Karnataka election result LIVE: Yeddyurappa to be sworn-in as CM tomorrow

Karnataka stalemate: The Congress and the JD(S) are both trying to guard their flock with the BJP looking for at least eight more seats to reach magic mark of 112

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BJP CM candidate Yeddyurappa is leading from his candidature seat Shikaripura from about 3,400 votes.

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Vote shares released so far by EC: Congress leads with 41.1%; BJP close behind at 40.7%

 

INC - 41.1%,1,59,081 votes

BJP - 40.7%,1,57,565 votes

JD(S) - 12.9%, 49,843 votes

IND - 2.5%, 9,835 votes

SDPI - 0.4%,1,659 votes

AIMEP - 0.4%,1,538 votes

CPM - 0.3%,1,197 votes

NOTA - 0.9%, 3,530 votes

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Karnataka Election Result: CM candidates's constituencies
 

BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa is contesting from Shikaripura against Congress’ G B Malatesha. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is taking on BJP's B Sriramulu, Janardhan Reddy's close aide and sitting lawmaker, in Badami constituency. The CM is also contesting from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru. JD(S) chief and former CM H D Kumaraswamy is contesting from Ramanagara and the neighbouring Channapatna constituencies.

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BJP leads in Lingayat dominated regions

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Who all are contesting from Bellary
 

As many as 28 candidates from different political parties including the independents are contesting from Bellary city.  The list includes BJP candidate G Somasekhara Reddy, Congress candidate Anil H Lad, JD(S) candidate Mohamad Iqbal Hothur. Other candidates are PPOI's P Vijayalakshmi, Samajwadi Party's Jumari B, JD(U)'s Tapal Ganesh, NCP's Mohammed Ismail, KPJP's Mekala Eswara Reddy, SHS's U. Urukundu,  APOI's H.V. Kiran, AIMEP's M. Jayaramulu, BBKD's Tejesh Kumar. M. Patil, JP's D. Parthasarathy, BDBJP's Rajasab, KJP's Hafeez Mohammed Ismail Alias. The Independent candidates are  P Narayana Murthy,Gangi Reddy,M.M. Ananda Kumar, Altaf Hussain,E Iramma,BV Tejas, Ane Narayana Swamy,Madhusudana. P, Dr. K.R.Ravikumar, Valisab. P, B Shekharbabu, Srinivas Yadav, and Handi Rafeeq Sab.

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Karnataka Election 2018: Major candidates in Bangalore South

 

There are a total of 5,81,422 voters in the constituency. Among them, 3,11,427 are male, 2,69,878 female and 103 are others. The basic literacy rate in the area is 85 per cent and the electorate sex ratio in the constituency is 86.66. BJP's M Krishnappa, popularly known as “Layout Krishnappa" won the Bangalore South constituency in the previous polls in 2013 and 2008. A class X pass out, Krishnappa has no criminal cases to his record and is contesting for the saffron party in 2018. JD(S) who has also performed decently in the constituency in the previous polls has fielded R Prabhakar Reddy. RK Ramesh, meanwhile, will contest for the seat from Congress party.

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BJP, Congress neck-and-neck at 8.52 am

 

Congress - 78; BJP - 80; JD(S) and allied parties -25; Others - 0

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Gowda leads in Chamundeshwari constituency

 

JD(S) candidate GT Deve Gowda is currently leading with 5,016 votes in the Chamundeswari Assembly constituency.

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Facts:

 

Congress won 122 seats in 2013, up from 80 in 2008; vote share in seats contested up to 37% in 2013 from 35% in 2008. BJP won 40 seats in 2013, down from 110 in 2008. Vote share in seats contested down to 20% in 2013 from 34% in 2008.

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Party	Trends	Won	Total
BJP	54
Congress	59
JD(S)	16
Others