Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Results Live: Karnataka is central to the BJP's plans to make deeper inroads into the states of south India. It was in Karnataka that the BJP tasted victory for the first time in south, when BS Yediyurappa snatched power sans crossing the magic numbers.
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In May 2023, the Congress came into power in the state under the leadership of chief minister Siddaramaiah and his Deputy DK Shivakumar. In the 224-member House, the Congress has 135 MLAs and the backing of two others while the BJP was limited to 67 seats. The saffron camp was humbled even at its traditional bastions in Central and North Karnataka
But since 2004, when the Grand Old Party won 18 of the 28 seats, the Congress has never managed to cross the two-digit mark. In 2019, BJP won 25 of the 27 seats it contested, while the Janata Dal (S) and the Congress managed just one each. The BJP claimed 52% of total votes polled in Karnataka while Congress got only 31.3%.
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JD(S) is in alliance with BJP this time and is contesting three seats. However, more than the switching of sides, the regional socialist party is in the news ahead of the results due to another reason. Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is also the grandson of party patriarch H. D. Deve Gowda is facing a probe over facing sexual abuse allegations. The JD(S) leader had fled the country but returned from Germany on Friday and was immediately arrested by the SIT at the Bengaluru airport. A special court in the city remanded him to police custody till June 6.
While the scandal broke out amidst the polling, the NDA is confident that the episode will not hamper their fortunes in Karnataka.
Elaborate arrangements have been put in place with the deployment of more than 13,000 staff at the 29 counting centres across Karnataka for the counting of votes on Tuesday for the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies.
What did Exit Polls say about Karnataka Lok Sabha results:
Most exit polls said that the state is likely to be dominated by the BJP. The pollsters have predicted NDA getting 20 to 25 seats while the INDIA bloc winning 2 to 7 seats. However, KPCC chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday reiterated that the exit polls would go wrong like they did during the Karnataka Assembly elections last year. DK pointed out that Exit polls had predicted that the Congress party would not come to power during the last Assembly elections, but they were wrong.
Karnataka Lok Sabha Polls 2024 results: Here is the constituency-wise list of winners from the state, along with their victory margin. The table will updated as soon as the results are officially declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI):
Seat No.
Constituency
Winner
Party
Margin
1
Chikkodi
2
Belgaum
3
Bagalkot
4
Bijapur
5
Gulbarga
6
Raichur
7
Bidar
8
Koppal
9
Bellary
10
Haveri
11
Dharwad
12
Uttara Kannada
13
Davanagere
14
Shimoga
15
Udupi Chikmagalur
16
Hassan
17
Dakshina Kannada
18
Chitradurga
19
Tumkur
20
Mandya
21
Mysore
22
Chamarajanagar
23
Bangalore Rural
24
Bangalore North
25
Bangalore Central
26
Bangalore South
27
Chikkaballapur
28
Kolar
(With inputs from Keerthana Menon)
