Karnataka Assembly election results live updates | Counting of votes to begin shortly; security arrangements tightened

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The counting of votes polled for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, which witnessed a fierce fight between archrivals BJP and the Congress, besides the JD(S) will be taken up on May 13 as the parties are waiting with bated breath to know their fate over the possibility of a hung assembly...

Having banked on the Modi juggernaut, the ruling BJP is looking to break a 38-year-old poll jinx where the people have never voted the incumbent party to power, while the Congress is hoping for a morale booster victory to give it a much-needed elbow room and momentum to position itself as the main opposition player in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections...

In the run-up to the elections, a large part of the political action in Karnataka was consumed by the layered narratives to woo the Vokkaligas, the dominant land-owning community in the Old Mysore region where the Janata Dal (Secular) and its traditional rival Congress rule the roost...

Poll results for Dharwad district likely by afternoon. Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Gurudatta Hegde has said that the counting of votes for the election to seven Assembly constituencies in Dharwad district is likely to conclude by afternoon on Saturday and the results would be announced immediately as per ECI guidelines...

The counting of votes for the aggressively contested Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 will be held on Saturday, three days after the voting concluded to elect the 224 members of the State Assembly...

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