 "Karnataka local polls: Ruling BJP faces massive defeat, Congress wins major corporations")
Bangalore: The Congress on Monday headed for a big win in Karnataka urban local bodies, leaving ruling BJP way behind as counting of votes polled on Thursday got underway in the state.
The Congress has so far bagged more than 1,200 seats of the 3,000 for which results were declared at 10.30 am, while the BJP was way behind, with just around 580 seats. Janata Dal-Secular was slightly ahead of the BJP, bagging about 600 seats.
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party was struggling, with around 200 seats.
The rest were taken by smaller parties and independents.
Around 70 percent of 8.5 millon voters of the state’s total electorate of more than 40 million had voted in the elections to urban local bodies.
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