At 3.50 pm, the Congress won 73 constituencies and was leading in 63 of the 224 Assembly seats in the state.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the election results in Karnataka have shown the country stands for love.
“On one side there was the might of crony capitalists and on the other was the strength of people,” he said. “The latter has triumphed over the former. Poor people defeated crony capitalists in Karnataka and we did not fight this battle on hatred…”
At 3.50 pm, the Congress had won 73 constituencies and was leading in 63 of the 224 Assembly seats in the state, data from the Election Commission showed. The Bharatiya Janata Party had won 34 constituencies and was ahead in 30 seats while the Janata Dal (Secular) won 13 seats and was leading in seven seats. The majority mark in the Karnataka Assembly is 113.
Gandhi also told reporters that the Congress’ performance in Karnataka will be repeated in other states. He added that the five promises made by his party in the state would be fulfilled in the first cabinet meeting of the Congress government.
