Polling For Karnataka Assembly Elections Begins Today

After high-voltage campaigns, the poll battles in Karnataka reached their finality as voters will decide the fate of candidates on Wednesday. The voting in the state has begun at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.

All the three major political parties in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put in efforts attract voters by making promises to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat assembly. In order to form a government, the majority mark is 113 seats.

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 votes of today's election will be done on May 13.

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