Key Points
As soon as the polling is declared closed, agencies like CVoter, Lokniti-CSDS, Axis My India and Today's Chanakya are expected to release their exit poll results on TV channels..
Polling is being held for 224 seats in the state where the stakes are high for both the BJP and the Congress..
The ruling BJP is eyeing to script history while a combative Congress eyes a comeback ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls...
A total of 5,31,33,054 electors are eligible to cast their vote in 58,545 polling stations across the state, where 2,615 candidates are in the fray, in what is being seen mainly as a three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular)..
He urged the young and urban voters and participate actively in the "festival of democracy, defeating the prevalent trend of urban apathy in the state"..
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