The 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections were held on May 10 to elect 224 members of the state assembly. The counting began at 8 am IST on Saturday. So far, the Indian National Congress (INC) is leading with 119 seats, followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular).

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Karnataka Election Results 2023 BJP WINNERSt: As counting for Karnataka's election comes to an end, the Bhartiya Janata Party has two declared winners. The party stands second in the race with 63 seats, whereas the India National Congress had a comfortable win with 136 seats and the Janata Dal (S) third with 22 seats.

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The JD(S) retained its voteshare, dipping marginally from 20.2 to 18.3, but it was enough to propel Deve Gowda & Sons to force the Congress into submission.

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