Karanataka, May 15: JD(S) candidate Sharada Puryanaik is leading in Shimoga rural.
* BJP as the single-largest party, leading on 121 seats. Congress is considerably behind at the moment, with leads in 59 constituencies. JD(S)+ is leading on 40 seats.
* BJP is leading on almost double the seats than those of Congress in both urban and rural areas of Karnataka.
* CM Siddaramaiah loses from Chamundeshwari constituency.
* In areas marked by the Cauvery dispute, JD(S)+ is leading on maximum seats: 27.
* Leads show BJP has gained 28 seats in constituencies marked by agrarian crisis.
* We would like to thank all the voters of Karnataka who stuck by the agenda of development: Nirmala Sitharaman