Guwahati: Voters in Karnataka will decide the destiny of the candidates on Wednesday, putting an end to the high-stakes campaigns that preceded them. The state’s voting process got underway at 7 am and will last until 6 pm.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress, and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS), the state’s three major political parties, have all made electoral appeals by promising to win a majority in the 224-seat assembly. A majority of 113 seats is required to create a government.
According to reports, some of the key constituencies which will make a major mark in today’s polls are Varuna, Kanakapura, Shiggaon, Hubli-Darwad, Channapatna, Shikaripura, Chittapur, Ramanagara and Chikmagalur.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had exuded confidence that BJP would return to power with a full majority in the state. Shah was quoted by ANI saying, “We will win the elections by full majority or at least half a mark plus 15 seats. In these four years, Yediyurappa and Bommai’s government has done a lot of work.”
The counting of the votes of today’s election will be tallied on May 13.