As polling passed off smoothly on May 12, the focus has now shifted to the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018 results for which a thick blanket of security has been put in place across the state to ensure a free and fair counting of votes. Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Tuesday said that adequate security personnel presence will be there at all counting centres to ensure law and order is maintained. Around the five counting centres in the capital city of Bengaluru, an elaborate three-layer security arrangement has been planned. The Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats and a party or an alliance needs 112-seats to stake a claim to form the government. Deve Gowda led-Janata Dal (Secular) will emerge as a kingmaker post results, as no party has been shown to reach the majority mark.

Source: dna May 15, 2018 01:21 UTC