BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the party's defeat in Karnataka was partly because of BS Yeddyurappa's KJP, that ate into their share of votes. ...
12:34 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda led JDS, which had hoped to play the role of a kingmaker in Karnataka, on Wednesday said it would sit in the Opposition. "..if people have blessed us to sit in the opposition, we will sit in the opposition," JDS state President and Gowda's son HD Kumaraswamy told reporters, as the results of the May five Assembly polls came in. The JD(S) is...
12:30 PM, May 08, 2013
JD(S) leader Danish Ali said the BJP must realise that general elections won't be easy. "The third alternative will be a reality in the coming general elections," he said. ...
11:40 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been routed in the Karnataka Assembly elections and has been pushed to the third spot. The Congress has stormed back to power with HD Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal Secular coming second in the Assembly results announced on Wednesday. Just five years ago Karnataka became the first state in South India to have a BJP government, but the party failed to build on its success...
11:33 AM, May 08, 2013
Karnataka BJP president Prahlad Joshi said they will build the party again and he is confident that Karnataka poll results will not have an impact on general elections. ...
11:30 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa dealt a body blow to the ruling BJP as it appeared set to slump to the third position behind the JDS, as the Congress was struggling towards majority in the Karnataka Assembly, latest trends showed. With trends available for all 223 seats which went to polls on May five, Congress was leading in 111 and has won 7 seats, followed by the JDS leading...
11:20 AM, May 08, 2013
Congress is inching to victory in Karnataka Assembly elections. Mallikarjuna Kharge is one of the prime contenders for the CM post. ...
11:14 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: With initial trends available for 221 constituencies of the total 223 which went to polls on May five, the Congress was leading in 105 segments, and has won 7 seats and the ruling BJP is leading in 35. JDS of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda was ahead in 42 constituencies and Karnataka Janatha Paksha of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in 14 segments. Initial trends suggested that the...
11:10 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The Congress is all set to form the government in Karnataka and is close to the halfway mark in the 224-member Assembly. The voting was held in 223 seats because voting in Periyapatna constituency was postponed until May 28 following the death of the BJP candidate. The counting of votes is being held in 36 centres across Karnataka. With the high voter turnout (57 per cent in Bangalore and...
11:09 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Counting of votes for the recently held Assembly Elections in Karnataka began this morning amid projections about the Congress' comeback to power after an eight-year-long hiatus. The single phase poll was held on May 5 for 223 of the 224 constituencies with the poll in Periyapatna put off following the death of a BJP candidate. Counting was taken up on Wednesday morning under tight security at 36 centres and...
10:50 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka BJP MLC Lehar Singh Siroya blamed his party's loss in the state Assembly elections to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa being driven out by the leadership. "Losing Yeddyurappa was the biggest mistake. I would want him to come back to party. The party cadre wants Yeddyurappa to return to the BJP. I admit that party high command made some mistakes," said Siroya. Claiming that Yeddyurappa was forced to...
10:45 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad refused to accept that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi failed to help the party in Karnataka elections as trends showed that the Congress was well ahead of its rivals and on the way to forming the next government in the state. Prasad said that Modi addressed just three-four elections rallies in Karnataka and "so he cannot be the deciding factor"....
10:31 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka appeared set to lose its first-ever government in the south as trends showed the party faced the prospect of finishing in the third position with Congress moving ahead with 83 seats. Trends available for 207 seats showed that the JDS of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is faring better than expected leading in 40 segments while the BJP was ahead only in 37...
10:27 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The Congress has got majority in Karnataka and has ousted the BJP to form the government in the state. Reacting to the Congress's victory, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "I congratulates congress for working hard. Certainly corruption by BJP is a message of electorate. Corruption is a big issue for the country." Congress President Sonia Gandhi said, "I am happy with the victory, it's a joint effort and legislators...
09:46 AM, May 08, 2013
Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) leader Dhananjay Kumar says he is happy with his party's performance. He ruled out the possibility of his returning to the BJP and says his party will play a decisive role in the formation of Karnataka government. ...
09:43 AM, May 08, 2013
The results for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May 5 voting, will be known on Wednesday. ...
09:28 AM, May 08, 2013
As the Congress hopes to dethrone the BJP in Karnataka, co-chairman of Congress's campaign committee DK Shivakumar in Karnataka says he is confident his party will come to power in the state. Shivakumar refutes reports that there is infighting within the party in the state and says they will choose a chief minister who can take everyone forward together. ...
09:20 AM, May 08, 2013
S Siddaramaiah, who is also speculated to be Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Karnataka elections, says he is confident that his party will win more than 120 seats in the state and will form the government without the help of an ally. He also out that there was any Narendra Modi factor in "secular" Karnataka. ...
09:07 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: 4:49 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted the defeat and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is set to resign on Wednesday evening. "We accept people's mandate; will resign this evening," says Shettar. 4:18 pm: The final tally of votes stands at Congress winning 121 seats, BJP and JDS winning 40 seats each and KJP winning 6 seats. Other parties and Independents won 16 seats. 2:06 pm: The Congress is...
08:59 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The constituencies in Bangalore urban area failed to give a clear verdict in favour of any party with the Congress winning 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 12 and the Janata Dal (Secular) bagging just three. The Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 per cent voting on Sunday, the state election authorities said while the state average was around 70 per cent of the over 40 million voters. The Karnataka...
08:52 AM, May 08, 2013
