Elections in Karnataka on May 10, result on May 13

On the by-Elections in Wayanad, the Election Commission said – there is time for 6 months, will wait

Karnataka will hold assembly elections on May 10. The results will be available on May 13th. On Wednesday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar stated that voting would take place in a single phase. Karnataka has 5.21 crore registered voters who will cast ballots for 224 assembly seats.

Rajeev Kumar stated that those who will be 18 years old on April 1 will be able to vote as well. We have invited advance applications for this.

The current BJP government in the state expires on May 24. The BJP, Congress, and JDS will compete this time. JDS and Congress competed together previously, but this time JDS will compete separately.

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Election Commission said on Wayanad and Rahul Gandhi – will wait now

Additionally, by-elections for 5 assembly seats in 4 states have been announced by the Election Commission. The election for the Wayanad seat, which became vacant when Rahul Gandhi’s membership in Parliament was revoked, was not announced by him. Rajeev Kumar responded to a question about this by saying that it takes six months to hold elections for a vacant seat. Rahul Gandhi has been given 30 days by the trial court to appeal to a higher court. So we will now wait.

According to Rajeev Kumar, we are also examining the Aam Aadmi Party’s status as a national party.

4 big points of Karnataka election.

16,976 people are older than 100. Voting privileges at home for those who are over 80 and Divyang.

9.17 lakh voters will cast their first ballots.

Additionally, those who turn 18 on April 1 will be eligible to vote. They number 41,000 in total.

58,282 polling locations are available. 1320 of these women will succeed.

By-elections will also be held on 5 assembly seats in 4 states.

In addition, on May 10 there will be by-elections for 5 assembly seats in 4 states, including Punjab and UP. The results will be released on May 13. There will be by-elections in the Jalandhar, Jharsuguda, Chanbe, Swar, and Sohiong seats in Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Meghalaya.

On the other hand, senior Congressman and former chief minister Siddaramaiah declared that the 2023 election would be his last. I won’t participate in any more elections after this. He declared that in addition to the Varuna seat, he would also run for the Kolar seat.

3 CMs in 5 years, first JDS-Congress, then BJP government

Karnataka has 224 seats in the assembly. The BJP won 104 seats in the 2018 assembly elections, Congress 78, and JDS 37. Nobody won a majority. On May 17, Yeddyurappa took the oath of office as chief minister. On May 23, he announced his resignation after failing to demonstrate his majority in the house. After the formation of this coalition between Congress and JDS.

After 14 months, Karnataka politics changed direction once more. Following the uprising of some Congress and JDS MLAs, Kumaraswamy was forced to resign from his position. With the support of 219 MLAs, Yeddyurappa united these rebels with the BJP, and on July 26, 2019, he was elected chief minister. However, he resigned after two years in office. Here, Basavaraj Bommai was appointed Chief Minister.

Maximum seats are in Mumbai-Karnataka and South Karnataka

Karnataka is divided into 6 different parts and has 224 assembly seats. Bangalore, Central, Coastal, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and South Karnataka are the Karnataka regions. The largest regions are Mumbai-Karnataka and South Karnataka. 101 seats are available in Mumbai-Karnataka (50) and South Karnataka (51).

BJP: Target of 150 seats, Yeddyurappa will become the head of the campaign committee

For the upcoming assembly elections, the BJP has a 150 seat goal. In just three months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made seven trips to Karnataka. It has been discussed how BS Yeddyurappa and Modi met during their previous visit. On February 27, Modi arrived in Shivamogga, where he kneeled before Yeddyupappa. Yedi has made his retirement known. Yeddyurappa, 79, who has served as the state’s chief minister four times, has the option of leading the campaign committee. Yeddyurappa wants to clear the way for his sons, according to sources.

Congress: Announced 124 candidates this month

Prior to the assembly elections, on March 25, Congress unveiled 124 candidates. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar will run for office in the Varuna Assembly and Kanakapura, respectively. On March 20, Rahul Gandhi spoke at a rally in Belagavi, Karnataka. He brought up the subject of public corruption. According to some reports, the Karnataka government is the most corrupt in the nation, and in order to accomplish anything, you must pay a 40% commission. Additionally, he made the issue of reservations a campaign issue and promised to raise the SC-ST reservation quota if elected.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) unveiled its 80 candidates on March 20 in addition to the Congress.

JDS: Will contest elections alone, Southern Karnataka party’s bastion

The Janata Dal Secular (JDS), the political organisation led by former prime minister HD Deve Gowda (89), won the 2018 local elections. BJP was undoubtedly the largest party, but JDS and Congress together formed the government. On May 23, 2018, Deve Gowda’s son HD Kumaraswamy was appointed chief minister.

However, his government was toppled on July 23, 2019, following the debate over the motion of confidence. Party leader Kumaraswamy stated during a programme in January that the BJP government will not be formed even if Modi and Shah visit Karnataka 100 times. In October of last year, Kumaraswamy declared he would run unopposed in the 2023 elections.

The JDS has dominated southern Karnataka, also known as Old Mysore. JDS received 30 seats out of the 66 available in this region in 2018. In addition, Congress won 20 seats while the BJP won 15. These regions have mostly been visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah this year.