11.30 am — People have rejected Siddaramaiah. He lost because of his attitude, because of attacking everyone & because of his loose talk: GT Devegowda, JD(S) candidate who is leading over Siddaramaiah in Chamundeshwari by 17000 votes.
11.15 am — BJP declares Yeddyurappa as a winner in Shikaripura
10.53 am — BJP supporters shout slogans of 'Yeddyurappa Yeddyurappa' in Bengaluru
10:16 am — BJP ahead in 115 seats, as per CNN-News18
10.03 am — JD(S)'s HD Kumaraswamy leading over the Congress candidate Iqbal Husaain by over 7000 votes in Ramanagara, he is also leading from Channapatna.
10.00 am — If BJP fails to get simple majority, a Congress-JD(S) tie-up is more likely
9.50 am —
BJP, Congress reflect same vote shares across Karnataka at 38.9%: EC
BJP - 38.9%, 6,22,840 votes
INC - 38.9%, 6,22,435 votes
JD(S) - 15.9%, 2,53,789 votes
IND - 2.9%, 46,801 votes
BSP - 0.5%, 8,308 votes
AIMEP - 0.4%, 5,992 votes
SDPI - 0.3%, 4,374 votes
KPJP - 0.3%, 4,130 votes
CPM - 0.2%, 3,312 votes
NOTA - 0.8%, 13,439 votes
9.45 am — BJP 101, Congress 76, JDS 43
9.40 am — Siddaramaiah trailing in both the constituencies he contested, Badami and Chamundeshwari
9.31 am — Media protest over delayed counting reports in Madikeri
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9.30 am — BJP 100, Congress 80, JDS 35
9.15 am — BJP 82, Congress 77, JDS 33
9.05 am — BJP workers track counting on the giant screen outside party headquarters
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8.52 am — Congress 76, BJP 74, JDS 26
8.45 am — BJP-74, Congress-67, JDS-24
8.40 am — BJP candidate B Sreeramulu is trailing in Badami Assembly constituency.
8.38 am — BJP-72, Congress-62, JDS-23
8.34am — Karnataka CM Siddha Ramaiah trails behind.
BJP— 50, Congress — 39
8.30am — Strong room opened in Belagavi counting center
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8.22am — Congress 22, BJP— 8 and JDS — 5
8.15 am — Heavy Security deployed in Mangaluru
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