Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE: BJP (95) stretches advantage over Congress

The counting of votes for the high stake Karnataka assembly elections 2023 is underway as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks to retain control of the state in the face of a strong challenge from the Congress in the first big election of this year.

Exit polls suggested that it will be a close race – one that will see the Congress emerge as the single-largest party but not with enough to cross the 113-seat mark.

Karnataka voted in a single phase on Wednesday and recorded a 73.19 per cent voter turnout, according to the state’s chief electoral officer.

Chikkaballapura district recorded the highest voting percentage with 85.56 per cent and the lowest of 52.33 per cent was in state capital Bengaluru’s southern division