Team Blitz India
BENGALURU: A mega battle of ballots capping a high-voltage campaign is underway in Karnataka where more than 5.31 crore voters are eligible to elect their representatives to the 224-member Legislative Assembly from a field of 2,615 candidates.
Polling, that commenced at 7 am, will conclude at 6 pm. Counting of votes is on May 13.
The ruling BJP, the Congress and the JD(S) are fighting it out for the laurels as the stakes are high for these key political parties in contention.
While the ruling BJP, riding on the Narendra Modi juggernaut, wants to break the 38-year jinx — the state has never voted the incumbent party to power since 1985 — and retain its southern citadel, the Congress is seeking to wrest power to give the party much-needed elbow room and momentum to position itself as the main opposition player in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
