share and seat. Yadav claimed that it was in 1989 throughout Veerendra Patil’s regime when the grand previous celebration had received 178 seats with a vote share of 43.76 per cent.Â
According to figures posted by Yadav on Twitter, the Congress received 132 seats in (*34*) with a vote share of 40.84 per cent in 1999. This was adopted by the celebration’s second win with 122 seats and a vote share of 36.6 per cent in 2013.
Similarly, in 1994, JDS received a complete of 115 seats with 33.54 per cent of a vote share. In 2008, BJP received 110 seats with a vote proportion of 36.86. This was adopted by BJP within the 2018 meeting elections, whereby it received 104 seats with a vote proportion of 36.3. BJP had in 2004, acquired a complete of 79 seats with a vote proportion of 28.33.
An incumbent authorities has not returned to energy in (*34*) after a full time period of 5 years since 1985 as no political celebration might win a successive mandate within the state.
It final occurred in 1985, when the Ramakrishna Hegde-led Janata Party was voted into energy. So far, (*34*) had 23 chief ministers since 1952. Basavaraj Bommai served because the twenty third Chief Minister since 2021. In the 2018 meeting polls, BJP emerged as the one largest celebration with 104 seats, Congress received 80 seats and JD(S) acquired 37 seats.
According to the Election Commission of India, Congress received 135 seats. BJP managed to win 66 seats. JD(S) received 19 seats, whereas 4 seats had been received by others. Pertinent to say, the (*34*) election was a serious victory for Congress after Kharge grew to become celebration president.
BJP Mukt South India: Kharge
The Congress victory has come at a time when it’s looking for momentum forward of meeting polls later this 12 months in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana and the Lok Sabha polls subsequent 12 months. On the opposite hand, for BJP, the defeat has come as a setback because it ended up shedding the one southern state it dominated.
Congress president additionally took the “BJP Mukt South India” jibe on the saffron celebration after the outcomes. After the outcomes, outgoing CM Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday tendered his resignation to Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
PM Modi Congratulates Congress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Congress over its victory in meeting polls. He appreciated the laborious work of BJP staff and mentioned that the celebration will serve (*34*) with much more vigour within the instances to come back. “Congratulations to the Congress Party for their victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls. My best wishes to them in fulfilling people’s aspirations,” PM Modi mentioned in a tweet.
He added, “I thank all those who have supported us in the Karnataka elections. I appreciate the hard work of BJP Karyakartas. We shall serve Karnataka with even more vigour in the times to come”. Congress chief and former MP Rahul Gandhi hailed the celebration’s victory in (*34*) meeting polls and mentioned that the folks of the state defeated the “politics of hate”.
Speaking to reporters on the Congress headquarters within the nationwide capital, Rahul Gandhi mentioned that the Congress stood with the poor. “The poor defeated crony capitalists in Karnataka…We fought the elections with love…,” he mentioned.
Siddaramaiah To Be New (*34*) CM Â
Highly positioned sources confirmed that senior Congress chief Siddaramaiah would be the subsequent Chief Minister of (*34*) and celebration’s state unit president D Ok Shivakumar will probably be his deputy, Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge is anticipated to make a proper announcement on this regard on Monday after the celebration’s spectacular victory within the essential meeting elections held within the southern state.
(*34*) went to the polls on May 10 for the 224-member state meeting and noticed a file polling of 72.68 per cent. A celebration wanted 113 seats to get the bulk.Â
