Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Live Updates: Voting Underway in 224 Assembly Seats

10-05-2023

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 is underway with voting in the 224 assembly seats.

As many as 2,615 candidates are in the fray for the election.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor Prakash Raj, and Infosys founder Narayana Murthy were among the early voters.

Over 5 crore people will vote to elect a new government in the state.

The state is seeing a triangular contest between the ruling BJP, Congress, and the JDS.

The BJP looks to script history to retain its southern citadel while a combative Congress eyes a comeback in the state.

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