Karnataka elections results are set to be declared on Saturday. The counting of votes began today, at 8 am.
Key leaders include Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, former CM Siddaramaiah, ex-BJP and now Congress leaders Jagadish Shettar and Laxaman Savadi.
Won from the Shiggaon constituency fighting against Congress'
HD Kumaraswamy, the former chief minister, won from the Channapatna constituency, defeating BJP's CP Yogeshwara by 15,915 votes.
Won from Kanakapura assembly constituency. He contested against R Ashok
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah won the Karnataka Assembly election from Varuna assembly constituency.
Laxman Sangappa Savadi, who was contesting the election as a Congress candidate, won the Athani seat with 1,31,404 votes.
Jagadish Shettar, who contested on a Congress ticket, was defeated in the Hubballi-Dharwad (Central) seat by a margin of 34,289 votes.
Vijayendra won and retained his father Yediyurappa’s stronghold in Shikaripura constituency.
Congress' Priyank Kharge won the Chittapur seat for the third consecutive time, defeating Manikanta Rathod of BJP by 13,638 votes.
Janata Dal (Secular)'s Swaroop Prakash won from the Hassan constituency, beating BJP’s Preetham J. Gowda by a margin of 7,854 votes.
Congress candidate B Nagendra win against Bharatiya Janata Party's B Sreeramulu with a margin of 29,300 votes.
Ramesh Jarkiholi retains power by defeating Congress leader Kadadi Kallappa.
Congress leader HD Thammaiah snatched the Chikmagalur seat from the BJP's former minister CT Ravi, securing a victory by a margin of 5,926 votes.