Karnataka assembly election date announcement May 10 polling 13 results

The Karnataka assembly election dates have been announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday. The polling would take place in a single phase on May 10, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be done on May 13, the CEC said in a press conference here.

It is said that, it'll be a close contest between the ruling party BJP and the opposition Congress. And the Janata Dal-Secular(JD-S) may play a possible kingmaker role in case of incomplete majority of strengths.

The last date to file nomination is 20th April and last to withdraw is

The election for the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and the present BJP govt future will be decided on May 10. Detailing the data of the electors, the CEC said that there are a total of 5.21 crores in the state.

The BJP came to power in Karnataka from July 2019 even after emerging as largest party in the 2018 election. Which was after the coalition government of JD-S and the Congress collapsed, which was formed after the 2018 election.

The BJP managed to secure the support of several rebel MLAs from the coalition, who later joined the BJP and won by-elections. The BJP currently has 121 MLAs in the assembly, while the Congress has 70 and the JD-S has 30. The BJP also changed Chief Minister during its tenure, with BS Yediyurappa resigning in July 2021 and being replaced by Basavaraj Bommai.