Karnataka Assembly election: BJP gains in vote share, but Congress ahead

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 36.2 per cent of the votes in the Karnataka election — its highest since the party first contested the state polls in 1983.
 
However, its rivals — the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) with a 18.3 per cent vote share and the Congress  with a 38 per cent vote share — have a combined vote share of 56.3 per cent.
 
The vote share of the JD(S), the  results show, was its lowest in nearly two decades since 1999 when it had a vote share of 10.4 per cent.
 
The Congress’ vote