Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: Cong will win over 146 seats, says DK Shivakumar

Karnataka polls: People wait in queues at a polling station to cast their votes for Karnataka Assembly elections, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

On Thursday, Karnataka polled to elect a new government, and stakes were high for the BJP and higher for the Congress with 2,615 candidates in the fray for 224 assembly constituencies. Polling took place across 58,545 polling stations including auxiliary ones, and a total of 42,48,028 new voters had registered to vote for the elections.

As many as 5.3 crore voters were eligible to cast their vote across 58,545 polling stations in 37,777 locations, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said. Among them, 11,71,558 were young voters and 12,15,920 were senior citizens (aged 80 and above).