(LIVE UPDATES)‘There is no question of alliance (with JDS) as we are already crossing 112 seats,’ BJP’s Sadananda Gowda told reporters in morning. A total of 2,654 candidates, including 216 women candidates were in the fray for the Assembly Elections this year. The elections in Karnataka are being viewed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its gateway into the South. Since the 2014 general elections, the Congress party has been defeated by the BJP in over a dozen states, drastically shrinking its political footprint. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded 223 candidates, while the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) fielded 222 and 201 candidates respectively.

Source: dna May 15, 2018 05:03 UTC