8 years ago
New Delhi:
NDTV's poll of exit polls indicate a tight race between the BJP and the Congress with the JD-S likely to play the kingmaker. According to the poll BJP is emerging as the single largest with a hung assembly in the state. Polling ended for Karnataka assembly election 2018 at 6pm with 70 per cent voter turnout as against 72 per cent people casting vote during the last assembly election in the state. Single phase polling for Karnataka Election 2018 was held for 222 out of 224 seats in a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and former Prime Minister D Deve Gowda's JD(S) or Janata Dal (Secular).The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state faced a tough challenge from the BJP which is hoping to return to power in Karnataka, the only southern state it has ruled. The final days of the aggressive campaigning saw Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bitter war of words.
