karnataka assembly elections

Congress MLA T D Rajegowda has been officially declared the winner of the Sringeri constituency, nearly three years after the 2023 karnataka assembly elections. A high court-ordered recount of postal ballots confirmed his victory, increasing his initial margin of 201 votes to 203.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge downplayed the Karnataka chief ministerial tussle between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, stating the party will resolve the "confusion soon." This comes amid speculation fueled by a reported power-sharing agreement and a statement from Home Minister G Parameshwara suggesting Kharge could be a suitable CM.

With next year’s assembly elections in mind and in response to BJP’s caste-based conventions, Congress has decided to hold a rally of SCs and STs in Chitradurga on January 8.

With karnataka assembly elections months away and the Election Commission yet to announce the poll calendar, prospective candidates across parties and leaders from this region have been showering goodies, gifts and offers on voters taking advantage of the run-up period when there is no model code of conduct in force.

Polling for the high-stakes karnataka assembly elections got underway this morning under a thick security blanket. In what is projected as a tight race, voting is being held in 222 out of 224 seats in a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S).

The karnataka assembly elections 2023 are set to be held on May 10, with a three-way contest between the BJP, Congress, and JD (S). Read below to know more about Karnataka assembly constituencies and candidates who will be contesting the elections.

Buoyed by the general trend in assembly elections, especially in recently concluded polls in northeastern states, Karnataka BJP is upbeat of a successful outing in Karnataka and is even confident of improving its overall strike rate compared to Congress.

Political parties across the spectrum agree corruption will be an issue in the upcoming elections, but differ widely on who it will benefit.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday accused the Congress of attempting to "make a mockery" of Hindu faith by proposing a ban on Bajrang Dal.

Government schoolteachers who have been deputed to work alongside booth level officers on election duty are seething as the work is not only thankless but also eats into valuable time of their primary duty — teaching students.

karnataka assembly elections is a high-stakes battle that could change the course of the state's political history, and even rewrite the national political discourse. For BJP, winning an election in Karnataka will open the gateway to south India. For Congress, a decisive win in Karnataka will help it put a halt to BJP’s winning spree in the assembly election.

Ahead of assembly elections, political parties in Sringeri assembly constituency have taken up religious programmes to woo voters.

Political hymns to propitiate Lord Varuna (the rain god in Hindu mythology) are reverberating across Varuna assembly constituency where former chief minister Siddaramaiah and his rival, housing minister V Somanna, are hoping to ride to victory on a deluge of votes.

Pavagada is one of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka. It falls under the Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency. There are a total of 1,97,250 electors in the constituency.

Taking a dig at bitter rival Siddaramaiah, JD(S) second-in-command and former CM, HD Kumaraswamy said unlike the Congress Legislature Party leader who is still scouting for a safe seat, his rivals cannot pin him down to any single constituency and that he will win from whichever seat he contests from.

BJP, Congress, and JD(S), the three major parties, have one common challenge while trying to set their narrative for the assembly elections — a desperate need for unity among senior functionaries.

Every election in India is regarded as a festival of democracy, but the mood ahead of assembly elections in Karnataka also has a pious tinge. The reason: Aspirants and MLAs are sending their constituents on religious trips not only across the state, but also to Mecca for Umrah and Hajj.

Twice in the past 15 years, BJP has fallen just short of a complete majority. This despite, the party’s meteoric rise, which has been attributed almost solely to the popularity and ingenuity of former chief minister and party patron BS Yediyurappa.

Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge said results of the karnataka assembly elections are not a compass to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, he said the mandate of the Karnataka people is a boost for Congress.

The overall final voter turnout for the bypolls to 15 assembly constituencies on Thursday stood at 68%, two percentage points more than the provisional turnout announced on Thursday, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The reactions of Karnataka politicians to the ‘encounter’ of gang-rape and murder accused in Telangana on Friday showed clear differences of opinion.

Getting voters to swear in the name of god that they would vote for a particular candidate is not new. But in the run-up to assembly elections, functionaries of major parties are getting aspiring candidates and their supporters — especially in some seats in north Karnataka — to take an oath in temples to work for the success of whoever the party chooses as the official nominee.