Published On : Tue, May 15th, 2018

Karnataka Election Results Live

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4:03 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa addresses a press conference. “Thank you voters for rejecting the Siddaramaiah government. Siddaramaiah lost in his own constituency. Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s leadership, we have made a Congress-mukt Karnataka,” says Yeddyurappa.


3:50 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP to stake claim to form government as it becomes single largest party in Karnataka.


3:45 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to sources the Congress-JDS agreement says CM, 11 ministers from JDS and Deputy CM and 21 ministers from Congress.


3:39 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “JD(S) had always maintained that HD Kumaraswamy will be CM. As per results, we’re doing everything to keep BJP out of power. Congress has extended its support, we have accepted it. We will jointly go to meet Governor after 5.30 pm today,” says Danish Ali of JD(S).


3:17 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Senior BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar, Dharmendra Pradhan and JP Nadda to fly to Bengaluru immediately.

Current numbers
BJP 104
Congress 76
JDS 39
BSP 1
Others 2


3:15 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP President Amit Shah speaks to CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa says he will seek time from the Governor, Vajubhai Vala, to meet him in the evening.


3:02 Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “We (Congress & JDS) are jointly meeting the Governor in the evening today,” says KC Venugopal of Congress.


2:58 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “We have had a telephonic talk with Devegowda ji and his son Kumaraswamy ji and they have agreed to take our support,” says Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad.


2:52 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “We thank voters and accept their mandate. No party has got full majority. We are giving support to JDS to form government,” says Karnataka Congress chief G Parameswar.


2:44 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has lost from the Chamundeshwari seat. He is meanwhile leading on the Badami seat.


2:38 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “Just one time, I want BJP to head into elections with ballot papers & not EVMs. All the apprehensions will go away,” says Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.


2:36 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BSP makes history in Karnataka, party’s N Mahesh wins from Kollegal constituency.


2:20 Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Talks are on between Congress and JDS. According to reports, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has told senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to let JDS’s Kumaraswamy become the Chief Minister.

This is what the current numbers look like
BJP 106
Congress 73
JDS 41
Others 2


2:10 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Sources say that the JDS and the Congress are in talks to form the government with each other’s support if the current trend prevails. As of now, BJP is leading on 106 seats, Congress 73, JDS 41, Others 3


1:51 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa has won from the Shikaripura assembly seat by 35,397 votes. The tally currently stands at BJP-107, Congress-72, JD(S)-41.


1:38 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now at 107 seats while the Congress and JD(S) maintain 70 and 40, respectively.


1:20 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Official EC trends – BJP now leading on 106 seats, Congress 76, JD(S)+ 38 , Others 02


12:59 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP’s lead has slipped to 108 now while Congress is ahead on 72 seats and JDS on 41. Others 2


12:48 PM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to the latest trends, BJP has slipped below the majority mark. BJP now leading on 110 seats, Congress 70, JDS 40, Others 2


11:43 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “People of Karnataka want good governance, that is why they have chosen BJP. This is a big victory for the party. Congress is losing state after state & we are winning state after state,” says Prakash Javadekar, BJP Karnataka in-charge.


11:40 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “Rahul Gandhi did his best, but it is we who have lost the elections. We, the local leadership, should have en-cashed it in a proper way & because of which we lost it,” says DK Shivkumar, Karnataka Minister.


11:32 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: “I am saying it from day 1, there is no political party in India which has not raised questions on EVMs, even BJP has done it in the past. Now when all parties are doubting EVMs then what problem does BJP have in conducting polls through ballot,” asks Mohan Prakash of Congress.


11:28 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP President Amit Shah is set to address a press conference at 3 pm today.


11:18 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Latest on the numbers – BJP 117, Congress 63, JDS 40, Others 2


10:46 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP’s CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa wins from the Shikaripura seat.


10:38 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Big news update, BJP has crossed the half way mark and now looks set to form the government in the state on its own. The BJP is now leading on 112 seats, Congress on 61, JDS 48, Others 1.


10:21 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: BJP has hit the half-way mark of 111 according to the latest trends. Congress is now ahead on 61 seats, JDS on 48.


10:18 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: JDS’s HD Kumarswamy is leading on Ramanagara seat and trailing on Channapatna seat.


10:09 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Trends are now in for all 222 seats in Karnataka that went to polls. The BJP is short of majority by just 2 seats and is leading on 110 seats. Congress on 62, JDS 48, Others 2


10:05 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Celebrations have begun at the BJP office in Bengaluru as party inches closer to the half-way mark and is leading on 107 seats.


10:03 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: In the Belagavi district, BJP is leading on 9 seats, Congress on 4. In Shimoga – BJP 5, JDS 2


10:01 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to the latest Election Commission trend, BJP is leading on 85 seats, Congress on 47, JD(S) ahead on 35 seats, Others 02


10:00 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to vote share so far on the Election Commission website, BJP has got 38.2 per cent votes, Congress 37.6 per cent, JDS 17.2 per cent


9:57 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The BJP has its chance of getting simple majority. The party is just 5 seats away from majority as per latest trends. Here are the latest trends

BJP 107
Congress 63
JDS 42
Others 2


9:39 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The JDS’s tally has risen to 41 seats now and the Congress has gone down to 65 in the latest trends. The BJP is leading on 102 seats.


9:28 AM IST Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: And the neck and neck fight now seems to be turning into a one-sided match. The BJP is now leading on 100 seats, Congress on 76, JDS on 34.


9:23 AM Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The Congress’s tally has dipped to 83 in trends. BJP is leading on 93. JDS’s tally has gone up to 34.


9:20 AM: Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to the latest trends, BJP is leading on 93, Congress on 88, JDS on 29


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to the latest trend, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is trailing by over 11,000 votes on the Chamundeshwari seat.


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Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Karnataka Election Results 2018: Siddaramaiah in Neck-and-neck Battle at Badami And Chamundeshwari


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates : This is turning out to be like a last over match. It’s a super close fight between the Congress and the BJP. BJP 93, Congress 91, JDS 26


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Trends in for 208 seats now, BJP leading on 93 seats, Congress 88, JDS 26, Others 1


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The BJP is now leading on 88 seats while Congress is ahead on 72. JDS is leading on 26 seats.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is leading on Badami seat while he is trailing on Chamundeshwari. Meanwhile, according to the latest trend – BJP is now leading on 70 seats, Congress on 68, JDS 26 and Others on 1.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: The JDS is picking up fast. The party is now leading on 26. Congress is leading on 65 seats, BJP on 60. This seems to be heading to a hung Assembly.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Latest trends see a shift now – BJP leading on 50 seats, Congress on 48, JDS 14, Others 1


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: Latest trends on counting of votes in for 90 seats – Congress 43, BJP 36, JDS 10, Others 1. Siddaramaiah trailing on both Badami and Chamundeshwari seats.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to latest trends, Congress is now leading on 25 seats, BJP on 19 and JDS on 8 seats.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: According to the emerging trends, CM Siddaramaiah is trailing on the Badami seat while CM Yeddyurappa is leading on Shikaripur seat.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: First trends in – Congress leading on 17 seats, BJP on 6, JDS on 4.


Karnataka Election Results 2018 Live updates: First trend is in. Congress leading on 8 seats while BJP is ahead on 4.