Karnataka Election results 2018 LIVE: BJP leads in Lingayat dominated areas
Karnataka election result 2018 will be
declared soon. Backing the exit polls, the satta bazaar is of the opinion that
the Modi wave is still intact and it is betting big on a BJP win. LIVE updates
Karnataka Election: The high-stakes battle
for the 222-seat Karnataka Assembly ended on Saturday and India will soon know
the outcome. The counting of votes is underway, and according to the procedure,
postal ballots were counted first. Initial trends are expected to be in by 9
am. "All arrangements have been made for counting of votes in 222 seats
from 8 am onwards at 38 centres in 30 districts, including five in Bengaluru
where polling was held in 26 of the 28 segments," Chief Electoral Officer
Sanjiv Kumar said. A record 72.36 per cent of the 50.7 million electors cast
their votes, with 27,908 in defence services exercising their franchise through
postal ballots. The Election Commission has deployed 16,662 personnel for
counting of votes amid tight security. "Postal ballots will be counted
first before the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are opened," Kumar
said.
Karnataka
election has been billed as the biggest political battle of 2018. The Bharatiya
Janata Party’s (BJP's) bid to reclaim the state has faced its toughest
challenge from one man - chief minister Siddaramaiah, who looks to beat
incumbency. Who will Karnataka pick? The voters have decided and the entire
nation will know the Karnataka election 2018 result today.
Meanwhile,
four of the seven polling agencies predicted in their exit polls that the BJP
would emerge the single-largest party today. While most exit polls predicted a
hung Assembly with the BJP ahead, two said the BJP would either come very close
to or cross the halfway mark of 112 seats, while the India Today-Axis exit poll
said the Congress might bag a majority. All exit polls gave the H D
Deve Gowda led Janata Dal (Secular) nearly two dozen seats or more, which could
make it the kingmaker in case of a hung Assembly.
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