The Congress party emerged as a clear winner in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly Election after results showed that it won a whooping 135 seats in the 224-house assembly - a clear majority - with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing 66 seats, while regional party, the Janata Dal (Secular), managed to get 19 seats.Follow Karnataka swearing-in LIVE Updates hereSoon after the election result, a tussle began to brew within the Congress, as senior leaders Siddaramaiah - a former CM and leader of opposition - and DK Shivakumar, the president of the party's state unit, staked claim to the top elected post of the CM.Nearly four days of hectic parleys later, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived at the decision to hand Siddaramaiah the CM post once again and make DK Shivakumar his sole deputy, even as other CM aspirants threw themselves in the ring.The incoming chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy CM DK Shivakumar will be taking their oaths at Bengaluru's Kanteerava stadium today at 12:30pm. Watch out for HT's coverage on the Karnataka Assembly Election, the results, the fight for the CM post and now the finale - the swearing-in ceremony. googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('div-gpt-lb-middle'); }); Follow all the updates here: May 20, 2023 01:51 PM IST 'Congress win in Karnataka elections sent message across country': Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav On Congress party's win in Karnataka Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said that if the Opposition works with a united front, they can win over the Bharatiya Janata Party. Read more May 20, 2023 01:18 PM IST After Karnataka rout, BJP leaders in huddle for a review After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a rout in the Karnataka assembly polls, senior party leaders said they have begun to hold meetings to identify reasons for the defeat, even as different factions of the state leadership listed a number of factors -- from BS Yediyurappa"™s removal as chief minister in 2021 to a failure to read the mood on the ground to poor choice of candidates. Read more May 20, 2023 12:59 PM IST Key Opposition meet likely after Karnataka government formation All eyes are on the proposed meeting of at least 12 major opposition parties to be held in Patna soon to give shape to a larger opposition front to take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Read more May 20, 2023 12:47 PM IST This Kannada news portal predicted Congress' big win two months ago The Congress's resounding victory with 135 seats in Karnataka may have exceeded the expectations of many, but for a small Kannada web portal Eedina (eedina.com), the election results came as no surprise. Remarkably, this web portal had accurately predicted the outcome well in advance, during the last week of April itself. Check what they had predicted here. May 20, 2023 12:31 PM IST At 53%, Bengaluru sees low voter count this election Popularly known for its urban voter apathy, Bengaluru recorded 52% turnout on an average, according to the latest data of the Election Commission of India (ECI). Read here May 20, 2023 12:30 PM IST BJP, Congress present confident front ahead of election results As the people vote, leaders of three major parties in Karnataka presented a confident front claiming they would win the elections comfortably. Read more May 20, 2023 12:27 PM IST Karnataka assembly polls sees voter turnout of 72.67 per cent Karnataka recorded a voter turnout of 72.67 per cent in the Assembly elections, which is slightly above the previous polls in 2018. Read more May 20, 2023 12:26 PM IST Will win with comfortable majority, says CM Bommai on Karnataka exit poll Soon after voting ended on Wednesday at 6 pm in a single phase in Karnataka, exit poll results from various surveys showed the Congress party edging ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and predicted it may even gain a majority of its own in the 224-member assembly. Read more May 20, 2023 12:24 PM IST EC rejects Cong's charge that EVMs used in Karnataka were earlier deployed in South Africa The Election Commission (EC) rejected the Congress's claim on Thursday that the electronic voting machines used in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls were previously deployed in South Africa and asked the party to "publicly expose" the sources that spread such false information. Read more May 20, 2023 12:22 PM IST Never said we will win 150 seats: Bommai Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that he never claimed the party would win 150 seats in the assembly elections. He, however, claimed that the party will win with a majority, rejecting the exit poll predictions that give the Congress an edge. Read more May 20, 2023 12:16 PM IST Karnataka election: Exit polls predict hung assembly. 'Kingmaker' JDS ready to deal with BJP, Congress but... Ex-Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy on Friday declared his party open to a post-poll alliance with either the Congress or the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, offering each potential lifelines ahead of Saturday's counting of votes. Read more May 20, 2023 12:15 PM IST Karnataka Poll: BJP, Cong plan to keep flock together, approach independents on eve of counting day A day before counting of votes in Karnataka, both the BJP and Congress went into huddles and held strategy sessions on ways to keep the flock together. Read more May 20, 2023 12:14 PM IST 'No demand for me... a small party': JDS' Kumaraswamy plays down alliance buzz Hours before the counting for the Karnataka Assembly Elections begins, ex-Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy said on Saturday that JD(S) was a small party and he was only looking for development. Read more May 20, 2023 12:11 PM IST Karnataka CM Bommai wins Shiggaon by over 54,000 votes Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai won from the Shiggaon seat in the state's Haveri district as counting of votes for the 2023 Assembly election continues. Read more May 20, 2023 12:05 PM IST Karnataka assembly election 2023: Full list of JD(S) candidates winners As vote counting is underway for the Karnataka Assembly election of 2023, the trends emerge in favour of the Congress party, which is in full celebration mode today as it leads on 136 seats. Read more May 20, 2023 12:04 PM IST Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra wins debut election Independent Nagaraja Gowda 2nd Shikaripura election result 2023: BY Vijayendra, the son of former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, won the Shikaripura assembly constituency after beating Independent SP Nagaraja Gowda, a Congress rebel by around 11,000 votes. Read more May 20, 2023 12:03 PM IST Karnataka election results: Sons of former CM cross swords in Sorab seat Kumar and Madhu Bangarappa, sons of former Karnataka chief minister S Bangarappa, are having an electoral dust-up from the Sorab assembly seat. Read more May 20, 2023 12:02 PM IST Karnataka election result: Congress president"™s son Priyank Kharge retains Chittapur seat for third time Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank retained his Chittapur seat for the third time, the data showed amid as the counting of votes for the Karnataka Assembly election of 2023 is underway. Kharge defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's Manikanta Rathod by over 13,000 votes. In the final results, Kharge managed nearly 53 per cent of the votes and his BJP rival secured approximately 44 per cent. Read more May 20, 2023 12:01 PM IST Karnataka election 2023: Cong's Dinesh Gundu Rao retains Gandhi Nagar seat in close fight with BJP's Gowda Former Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao retained his Gandhi Nagar Assembly constiuency seat is a closely battle with the Bharatiya Janata Party rival Sapthagiri Gowda. Rao emerged victorious by a slim margin of just 105 votes, the data showed as the counting of polled votes for the Karnataka Assembly election 2023 is underway on Saturday. Read more May 20, 2023 12:00 PM IST Karnataka Poll: I take full responsibility for the defeat, says CM Basavaraj Bommai Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he will take full responsibility for the BJP's defeat in the Assembly elections, and that the party will function as a responsible opposition in the days to come. He said Congress' "much organised" election strategy might have been one of the major reasons for its win. Read more May 20, 2023 11:57 AM IST BJP's Udupi candidate Yashpal Suvarna who called for "˜no hijab in school"™ wins Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced an overall loss in Karnataka, it saw a victory in the Udupi assembly constituency as its candidate, Yashpal Suvarna, who called for no hijab in educational institutions, won. Suvarna secured a total of 97,079 votes, with a vote-share of 58.5 per cent. He defeated Congress' candidate, Prasadraj Kanchan, by nearly 33,000 votes, data on the Election Commission of India (ECI) website said. Read more May 20, 2023 11:54 AM IST What didn"™t work for the BJP in Karnataka election By the middle of April, even as voting day was three weeks away, the political trend in Karnataka had started becoming clear. The Congress was running a cogent, incisive campaign, their infighting put to bed for the moment. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, was playing catch-up, hobbled by a multitude of factors. Read more May 20, 2023 11:52 AM IST K"™taka assembly polls: Winning 16 seats, BJP fares well in Bengaluru Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party"™s rout in the Karnataka assembly elections, the party has fared well in Bengaluru and also improved its tally compared to the 2018 polls. Read more May 20, 2023 11:51 AM IST Karnataka elections: BJP wins 16 seats in Bengaluru, Tejasvi Surya thanks people The Bharatiya Janata Party which was defeated in Karnataka assembly election managed to win 16 seats out of 28 in Bengaluru and dominated the winning Congress at Karnataka"™s capital. It also won the Jayanagar seat, with a narrow margin of 16 votes, after all high voltage drama till Sunday late night. Read more May 20, 2023 11:51 AM IST DK Shivakumar stages 'dharna' post-BJP's narrow win in Jayanagar Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar staged a 'dharna' in front of the counting centre in Jayanagar on Saturday night alleging the misuse of government machinery to favour Bharatiya Janata Party candidate CK Ramamurthy who won with a narrow margin of 16 votes. Read more May 20, 2023 11:49 AM IST Karnataka election: DK Shivakumar v Siddaramaiah poster war in CM race after Cong's big win Congress woke up to a poster war after supporters of state boss DK Shivakumar and the outgoing Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah plastered the capital with posters demanding their 'man' be appointed chief minister. Read more  May 20, 2023 11:47 AM IST "˜Bajrang Dal not afraid of ban"™, VHP leader reacts on Congress"™ Karnataka win Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) general secretary Milind Parande seemed unbothered by the Congress"™ emphatic 135 seats victory in the Karnataka Assembly election Saturday as he claimed that the organisation"™s youth wing Bajrang Dal is not afraid of the ban threat as was proposed by the Congress party in its election manifesto. Read more May 20, 2023 11:46 AM IST Newly elected independent MLA from Karnataka's Harapanahalli extends support to Congress All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday said that Latha Mallikarjun who got elected as an independent from the Harapanahalli Assembly segment in the Vijayanagara district of Karnataka extended "unconditional support" to the Congress party. Read more May 20, 2023 11:37 AM IST Karnataka elections: Rural votes act as springboard for Cong win The Congress won the Karnataka state election by securing the most votes in rural and poor areas, according to the Election Commission of India. The BJP had a better vote share in urban areas, while the Congress had almost equal support in both. Read more May 20, 2023 11:34 AM IST JD(S) marks worst its showing since debut On Saturday, the Janata Dal(Secular) saw its worst performance in over two decades, reduced to 19 seats from the 37 they had won in 2018. Read here May 20, 2023 11:33 AM IST Karnataka Politics highlights: "˜High command will take a call,"™ says DKS ahead of Congress's meet tomorrow The confusion over Karnataka's next chief minister is yet to end as the Congress party did not finalise a name between the DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah. Read more May 20, 2023 11:29 AM IST Karnataka CM: Observers present report before Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in Karnataka, will return to the national capital on Monday and present their report to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the question of appointing the chief minister of the State. Read more May 20, 2023 11:17 AM IST AICC observers reach Delhi, to give report to Kharge on Karnataka CLP meet Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in Karnataka, arrived in Delhi on Monday to present their report to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the question of appointing the chief minister of the State. Read more May 20, 2023 11:16 AM IST MES loses all 6 seats, but gives tough fight to BJP, Congress The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), a regional outfit at the forefront of the agitation of Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka, lost all the six seats it contested in the recent assembly elections "“ the results of which were announced on Saturday. Read more May 20, 2023 11:05 AM IST Karnataka polls: Communities seek plum portfolios for leaders Even as the Congress is struggling to find an amicable solution to conflict over the chief minister"™s post, the demand for cabinet berths has already begun. Read more May 20, 2023 11:04 AM IST Congress outperforms BJP among Lingayat candidates The Congress outperformed the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) on the winning rate for candidates from the Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities in the recent assembly elections. Read more May 20, 2023 11:03 AM IST Eight MLAs to take oath as ministers at Siddaramaiah's swearing-in ceremony; Who are they? Ahead of Karnataka's incoming chief minister Siddaramaiah's oath-taking ceremony at 12:30 pm today at Bengaluru's Kanteerava stadium, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge said that eight MLAs will be sworn in as ministers in the cabinet, news agency ANI reported. Read more May 20, 2023 10:58 AM IST Experts predicted PM Modi"™s tactics are unlikely to work in Karnataka Experts had predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi"™s attempts to drive the BJP"™s campaigns on the personal comments made on him by the Congress are unlikely to work in Karnataka. Read more to know why. May 20, 2023 10:54 AM IST Bommai chosen as BJP's campaign chief to limit Yediyurappa"™s influence over party The BJP's central leadership appointed former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai as the chairman of the party"™s campaign committee for the May 10 assembly elections in the state, which was seen as a move to curtail the influence of B S Yediyurappa over the state unit. But did this move work for the saffron party? Read more May 20, 2023 10:50 AM IST Did BS Yediyurappa"™s exit hurt BJP the most