Karnataka exit Polls: BJP will be on Victory side

Bengaluru, May 12: The Karanatal Assembly elections have made an invisible occurred between the major political parties BJP and Congress.

The Polling has been concluded today at 6PM officially with 70 percent voter turnout as against 72 per cent people casting vote during the last assembly election in the state.

Now the exciting updates are emerged out by the exit polls, which predict a hung assembly in Karnataka with BJP emerging as the single largest party.

The Single-phase polling for Karnataka Election 2018 was held for 222 out of 224 seats in a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and former Prime Minister D Deve Gowda's JD(S) or Janata Dal (Secular).

The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state faced a tough challenge from the BJP which is hoping to return to power in Karnataka, the only southern state it has ruled.

NDTV's poll of exit polls predicts a hung house in Karnataka with BJP emerging as the single largest party. The exit poll predicts 100 seats for BJP, 86 for Congress and 33 for JDS and its alliances.

Karnataka could return a split verdict with the BJP as the single largest party and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda a kingmaker, an aggregate of eight exit polls show.