New Delhi: Congress won an absolute majority in Karnataka on Saturday with the party crossing the halfway mark of 113 seats in the 224-member assembly.
According to the latest trends of the Election Commission of India, Congress has won 121 seats and is leading in 15 more seats. Bharatiya Janata Party has won 56 seats and is leading on 8 others.
JD(S) has won 18 seats and is leading on 3. Independents have won two seats while Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha have won one seat each.
Earlier, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP will come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Meanwhile, addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said, “Nafrat ki baazar band ho gayi hai, mohabbat ki dukaan khul gayi hai.”(Market of hatred has shut down, shop of love has opened).
Elections were held on May 10 in the southern state and saw a voting percentage of 72. 68 per cent.
The state witnessed a three-cornered contest between the BJP, Congress, and the Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular)
The current term of the government will end on May 24, 2023.
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