Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023

Karnataka election: Ten takeaways for national politics after Congress' sweep in the Assembly polls

Congress was always expected to win Karnataka but the scale of the victory – 136 seats with over 43 per cent vote share and a 7 per cent gap with the BJP – is a huge morale booster for the main national opposition party

Karnataka Elections 2023: Poll guarantees and consolidation of Muslim votes sealed Congress win

The Congress successfully wresting power in Karnataka after Himachal Pradesh will be a morale booster for the party in reviving its electoral fortunes and strengthening its credentials as the main opposition against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Karnataka assembly results: Lessons for BJP before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

The charges of rampant corruption and lacklustre leadership have hurt the BJP, as has the partial abandonment of the critical Lingayat community

Karnataka polls 2023: Over 2.6 lakh voters opted for NOTA

The NOTA option on EVMs was introduced in 2013 and it has its own symbol -- a ballot paper with a black cross on it

Karnataka Elections 2023: Siddaramaiah clinches landslide win from Varuna, is now a 9th time MLA

The 75-year-old leader got 1,19,430 votes against 73,424 polled by his BJP rival and influential Lingayat leader V Somanna. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate was in third place with 1,075 votes, according to the Election Commission’s website

Karnataka Elections 2023: In flurry of Congress victories, upset for prominent Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Shettar, a six-time MLA, joined the Congress last month after he was denied a ticket by the BJP to contest from Hubli-Dharwad Central. The veteran politician had then said he left the BJP because of ill-treatment

Congress deserves kudos for Karnataka win, but it should not be an excuse to overlook problems within party

This victory is a good start for Congress to work on state leadership and a state-centric political narrative. But if the party believes that this win is nothing but acceptance by the people of the existing fault lines then the future of the party will remain at stake

Karnataka results show BJP forgot what voters across India expect from it

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: The BJP must realise that after the coming of Narendra Modi and trailblazing success driven by performance, it can no longer live in the warmth of low expectations. Voters have set the bar much higher for the BJP than for other parties

As Congress crosses majority mark in Karnataka, BJP has some reason to cheer in UP. Here’s why

The results of the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections are not likely to be as exciting as those of the Karnataka Assembly elections. The incumbent BJP is expected to win at least 10 municipal corporation seats. It is currently ahead in Ayodhya and Lucknow

Karnataka Elections 2023: CM Basavaraj Bommai leads in Shiggaon by over 30,000 votes

Earlier on Friday, Bommai had expressed confidence in the BJP coming to power in Karnataka, despite a prominent anti-incumbency wave. He, along with his ministers Murugesh Nirani and Byrati Basavaraj met former chief minister Yediyurappa in Bengaluru to discuss the probability of a hung verdict