Last countdown starts for Karnataka polls

New Delhi, May 14 All eyes are presently on Karnataka as the stage is set for the tallying of votes on Tuesday, three days after elections were held in the state.

Polling occurred on Saturday in 222 out of 224 assembly constituencies spread crosswise over 58,546 polling stations.

Elections in two voting public, Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, both in Bengaluru areas were put off before.

In a bid to curb the distribution of cash, liquor and different things to swing appointive process, the Election Commission sent three flying squads in each supporters, 154 general eyewitnesses, 136 consumption onlookers, 34 police observers, 10,000 micro observers, 3.2 lakh polling staff and individuals from the Central police forces in all polling stations.

However, the election-governing body noticed that a negligible level of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) disappointments were accounted for.

An aggregate of 2,654 applicants, including 216 women competitors are in the shred for the decision, which is being taken a gander at as a distinct advantage for the Congress in front of the general races in 2019, and as a portal into the South for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Karnataka Assembly hosts 224 seats and a get-together or a union needs 113-seats to assert some authority shape the legislature.

Since the 2014 general election, the Congress has been crushed by the BJP in finished twelve states, radically contracting its political impression.

The BJP is influencing a full scale offer to expel the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka and is hoping to return to control in the state with B.S. Yeddyurappa as its boss ecclesiastical competitor. Curiously, no officeholder government has been re-chosen in Karnataka since 1985.

The H.D Deve Gowda-drove Janata Dal (Secular) is hoping to set up itself indeed in Karnataka legislative issues and is required to give an intense battle to both the BJP and the Congress.

The BJP has handled 223 applicants, while the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) handled 222 and 201 competitors individually.

Mixed predictions by exit polls have further expanded interest about the outcomes. Some have said the Congress, drove by its boss clerical applicant Siddaramaiah, will rise as the single biggest gathering, while some have given the single biggest gathering tag to the BJP. Most leave surveys have anticipated that previous executive H.D. Deve Gowda drove Janata Dal(Secular) will rise as the be a kingmaker ought to there will be a hung gathering.

India Today-Axis My India exit poll has anticipated that Congress is probably going to win 106-118 seats with 39 percent vote share and will be the single-biggest gathering in Karnataka.

India TV-VMR exit poll has predicted hung assembly in Karnataka. It says that the Congress is likely to get 97 seats, the BJP 87, the JD(S)+ 35, others 3 seats.

ABP C-Voter exit poll has predicted 101-113 seats for the BJP, guaranteeing that the saffron party is probably going to come to the 'enchantment figure' of 113 seats. It predicts 82 to 94 seats for the Congress, while the JD(S) and others will get 18-31 seats and 1 to 8 situates individually.

Republic TV-Jan ki Baat exit poll has said that the BJP is likely going to develop as the single largest party with 95-114 seats. It has given 73-82 seats to the Congress, 32-43 seats to the JD(S) and 2-3 seats to others.

As indicated by Times Now-VMR exit poll, the Congress is likely to be the single largest party with 90-103 seats, the BJP second largest party with 80-93 seats. It said that the JD(S) will win 30-39 seats and others 2-4 seats.

NDTV's exit poll said the BJP will be single largest party with 98 seats, the Congress second biggest gathering with 88 seats, and the JD(S) will be a kingmaker with 33 seats.

NewsX-CNX exit poll has claimed that the BJP is set to be chosen as the single biggest gathering in the state, with near 102-110 seats, trailed by the Congress with 72-78 seats and the JDS with 35-39 seats.

The Congress won 122 seats and the BJP 40 seats in the last state decision in 2013.