Karnataka Exit Poll 2023 Live Updates: Karnataka is the first southern state where the BJP has been able to form a government and has never voted an incumbent government back to power after a full term of five years since 1970s
Karnataka Election 2023: The BJP, which has been ruling the state for the last four years, faced a massive challenge from the Congress party - which is confident of winning Karnataka on its own. A party needs 123 seats to form the government.
Barring coastal region, the Congress is ahead of BJP in all regions like Bengaluru (17 of 28 seats), central Karnataka (12 of 23), Hyderabad-Karnataka (32 of 40), Mumbai-Karnataka (28 of 50), and Old Mysuru (36 of 64).