An aged girl voter reveals her inked finger after casting a vote for the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 at Government Kannada Senior Primary School, Shankar Nagar in Basavan Bagewadi constituency, on May 10.
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Exit polls on May 10 predicted a decent contest between the Congress and the BJP in the high-stakes Karnataka Assembly polls with most pollsters giving an edge to the grand previous celebration.
India Today-Axis My India predicted a transparent majority for the Congress with 122-140 seats in the 224-member meeting and gave the BJP 62-80 seats. It gave 20-25 seats to the JD (S), the third main participant in the race.
News 24-Today’s Chanakya additionally forecast a majority for the Congress with 120 seats as towards 92 seats for the BJP and 12 for the JD(S).
The results of the three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) will probably be introduced on May 13.
While the ABP News-C Voter exit ballot predicted that the Congress would get 100-112 seats, BJP 83-95, JD(S) 21-29, the Republic TV-P MARQ forecast that the Congress will get 94-108 seats, the BJP 85-100 and JD(S) 24-32.
The India TV-CNX exit polls gave the Congress 110-120 seats and the BJP 80-90 seats. They predicted 20-24 seats for the JD (S).
The TV9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat exit ballot said that the Congress is probably going to get 99-109 seats, the BJP 88-98 and the JD(S) 21-26 whereas the Zee News-Matrize Agency predicted that the Congress would get 103-118, the BJP 79-94 and the JD(S) 25-33.
The News Nation-CGS ballot mentioned the BJP would get 114 seats, the Congress 86 and the JD(S) 21. The Suvarna News-Jan Ki Baat forecast that the BJP was possible to win 94-117, Congress 91-106 and the JD(S) 14-24.
Times Now-ETG exit polls gave 113 seats to the Congress and 85 to the BJP. It predicted 23 seats for JD (S).
Reacting to the predictions, the Congress tweeted, “As the exit polls roll in, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Congress party is on track for a resounding victory.” It tagged screenshots of exit polls by India Today-Axis My India and News 24-Today’s Chanakya, each of which predicted a transparent majority for the Congress.
In the 2018 Assembly elections, BJP emerged as the only largest celebration by successful 104 seats out of a complete of 224, adopted by the Congress at 80 and JD(S) at 37. There was one impartial member, whereas BSP and Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janata Party (KPJP) had one legislator every.
With no celebration having a transparent majority and because the Congress and JD(S) had been attempting to forge an alliance, B S Yediyurappa of BJP staked a declare and shaped the federal government. However, it had to resign inside three days forward of the belief vote, unable to muster the required numbers.
Subsequently, the Congress-JD(S) alliance shaped the federal government with Kumaraswamy as CM, however the wobbly dispensation collapsed in 14 months as 17 legislators resigned and got here out of the ruling coalition and defected to the BJP, facilitating it to come again to energy.
In the by-polls held subsequently in 2019, the ruling celebration received 12 out of 15 seats.
In the outgoing Assembly, BJP has 116 MLAs, adopted by the Congress at 69, and JD(S) at 29.
