Jagadish Shettar, who is contesting the Karnataka polls on a Congress ticket, is trailing in the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency, as per trends shared by the Election Commission at 9:45 am.
Karnataka Election Results 2023 Live Updates: According to initial trends, the Congress is currently leading in 124 seats, while the BJP’s number has gone down to 70 and the JD(S)’s to 23
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By 11 am, trends for all the 224 seats in the state were known. At 117 seats, the Congress was a notch ahead of the magic number of 113, while the BJP was looking at the 75 mark.
Even as the counting of votes is still underway, the Congress has asked all its MLAs to reach Bengaluru today as early trends showed the party in the lead, sources said on Saturday