After voting on 28 Lok Sabha seats of Karnataka, counting of votes is going on on Tuesday (4 June). This time there is a battle between BJP and Congress in the elections. According to the Election Commission, till 11 am, BJP is leading on 20 seats, while Congress is leading on 8 and JDS on 3 seats. This time BJP and JDS are fighting together in Karnataka. In Karnataka, Congress is contesting on all 28 seats, while BJP is contesting on 25 and JDS on 3 seats. The three seats on which JDS is contesting include Hassan, Mandya and Kolar seats. BJP is leading on seats like Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru North and Bengaluru Rural, Belgaum. Congress is leading on seats like Bellary, Bidar, Chamarajanagar.
How were the election results of 2019?
Last time in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 25 out of 28 seats. At that time Congress and JDS had contested the elections together. Congress and JDS got only one seat each. JDS won from Hassan seat, the stronghold of the Gowda family. BJP is hoping to repeat the results of 2019, while Congress is also hoping for victory.
Karnataka elections held in two phases?
Lok Sabha elections were held in Karnataka in two phases. People voted here on 26 April and then on 7 May. In the first phase, voting took place on 15 Lok Sabha seats while in the second phase, voting took place on 13 seats. The number of voters in Karnataka is 2,63,38,277, of which 1,33,52,234 are male and 1,29,83,284 are female voters.