Karnataka Election LIVE: 5.3 crore voters decide fate of 2,615 candidates today

 Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE updates: Polling is scheduled across 58,545 polling stations including auxiliary polling stations.
People waiting in queue to cast their votes in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar
People waiting in queue to cast their votes in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar(HT PHOTO)

Karnataka votes to elect a new government today as stakes are high for the BJP and higher for the Congress with 2,615 candidates in the fray for 224 assembly constituencies. Polling is scheduled across 58,545 polling stations including auxiliary polling stations and a total of 42,48,028 new voters have been registered to vote for the elections.

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As many as 5.3 crore voters are going to cast their vote in 58,545 polling stations in 37,777 locations, the Election Commission of India said. Of this, 11,71,558 are young voters and 12,15,920 are 80 senior citizen voters.

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    May 10, 2023 10:29 AM IST

    Karnataka CM Bommai on Congress

    Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said to ANI, "Congress track record about corruption - a lot of people are out on bail. There are corruption charges and more than 60 cases have been filed with Lokayukta against former CM and others. What are they saying...?

    May 10, 2023 10:25 AM IST

    Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena casts his vote at Hebbal constituency

    May 10, 2023 10:15 AM IST

    Residents of Elligye Hundi in Mysuru’s Chamundeshwari threatened to boycott voting

    Residents of Elligye Hundi in Mysuru’s Chamundeshwari constituency have threatened to boycott the election citing a lack of development. Election Commission officials have approached the village asking to cast their vote.

    May 10, 2023 10:11 AM IST

    Basavaraj Bommai will win with more than 50,000 votes: Wife of Karnataka CM

    "He (Basavaraj Bommai) will win with more than 50,000 votes. BJP is winning the election and will get more than 150 seats," says the wife of Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai.

    May 10, 2023 10:10 AM IST

    I am 200% confident Congress party will have 141 seats: DK Shivakumar

    I am 200% confident Congress party will have 141 seats. We will win an absolute majority..," says Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar

    May 10, 2023 10:08 AM IST

    Very good response from the people: Congress leader Jagadish Shettar

    May 10, 2023 10:05 AM IST

    People should come out and vote: BJP leader Sadananda Gowda

    "People should come out and vote. The assurances given by my party have been fulfilled and I hope that people will accept the party whose assurances have been fulfilled," says Former Karnataka CM & BJP leader Sadananda Gowda

    May 10, 2023 10:00 AM IST

    We are happy that Congress is doing some kind of puja at least: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya

        #WATCH | "Karnataka which is the land of Bajrang Bali will answer all these things on 13th May. We welcome DK Shivakumar and Congress party offering prayers to LPG cylinders, we are happy that Congress is doing some kind of puja at least," says BJP MP Tejasvi Surya… pic.twitter.com/2xL9H1pKWJ
        — ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2023

    May 10, 2023 09:58 AM IST

    A bride casts her vote at polling booth in Kapu constituency
    HT_PHOTO
    HT_PHOTO

    May 10, 2023 09:56 AM IST

    Karnataka celebrates its Festival of democracy: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya

    Karnataka celebrates its Festival of democracy with a focus to vote for development, tweets BJP MP Tejasvi Surya.

    May 10, 2023 09:54 AM IST

    ‘I am 100% that my husband will win’: Wife of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar

    "I am 100% that my husband will win. Congress govt will come. It (The Kerala Story) will not have any effect in Karnataka. I appeal to people to vote for Congress," says wife of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar to ANI.

    May 10, 2023 09:45 AM IST

    7.88% voting recorded till 9 am

    Voting recorded till 9 am in State - 7.88%

    Bengaluru north - 7.55%

    Bengaluru south - 6.55%

    Bengaluru city - 9.11%

    Bengaluru rural - 7.72%

    May 10, 2023 09:43 AM IST

    Karnataka minister & BJP leader Narayana Gowda along with his family cast his vote

    May 10, 2023 09:38 AM IST

    Clash broke out between the Congress and BJP workers in Karnataka's Chitradurga

    A clash has broken out between the BJP and the Congress workers at Karnataka’s Chitradurga on Wednesday morning. Both the workers of the Congress and the BJP were seen hurling abuses at each other and disrupting the traffic on polling day. Read more

    May 10, 2023 09:37 AM IST

    Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai along with family votes in Shiggon constituency

    Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai along with family votes in Shiggon constituency.

    May 10, 2023 09:36 AM IST

    Polling stopped in a booth in Chamnur village

    Polling stopped in Booth #178 Chamnur village as the Presiding Officer is prompting/influencing people to vote for BJP, tweets Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge.

    May 10, 2023 09:33 AM IST

    BJP Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel arrives at a polling booth in Mangaluru to cast his vote

    BJP Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel arrives at a polling booth in Mangaluru to cast his vote.

    May 10, 2023 09:13 AM IST

    Nirmala Sitharaman, Yediyurappa, Narayana Murthy among early voters

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy along with wife Sudha Murty, and Mysuru royal family member 'Rajamate' Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, were among the early voters who cast their ballot in the Karnataka Assembly polls.

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Karnataka election 2023: Exit poll today; here's what opinion polls predicted so far | Mint

  Voting for the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka has begun on Wednesday morning. The voting will take place till 6 PM and thereafter, the exit poll will be out. A total of 2,615 candidates are in the fray. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a second term in the state and has exuded confidence in retaining power with a full majority. Whereas the Congress campaigned hard to wrest power from the BJP. The campaign for the Karnataka election ended on Monday evening. With the war of words between top guns of all the major political parties, the campaigns of the election of the southern citadel saw allegations and accusations flying thick and fast.
Karnataka election 2023 exit polls:

Most of the opinion polls have projected victory of Congress in the southern citadel. The outcome of the Karnataka election will be out on 13 May (Saturday). The majority mark to form the government in Karnataka is 113 seats.

    ABP News-C Voter: Congress may win 110 to 122 seats; BJP 73 to 85 and JD(S) 21 to 29.
    India TV-CNX: Congress may win 105 seats while the BJP could see 85 seats. JD(S) may win 32 seats.
    India Today-CVoter: Congress predicted to win 107-119 seats while the BJP could win 74-86 seats
    Eedina opinion poll: Majority for the Congress with 132 to 140 seats while the BJP is predicted to win 57-65 seats.
    Zee News-Matrize Opinion Poll: BJP could win 103 to 115 seats. Congress is predicted to win 79 to 91 seats and JD(S) could win 26-36 seats.

A Narayana, a political analyst, said there is voters' anger against the ruling BJP government in the state.

"If this anger somehow translates into voting, the BJP has reasons to worry and the Congress has reasons to rejoice," he said.

Sandeep Shastri, another expert, said the situation seems to be like that. "The Congress has its nose ahead."

Some of the key constituencies which will make a major mark in the polls are Varuna, Kanakapura, Shiggaon, Hubli-Darwad, Channapatna, Shikaripura, Chittapur, Ramanagara, and Chikmagalur.

Karnataka's Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is contesting from the Shiggaon constituency where he has won three consecutive terms.

Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah is contesting from Varuna which is also his sitting seat with a winning streak starting from 2008.

BJP's veteran leader and former CM BS Yediyurappa has fielded his son from Shikaripur.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar will be contesting from Kanakapura.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge will be contesting from the Chittapur Assembly constituency.

Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is contesting from Channapatna. Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Deve Gowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy will be contesting from the Ramanagara Assembly constituency after hitting a loss in the 2019 elections. Significantly, Karnataka is the only state in the South where BJP is in power.

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