Karnataka Election Result 2023: Check counting date and other key details

Karnataka Election Result 2023 Date: Voting has concluded in the state of Karnataka for 224-member Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout picked up momentum and crossed the 65 per cent mark by 5PM on Wednesday, in polling to elect representatives to the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The State is mainly witnessing a three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress, and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular). Counting of votes for the Karnataka Assembly election will be conducted on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the polls urged young voters to vote for the Karnataka Assembly election

“Urging the people of Karnataka, particularly young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers and enrich the festival of democracy,” Modi tweeted.

Urging the people of Karnataka, particularly young and first time voters to vote in large numbers and enrich the festival of democracy.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 10, 2023

Karnataka Election Result 2023: vote counting date

Votes will be counted on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

Karnataka Election Result 2023: How to check Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Result online

The results will be available in real-time on the Election Commission's website, eci.gov.in.

Step 1: Go to the Election Commission's official website, eci.gov.in.

Step 2: Next, click on 'General Elections to Assembly Constituency April 2023'.

Step 3: The outcomes will be displayed on your screen.

Karnataka Election Result 2023: Exit poll

The exit poll of Karnataka election 2023 will be announced after the voting on May 10, 2023. 

Karnataka Election Result 2023: Manifesto

BJP manifesto

-Provide 3 free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families annually

-Set up an 'Atal Aahara Kendra' in every ward of every municipal corporation

-Every BPL household will be provided with half litre Nandini milk every day and 5 kg Shri Anna - siri dhanya through monthly ration kits.

- Implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Karnataka

-Distribute 10 lakh housing sites across the state to the siteless/homeless beneficiaries.

- Upgradation of government schools to top-class standards.

- Drive collaborations between SMEs and ITIs, generating a dynamic ecosystem of education and employment for talented young professionals.

-Provide career support for aspirational youth by providing financial incentives for students to pursue coaching for IAS/KAS/ Banking/Government jobs.

- Strengthen the public healthcare infrastructure in the state through

-Develop Bengaluru for the next generation

- Transform Karnataka into a premier hub of Electric Vehicles

- Set up a 230,000 crore K-Agri Fund

- Allocate 21,500 crore to develop the Kalyana Circuit, Banavasi Circuit, Parashurama Circuit, Kaveri Circuit, and Ganagapura Corridor, to transform Karnataka into India's most favoured tourist destination.

- Broaden the scope of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme by incorporating a comprehensive plan that encompasses logistics, industrial clusters, connectivity, and export facilities generating 10 lakh manufacturing jobs 'Beyond Bengaluru'

Congress manifesto

-Gruha Jyothi promises 200 units of free power

-Gruha Lakshmi offers Rs 2,000 to each woman head of the family

- Anna Bhagya promises 10 kilograms of food grains to families with BPL card

- Yuva Nidhi will give Rs 3,000 a month to unemployed graduates and Rs 1,500 to unemployed diploma holders

-Free travel to all women in regular Karnataka State Road Transport and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses

-To increase reservations for SCs from 15 to 17 per cent and for Scheduled Tribes from 3 to 7 per cent

-To restore minority reservation by 4 per cent

-Increase reservations for Lingayats and Vokkaliggas and other communities; pursue inclusion in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.

-Overruling all unjust laws & other anti-people laws passed by the BJP govt within one year of coming to power, says the party in its manifesto

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