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Karnataka by-election results highlights: Chief Minister Kumaraswamy says, Goal is to win all 28 Lok Sabha seats
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 06, 2018 05:08 PM IST
The results for the three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka, which went to bye-elections on Saturday, were declared on Tuesday. The Congress-JD(S) emerged as the biggest winners with the parties bagging 2 seats each, even as the BJP managed to win just 1 seat - Shivamogga -out of the five seats - two assembly and three parliamentary. Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra won the Shivamogga Lok Sabha bypoll by 52,148 votes.Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha won Ramanagaram assembly seat, Congress’s Anand Nyamagouda bagged Jamkhandi, Congress’ VS Ugrappa won Ballari Lok Sabha seat and JD(S)’ LR Shivaramegowda won Mandya parliamentary seat.An estimated 67 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypolls for five constituencies.A total of 31 candidates were in the fray from all the five constituencies, though the contest was mainly between the Congress-JD(S) combine and the BJP.Here are the live updates:
How Congress laid groundwork for midnight Supreme Court hearing against Karnataka governor
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
UPDATED ON MAY 18, 2018 09:52 AM IST
Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, went into a huddle on Wednesday and decided to file the petition against the Karnataka Governor for inviting BJP’s Yeddyurappa to form the government.
Karnataka highlights: Amid tight security, Congress, JD(S) MLAs leave for Bengaluru in luxury buses
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2018 10:47 AM IST
The Karnataka assembly will hold a special session on Saturday for a Supreme Court mandated floor test for the BJP government led by BS Yeddyurappa. Here are the live updates:
Yeddyurappa faces Supreme Court test, letter to governor may decide fate
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Ashok Bagriya
UPDATED ON MAY 18, 2018 09:20 AM IST
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear Congress petition challenging governor’s decision to invite BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to form government in Karnataka.
Karnataka government formation: A timeline as to how the midnight drama unfolded
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 17, 2018 12:35 PM IST
Chief Justice Dipak Misra obliged the Congress-JD(S) combine at midnight to hear their petition seeking stay on Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in as soon as Karnataka governor Valubhai Vala invited him to.
Karnataka tussle: Supreme Court refuses to stay Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 17, 2018 09:40 AM IST
In a rare pre-dawn hearing on an appeal by the Congress-JD(S) combine, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in as Karnataka chief minister.
Congress to rethink strategy as Siddaramaiah joins long list of losing CMs
Hindustan Times, Congress | By Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
UPDATED ON MAY 17, 2018 07:32 AM IST
Since 2014, no sitting Congress chief minister – eight in all including Prithviraj Chavan in Maharashtra, Tarun Gogoi in Assam, and Oommen Chandy in Kerala – has been able to retain power.
Win some, lose some: Karnataka elections were the semi-final that wasn’t
Hindustan Times | By Rajesh Mahapatra
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 07:31 PM IST
Karnataka has turned an important chapter in the coming together of regional parties, which have wisened up to what BJP really means for them.
How Siddaramaiah was felled by his own imagination in Karnataka elections | Opinion
By Sugata Srinivasaraju
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 06:12 PM IST
Siddaramaiah tried to bring all backward castes, Dalits and minorities under an umbrella to create a formidable political force. He assumed these groups would be with him and thought of splitting the Lingayat vote. But both plans backfired.
A big Hindutva imprint in BJP’s Karnataka election performance
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By Roshan Kishore
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 07:53 PM IST
BJP’s current tally of 104 seats is six short of the 110 it got in the 2008 Karnataka elections. Its 2018 performance is worse than its 2008 performance in the Bombay Karnataka sub-region.
Congress approaches Supreme Court after BJP gets invite to form Karnataka government
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji and Zia Haq
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 11:51 PM IST
The Congress is seeking a hearing in the Supreme Court on its petition against Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite BJP to form the government
Karnataka poll results not a sign of Modi wave, premature to say BJP will form govt: Shiv Sena
Hindustan Times | By Swapnil Rawal, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 02:59 PM IST
In an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, it said the Congress lost because of former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s overconfidence
Key facts about Karnataka election results explained in numbers and charts
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondents
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 04:24 PM IST
From BJP’s impressive showing to voting patterns and the fate of incumbents, here’s a visual low-down on the Karnataka election results.
Twitter sees over 3 mn mentions of Karnataka elections in three weeks
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 02:25 PM IST
According to Twitter, BJP (@BJP4Karnataka) garnered 51% of the share of voice on Twitter, while Congress (@INCKarnataka) took 42% and Janata Dal (Secular) had 7% of mentions.
Karnataka government formation: Kumaraswamy says BJP offering Rs 100 crore to JD (S) leaders
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 02:44 PM IST
Janata Dal (Secular) leader Kumaraswamy also says his party is firmly behind the Congress in the Karnataka government formation bid.
Karnataka government formation: Congress, JD(S) cry poaching, BJP says politics an art of possibility
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 04:00 PM IST
Both the Congress and the JD(S) appeared confident about keeping their flocks together as suspense over the Karnataka government formation continued.
Sensex plunges 245 points on political uncertainty in Karnataka, global cues
Press Trust of India, Mumbai | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 10:31 AM IST
The 30-share index was trading lower by 245.23 points, or 0.69%, at 35,298.71.
Modi, BJP dominate Karnataka poll-related Twitter space, Siddaramaiah most mentioned candidate
Indo Asian News Service, New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 10:11 AM IST
#KarnatakaVerdict emerged as the most talked about election-related topic in the past 24 hours since Tuesday.
Rise of Lingayats, missing women: A profile of the new Karnataka assembly
New Delhi | By Gilles Verniers
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 01:01 PM IST
The political class in Karnataka remains quite concentrated, a phenomenon reinforced by the fact that many politicians switch sides between elections.
Karnataka election results 2018: Yeddyurappa back in the reckoning for CM
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Kumar Uttam
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 07:56 AM IST
After the BJP emerged as the single largest party just short of a majority, BS Yeddyurappa appeared within a striking distance of the Karnataka chief minister’s post.
The anti-incumbency factor against Siddaramaiah that no one saw coming in Karnataka
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 08:00 AM IST
Ahead of the Karnataka polls, Siddaramaiah commissioned four surveys, apart from the surveys commissioned by the Congress, all of which pointed to a clear victory for the party.
Karnataka highlights: Supreme Court to hear Congress petition next at 10.30 am on Friday
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru and New Delhi | By HT Correspondents
UPDATED ON MAY 17, 2018 07:20 AM IST
The Congress and the JD(S) challenged in the Supreme Court the Karnataka Governor’s decision to invite BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to form the government in Karnataka after election results revealed a hung assembly. Here are the live updates:
Congress alleges EVM rigging after Karnataka verdict, Oppn pushes for return to ballot voting
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 07:40 AM IST
The Congress alleged that in Karnataka, too, the electoral process was rigged and has decided to escalate its demand for restoration of ballot paper-based voting in future elections.
Karnataka elections 2018: Vokkaliga ire leads to fall of Congress in Old Mysuru
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 07:27 AM IST
Karnataka elections results showed that the gains made by the BJP were largely at the expense of the Congress, while the JD(S) managed to not only consolidate but also increase its tally.
Kingmaker to king: Deve Gowda’s JD(S) back in reckoning in Karnataka
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 08:06 AM IST
The Congress, which won 78 seats, extended unconditional support to the Janata Dal (Secular) which won 38 seats to form and head a government in Karnataka.
A look at Karnataka’s tryst with rocky coalition governments
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 12:04 AM IST
As Karnataka is looking at a possible government comprising Congress and the JD(S), here is look at previous coalition governments in the state:
Kerala Tourism tweets, then deletes, invite to Karnataka MLAs as parties hunt majority
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 10:54 PM IST
The tongue-in-cheek tweet from Kerala Tourism came as the Karnataka election verdict threw up a hung assembly, leaving political parties scrambling to make up numbers for a majority
Karnataka election results 2018: Three key takeaways for the BJP
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 10:38 PM IST
Karnataka Election Results 2018 might embolden the BJP leaders to opt for a similar course correction in Rajasthan, where the BJP lost by-elections for a Lok Sabha and an assembly seat this year.
Karnataka election results deliver a hung assembly, all eyes on governor Vajubhai Vala
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru/New Delhi | By Venkatesha Babu and Prashant Jha
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 10:34 PM IST
The BJP emerged as the single largest party in the assembly with 104 seats but fell short of a majority by 8 seats after the Karnataka election results were announced.
Karnataka election results 2018: 10 ministers taste defeat in polls
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 10:40 PM IST
Among the 10 was Siddaramaiah who lost by a massive margin of 36,042 votes in his traditional constituency of Chamundeshwari in Mysuru and barely scraped through in Badami in north Karnataka.
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