As the Karnataka election results showed the BJP had taken a big lead, the Congress reached out to former prime minister Deve Gowda’s JD(S) on Tuesday to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party out of power in the southern state that registered a voter turnout of more than 72% on May 12. The leaders from the BJP and JD(S) met Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala to stake their claim of forming the government.In the state where exit polls projected a hung assembly after a bitterly fought electoral battle, the Narendra-Modi led BJP won 104 seats, the Congress 78 and the JD(S) 37. Others/independents won three seats.
Karnataka General (Lok Sabha) Election 2019 Results. Map showing the constituency and party wise Karnataka parliamentary voting current results for 2019, karnataka final election results. Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2018. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, following the death of the MLA BN Vijaya Kumar and a voter fraud scandal respectively till May 28, 2018. The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13%, which is the highest in Karnataka since 1952 Assembly polls. The counting of votes took place on 15th May 2018.
Results were being declared for 222 of the 224 seats in assembly, with voting in two constituencies countermanded.Also read:Here are the highlights of the Karnataka election results 2018. If there is difference b/w EVM count & paper slip count,paper slip count prevails.Winning margin in Hubli Dharwad Constituency is more than 20000 & VVPAT slips counted in polling station no 135 A is only 459.Hence RO declared Jagadish Shettar as the winner: EC — ANI (@ANI)11:10pm: “I believe if the Congress and the JD(S) prove that they have support of 116 MLAs and the governor still does not give them the opportunity to form government, its reverberations might be seen in Parliament and it may be disrupted for several days,” says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. 11:05pm: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “unwarranted comments” on panchayat polls in West Bengal, the TMC says Modi’s remarks are out of frustration as the BJP could not win a majority in Karnataka.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before questioning us, should answer on the anarchy that his party has created throughout the country,” TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee says.10:59pm: Twitter verifies JD(S) chief minister candidate Kumaraswamy’s handle. Kumaraswamy has 12,716 followers on Twitter, which introduces him as the former chief minister of Karnataka and JD(S) State president. 10:53pm: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Siddaramiah, HD Deve Gowda and other Congress and JD(S) leaders leave after a meeting in Bengaluru’s Ashoka Hotel.10:05pm: “Karnataka assembly results have brought down Muslim representation in the assembly and this should be a cause of concern for every political party which believes in diversity and pluralism,” says AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.“I spoke to HD Kumaraswamy and congratulated him for his party’s victory. I am sure as he will discharge his constitutional responsibility in a better way as compared to his predecessors and Karnataka will progress under his leadership,” Owaisi adds.
9:40pm: “Tomorrow at 10:30am in BJP legislative party meeting, I am going to be elected as party leader. After that, all MLAs are going to meet the governor to request him to allow BJP to form the government. Now the ball is in the court of the governor. We will do as he decides,” says BS Yeddyurappa.9:35pm: “There is a precedence in Goa and Manipur where the Congress, despite emerging as the single largest party, was not called to form the government. So it depends on the governor,” says West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.“I think because the Congress and Deve Gowda’s party has already requested the governor stating that they want to form the government together.
We must give respect to our democratic set up,” Mamata adds.9:27pm: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad says if the Karnataka governor invites BJP to form the government, it would mean that he was “openly inviting horse trading, corruption and defection in the parties.”Azad says the Congress and JD(S) have adequate numbers to form the government and that the coalition would provide a stable government. 5:30pm: Congress to hold all-party meeting at the state party headquarters in Bengaluru tomorrow at 8am.5:26pm: “Just now we met the governor because we are the single largest party, and that he allows us to prove majority in the assembly,” says BS Yeddyurappa. The BJP leader says he has urged governor Vajubhai Vala to let him prove majority support in the Karnataka assembly.5:18pm: BJP leaders BS Yeddyurappa, Ananth Kumar, Shobha Karandlaje and Rajeev Chandrasekhar enter Raj Bhavan: ANI.5:12pm: “100% we will form the government,” The BJP leader says he along with Union minister Ananth Kumar will meet Karnataka governor this evening to stake claim.5:10pm: JD(S)’s HD Kumaraswamy leaves for Raj Bhawan to meet Karnataka governor in Bengaluru: ANI.5:05pm: “Congress and JDS have 117, we need 111 to form the government. Since we were in power, and we lost, we have given our support for JD(S)-led government. BJP has 104, we are ahead of them,” says Ghulam Nabi Azad of Congress.4:54pm: “I have taken an appointment with Karnataka governor for 5pm.
We should be forming the government as we are the single largest party,” says BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, according to ANI.4:45pm: “I am here with our independent MLA. The independent MLA Mr Nagesh and other MLAs are with us. We have the numbers. We want a secular government in Karnataka,” says DK Shivakumar of Congress.4:24pm: JD(S)’s HD Kumaraswamy seeks appointment from the governor of Karnataka in the evening, writes we have accepted to form the government: ANI. Letter written by JD(S)’s HD Kumaraswamy to governor of Karnataka.(ANI/Twitter)4:11pm: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah submits his resignation to the Governor: ANI. The Congress accepts the verdict in the Karnataka elections, will support the JD(S) to form a government.4.05pm: and the Congress suffered a pathetic defeat, says BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa.Congress is trying to grab power in Karnataka.
The people have rejected the Congress and accepted BJP. People are moving towards Congress-mukt Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa. “We will decide the future course of action after consulting leadership.”4:01pm: Chief minister Siddaramaiah enters the Governor’s house in Bengaluru: ANI.4:00pm: Siddaramaiah loses to Deve Gowda of the JD(S) in the Chamundeshwari seat by over 35,000 votes, Election Commission data shows.3:40pm: JD(S) leader Saravana tells ANI, “Wait and watch, the cup will be ours.”3:38pm: JD(S) had always maintained that HD Kumaraswamy will be CM. As per results, we are doing everything to keep BJP out of power. Congress has extended its support, we have accepted it. 12:30pm: Siddaramaiah wins Badami constituency with a margin of about 4,000 votes.12:25pm: Had the Congress formed an alliance with the JD (S) before the Karnataka assembly election, the poll outcome would have been “very different”, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee says, adding: “Congratulations to the winners of Karnataka polls.
Those who lost, fight back.”12:11pm:Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman says it is a historic day for the BJP and the win was an endorsement of Modi’s development agenda. People have rejected divisive, toxic and negative politics of the Congress, PTI quotes her as saying.12:10pm: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying somebody was dreaming of becoming prime minister, a reference to Gandhi’s statement during the Karnataka poll campaign that he was ready for the job if his party emerged victorious in the next Lok Sabha elections, according to PTI.12:05pm: Five of the 7 JD(S) rebel leaders are trailing. A supporter of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing a mask of Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign as he celebrates early leads for the party in the Karnataka state elections in Bengaluru.(AP File Photo)11:25am: Chief minister’s son, Yathindra Siddaramaiah is leading in Varuna.11:20am: Congress rakes up the EVM-tampering row. “I am saying it from day one, there is no political party in India which has not raised questions on EVMs, even the BJP has done it in the past. 9:33am: BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia says the party is confident of winning the assembly election.