The Karnataka Assembly elections will be held on 12 May 2018 . Voting is under way in 222 of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka and will be on till 6 p.m. on Saturday. The southern state is currently ruled by the Congress.The previous assembly polls were held on May 5 in 2013 in a single phase, with 2,948 candidates in the fray. The state witnessed 71.45% polling back then. People were seen waiting in a long queue at a polling centre in Mysuru.
Karnataka election 2018 result announcement to start from 8:30 pm. You can check the live update of Karnataka assemsbly election result live here.
Latest Update - Karnataka Election 2018 Exit Poll Result 2018
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Congress |
BJP |
JD(S) + |
Others |
Times Now VMR |
90-103 |
80-93 |
31-39 |
2-4 |
India Today Axis My India |
106-118 |
79-92 |
22-30 |
1-4 |
Republic TV |
73-82 |
95-114 |
32-43 |
3-4 |
Dighvijay News |
76-80 |
103-107 |
31-35 |
4-8 |
Suvarna News |
106 |
79-92 |
22-30 |
1-4 |
NewsX-CNX |
72-78 |
102-110 |
35-39 |
3-5 |
News Nation |
71-75 |
105-109 |
36-40 |
3-5 |
ABP News Cvoter |
87-99 |
97-109 |
21-30 |
1-8 |
Today's Chanakya |
73 |
120 |
26 |
3 |
Poll of Polls NDTV |
89 |
98 |
31 |
4 |
Election has been postponed in one constituency following the death of B.N. Vijay Kumar, Jayanagar BJP candidate and other constituency following seizure of around 10,000 voter identity cards.
The exit polls are held after voting In Karnataka election 2018, the exit poll outcome will come on May 12, Saturday before the final election result that will be announced on May 15, Tuesday.
The voter verified paper audit trail, better known as VVPAT got a thumbs-up from many voters.
Some news are coming from different parts of the State about delay in polling due to some technical issues in the electronic voting machines (EVMs)
Prashanth B.R., a businessman from Hosakote says: “The machines this year are better as we get to see which candidate and party we have voted for after we press the button.”
Meanwhile, voting was delayed in Kannur in Gokak taluk after some voters complained that they were unable to see the images of the voted slip in the VVPAT unit.
Voting was delayed by an hour at booth no. 186 at Kukkikatte in Udupi Assembly constituency due to technical snag in an EVM. Immediately ,Faulty EVMs were replaced by the election officers from many booths.Polling began around 8.10 a.m. after the EVM was replaced
After a night of heavy rains, Bengaluru woke up to a cool morning on Saturday.
Several voters from across the City reached their polling booths early in the morning to cast their votes in the 2018 Assembly elections.
While the Congress is seeking a second term, the BJP is aiming to firm up its label as a pan-Indian party by winning a State election in the South, a region where it is not ruling now.
The Janta Dal (Secular) is contesting polls in alliance with the BSP and the AIMIM.
Elections to R.R. Nagar has been postponed after over 9,000 voter ID cards were seized in the constituency.
Voters from Jayanagar, too, won't be exercising their franchise on May 12 as the elections were countermanded after the demise of BJP candidate and sitting MLA Vijay Kumar.
Gender empowerment in the time of voting :-
For the first time in Karnataka, all-woman polling booths have been established across the State. Called ‘Sakhi’, these pink booths are those fully managed by women officer.
In some pink booths, voters are greeted with roses. There are 'selfie booths' too in these premises.
The idea is created to encourage more voters to cast their ballot without fail.
Transgender votes for first time:-
Akkai Padamshali, a noted transgender activist who voted for the first time in the elections, says it has been a 16-year long to exercise her democratic right.
Till now, election officials had refused to enroll her as a "female" in the cards.
However, earlier this year, after nearly a year of process, she was given a voters ID card. "It is a great happiness that I can finally vote," she says.
Anil Kumble tweets out :-
Waiting for our turn to vote! Urging everyone to exercise their rights as citizens!" veteran cricketer and former Team India coach Anil Kumble has tweeted at 9:20 am.
The Bengalurean would have casted his vote by now.
An average of 10% votes have been casted till 9 am, according to Karnataka Chief Electoral officer.
Bidar records 5.5% at 9 a.m.; Dakshina Kannada 7.3%
Vishwa Kundapura from Kolar: The rural police in Kolar have arrested four persons on charges of enticing voters on Saturday.
They were reportedly distributing nose-rings (moogu natthu) to women voters at an area off NH75 asking to vote for Congress candidate. The police are interrogating the accused.
Roads damaged in Belagavi :-
Many voters faced difficulties in approaching a booth in Shva Basava Nagar in Belagavi due damaged and water-logged roads as there were heavy rains in the area on Friday night.
A part of the road had been dug up for laying cables under the Smart Cities project.
Former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, accompanied by wife Channamma, son Revanna, daughter-in-law Bhavani Revanna and grandson Prajwal, visited Kodandarama temple next to the booth before exercising their franchise.
Earlier in the day, he also visited temples at Holenarsipur, Haradanahalli and Mavinakere.
Tweet By :-PM, Siddaramaiah and Rahul
On Friday evening, while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in Kannada asking people of Karnataka to vote and participate in the festival of democracy,chief Minsiter Siddaramaiah urged the people, especially youngsters, to come out and cast their vote and celebrate the festival of democracy.
Mr. Siddaramaiah also urged them to remember the progress of the State in the last 5 years.
Meanwhile Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet on Saturday, welcomed the yougsters who are voting for the first time. The voter turnout is sign of dynamic democracy, he said.
It will be a fight to the finish in Karnataka," said sources in both the Congress and the BJP to TOI in January.Congress president Rahul Gandhi and BJP national chief Amit Shah have already kicked off campaigning in Karnataka's battleground constituencies.
This state poll will also test Congress president Rahul Gandhi's mass appeal, as it's the first Assembly elections since he took over as party chief.
Rahul was made party head in the midst of elections in Gujarat in December.
For the BJP, a win will mark its entry to the South, which has held out the longest against a BJP on slaught.
It's no wonder then that the party began its official campaign as far back as in November last year.
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Meanwhile, the ruling congress got a bit of a boost two days ago when seven JD (S) rebel former MLAs joined the party.
The rebel MLAs resigned from the Karnataka legislative assembly a day after they cross-voted in favour of the congress candidates in the March 23 Rajya Sabha biennial election in these date.
The exit polls are held after voting. In Karnataka election 2018, the exit poll outcome will come on May 12, Saturday before the final election result that will be announced on May 15, Tuesday.
