New Delhi: The Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka which is scheduled to be held this year.
The Election Commission announced the dates today in a press conference that will be held at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital.
Karnataka Assembly elections schedule:
Voting on May 10
Counting on May 13.
Last date for filing nominations: April 20
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures: Apr 24
#WATCH | The day of polling for Karnataka Assembly elections will be 10th May, in the single phase and the results will be declared on 13th May. pic.twitter.com/v5lzt3HaBe
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2023
Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that Karnataka has 5,21,73,579 registered electors in 224 Assembly constituencies in the State.
Over 58,282 polling stations will be set up across the State for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections.
Over 9.17 lakh first-time voters will be participating in the festival of democracy.
First-time voters have increased from 2018-19 by 9.17 lakhs in Karnataka. All young voters who are turning 18 years of age by April 1, will be able to vote in Karnataka Assembly elections: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar pic.twitter.com/fNlVxVcta6
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2023
Voting from home will be made available for the first time in the state for 80+-year-senior citizens and people with disability.
Congress is absolutely ready for the elections, we want this govt to be dismissed. This election will be development-oriented and for a corruption-free state and the country. Corruption is at its peak and PM Modi encouraged it, he did not take any action against his party… pic.twitter.com/1Jt2oHpRdr
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2023
Karnataka Assembly elections seats
The Assemble elections for the Karnataka Assembly elections will be held for 224 seats. Currently, it has 119 MLAs from the BJP, 75 from Congress and its ally JD(S) has 28 seats.
CM Basavaraj Bommai’s efforts to return to power
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is trying and putting all his efforts to return to power as he stresses on the reservation to the Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities, Kannadigas issue, and several other issues in the state.
#WATCH | The party and the government are absolutely ready for the elections. Preparations are already underway. We are just waiting for the ECI to announce the dates. We are sure to come back to power with huge majority: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai pic.twitter.com/SHp4fZgaYG
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2023
On Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting with the state BJP core committee and election management committee in Bengaluru.
PM @narendramodi Ji is developing Karnataka following in the footsteps of Lord Basaveshwara and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda.
While the ideal of equality preached by Lord Basaveshwara is our inspiration for good governance, Nadaprabhu’s vision of a prosperous Karnataka is our goal. pic.twitter.com/1cVZZBkPWM
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2023
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