Karnataka results 2018

JDS-Congress delegation meets Karnataka Governor, stakes claim to form government

Senior Congress leaders were already in Bengaluru to possibly negotiate post-poll alliances if the need was felt. An offer to JDS was promptly sent.

May 15, 2018, 18:16 PM IST

BJP will definitely win 2019 elections: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will definitely win 2019 general elections.

May 15, 2018, 17:59 PM IST

BJP should hold elections with ballot papers: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday challenged the BJP to hold elections through ballot papers to clear doubts over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). 

May 15, 2018, 17:47 PM IST

Here's the Congress-JDS formula to form government in Karnataka

Elections for 222 seats in Karnataka was held on May 12. A record 72.36 percent of the 5.07 crore electorate cast their votes.

May 15, 2018, 17:40 PM IST

Karnataka election results 2018: Congress wins 13 seats in Bengaluru, BJP 11, JD(S) 2

Elections for 222 seats in Karnataka was held on May 12.

May 15, 2018, 17:00 PM IST

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: Kumaraswamy confirms Congress support, seeks time from Governor to stake claim for government formation

The JDS leader urged for an appointment on Tuesday evening between 5.30 pm to 6.00 pm.

May 15, 2018, 16:48 PM IST

BJP tops table in Karnataka, wins 7 seats, leads in 102

The BJP was likely to finish tantalisingly close to the halfway mark in the Karnataka Assembly elections today, if not score an outright victory, with its candidates winning 7 seats and leading in 102 others, officials said.

May 15, 2018, 16:44 PM IST

Karnataka Assembly election 2018: HD Kumaraswamy - The kingmaker who is likely to become a King

Kumaraswamy contested the 2018 elections from the Ramanagaram and Channapatna constituencies respectively. 

May 15, 2018, 16:31 PM IST

Yeddyurappa says Karnataka has voted for change, refuses to speak on government formation

BS Yeddyurappa has been elected from Shikaripura.

May 15, 2018, 16:26 PM IST

Karnataka Assembly election results 2018: Siddaramaiah meets Governor, submits resignation

 Congress CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala after his party apparently lost to BJP in the crucial assembly elections in the southern state.

May 15, 2018, 16:14 PM IST

Meet Vajubhai Vala, the man who will decide BJP vs Congress-JDS in Karnataka

The spotlight is on Vajubhai Vala because it is he who will take the final call on whether the Congress-JDS alliance forms the government in the state or if BJP's CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa takes the mantle. 

May 15, 2018, 16:12 PM IST

Will wait for the last vote to be counted: BS Yeddyurappa on Congress-JDS alliance talks in Karnataka

BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa was on Tuesday said that he will wait for the last vote to be counted before commenting on the party's future strategy for Karnataka. 

May 15, 2018, 15:32 PM IST

Karnataka election results: BJP's CM face BS Yeddyurappa wins

BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa was on Tuesday elected to the Karnataka Assembly from Shikaripura by 35,397 votes, the Election Commission announced.

May 15, 2018, 15:16 PM IST

Congress-JDS in Karnataka? When Siddaramaiah was made to eat his own words

Siddaramaiah had previously said the question of post-poll alliance with JDS does not arise. However, Congress has now offered support to the very same party in Karnataka.

May 15, 2018, 15:13 PM IST

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: Congress extends support to JDS, says Deve Gowda, HD Kumaraswamy have accepted offer

While BJP has emerged as the single largest party, the Congress and the JDS seem to be in no mood to give up.

May 15, 2018, 15:02 PM IST

Uddhav Thackeray dares BJP to fight polls with ballot, not EVMs, says all apprehensions will go away

Shiv Sena on Tuesday dared the BJP to contest just one election using ballot papers and not with the EVMs as the results of Karnataka assembly elections 2019 were being declared.

May 15, 2018, 14:54 PM IST

Karnataka people rejected divisive politics of Congress: Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said people of Karnataka have rejected the "divisive, toxic and very negative" politics of Congress and voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s development thrust.

May 15, 2018, 14:52 PM IST

Congress-JDS alliance can deny BJP a chance to form government in Karnataka

The halfway mark in the 225-member Karnataka Assembly is 113 but elections were held for just 222 seats and so any party or alliance will need 112 seats to form a government in the state.

May 15, 2018, 14:16 PM IST

Karnataka election results: BJP workers celebrate in Delhi

Celebrations broke out at the BJP headquarters here on Tuesday as the party appeared set to return to power in its southern bastion Karnataka.

May 15, 2018, 13:46 PM IST

Karnataka poll result: Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami, DMK leader MK Stalin wishes BS Yeddyurappa for BJP's victory

DMK leader MK Stalin on Tuesday congratulated BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa after his party's emerged as the single largest party in the Karnataka Assembly election.

May 15, 2018, 13:33 PM IST