Karnataka Election Results: BJP Leading in More Than 20 Seats Where Congress, JDS Had Won in 2018
News 18The results of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 at 10.30 am on Saturday is showing Congress leading in majority of constituencies after multiple rounds of EVM counting. But trends show that BJP is leading in 26 of those seats, which the Congress had won in 2018, and in 12 seats, which the ‘kingmaker’ Janata Dal-Secular had won in the previous polls. Karnataka Election Results Live According to the data by the Election Commission website, the BJP is leading in Athani, BTM Layout, Badami, Bailhongal, Chamarajanagar, Chamrajpet, Chikkodi Saldga, Chincholi, Gandhi Nagar, Gokak, Gulbarga Uttar, Hadagalli, Hagaribommanahalli, Haliyal, Hanur, Jamkhandi, Jevargi, Kolar Gold Field, Koppal, Koratagere, Kushtagi, Lingsugur, Raichur Rural, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Sringeri and Vijay Nagar. BJP has fielded Karnataka’s housing and infrastructure development minister V Somana from Chamarajnagar seat against Congress’ C Puttaranga Shetty, who had won from the constituency in 2018 by a margin of 4,913 votes.