The counting of votes for the aggressively contested Karnataka assembly elections 2023 will be held on Saturday, three days after the voting concluded to elect the 224 members of the state Assembly.
All three major political parties in the state - BJP, Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put all their efforts to woo the voters, making promises and launching accusations at each other to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat Assembly.
The mega battle for the ballot is set to start in the poll-bound state Karnataka as 2,615 candidates are in the fray, in a bid to attract voters for the 224 assembly constituency.
All three major political parties in the state - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put all their efforts to woo the voters, making promises and launching accusations at each other to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat Assembly.
The Banjara community has influence in more than 30 Assembly seats out of 224 in Karnataka. Aware of this, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress have fielded 13 and 3 candidates, respectively, from the influential community.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and DMK leader Kanimozhi might campaign for the Congress ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election next month, sources in the grand old party said.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Monday filed his nomination from Kanakapura constituency in the Ramanagara district for the State Assembly polls and said that the party will surpass the 150 seats mark in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
The Congress declared 124 candidates in its first list and another 42 candidates in the second list of 224 seats on which elections will be held on May 10
BJP on Tuesday released the first list of candidates for 189 seats out of 224 seats for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections with 52 new candidates getting tickets.