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2023 Karnataka Assembly elections | How the Congress won an absolute majority

Focusing on local issues and stitching together a broad social coalition that lent it huge support helped the party win a comfortable majority in the State

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U.P. urban body polls | BJP wins 813 seats of corporators, Samajwadi Party bags 191

The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has won 813 out of the 1,420 seats in the corporators category in the State’s urban local body polls, while the Opposition Samajwadi Party bagged 191 and the Bahujan Samaj Party 85.

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How did Modi lose Karnataka — and could he lose India?

Analysts say misgovernance, infighting and hate politics caused the downfall of Modi’s BJP in the crucial polls.

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Analysis-India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win

India's embattled Congress party won big in a southern state election this weekend, exceeding expectations and gaining fresh momentum to take on entrenched Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national elections next year, top politicians and analysts said.

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Karnataka elections: Congress corners BJP on party president Kharge’s home turf

In a major setback to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Kalaburagi district, the Opposition Congress successfully won seven out of nine Assembly seats, and the BJP slipped from the five seats it won in the last elections to two this election

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Karnataka Assembly election results | JD(S) shows the worst performance in over two decades

The Janata Dal (Secular), the regional party with a strong voter base in the Vokkaliga-dominated region, capitulated to its traditional rival the Congress in a crucial election that it was fighting to remain relevant in Karnataka’s politics.

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Karnataka Assembly election results | PM Modi’s push did little to turn the tide in many constituencies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi headlined the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in Karnataka, pitching for a “double engine sarkar”, with the same party in power at both the Centre and State. He held over 20 rallies and roadshows in the State after elections were declared.

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Modi’s ruling BJP voted out in key Indian state of Karnataka

The results are expected to energise the opposition that is banking on forming a united front in the next election.

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Modi's Hindu nationalist party loses India's Karnataka state ahead of national vote

India's main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count.

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Karnataka results are the beginning of the end of BJP before 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that the results are the beginning of the end for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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BJP wins big in U.P. local body polls; victory signifies faith in pro-people policies, says Yogi Adityanath

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh registered a resounding victory in Urban Local Body polls winning all the 17 Mayoral seats

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Karnataka election results | How did political heirs and families fare?

Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, BJP leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa gave up his stronghold seat of Shikaripura in favour of his son B.Y. Vijayendra. We look at how candidates from influential families fielded by political parties performed in this year’s state Assembly election.

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With Karnataka defeat, BJP finds itself ousted from south India

With the BJP’s defeat in the Karnataka assembly polls, the party has now vacated its last fort among the five southern states.

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Congress recovers lost ground in Old Mysore region

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Karnataka Assembly election results | With the defeat, BJP back to square one in south India

As soon as definitive trends from the Karnataka Assembly polls came out, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat to the Congress and promised that the party would learn from its mistakes and plan for the Lok Sabha polls of 2024.

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Karnataka election results 2023 | Here are the top 10 developments

The results are out for an intensely-fought electoral battle in Karnataka. Here are the key developments from the day

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India's opposition Congress scores big win in Karnataka state election, defeats BJP

India’s main opposition Congress party registered an emphatic win in elections in the southern state of Karnataka on Saturday, defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a big boost to its prospects ahead of national elections due next year.

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Lessons from Karnataka: for the Congress, the BJP and the rest

In Karnataka Assembly elections, the Congress effectively tackled the BJP framework of politics which is a combination of welfarism, caste representation and Hindutva. The outcome has set the tone for national politics in the run-up to the 2024 General Elections.

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India’s Congress party defeats Narendra Modi’s BJP in Karnataka state elections

Victory deals blow to prime minister, who will seek third term in power at next year’s general election

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Karnataka election results 2023 | Are incumbent BJP Ministers winning or losing?

As Congress emerged as the leading party cruising past 120 seats by noon in the closely-watched Assembly elections, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat. Here’s a look at how Ministers in the BJP’s incumbent Karnataka Cabinet are faring in the polls with close to 66% per cent of the…

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Data | It’s a strong rural victory for the Congress in Karnataka

BJP is ahead only in urban seats, while Congress performs much better in semi-urban, rural and semi-rural areas

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Karnataka election results 2023 | Congress set to get majority seats in Belagavi district

In Belagavi, Congress is set to get majority of 11 of the 18 seats. The second biggest district after Bengaluru, had 13 BJP MLAs and five Congress members in the outgoing Assembly.

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Modi’s Hindu nationalist party set to lose India's Karnataka state in polls ahead of national vote

An early vote counts shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is set to lose Karnataka, the only southern India state it governs

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Karnataka election results 2023 | BJP leads in 11 out of 13 constituencies of DK-Udupi twin districts

BJP was leading in Mangaluru City North and South, Moodbidri, Belthangady, Bantwal and Sullia in Dakshina Kannada, Byndoor, Kundapura, Udupi, Kaup and Karkala in Udupi district. Congress was leading in Mangaluru (Ullal) and Puttur, both in Dakshina Kannada.

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Karnataka election results 2023 | CM Bommai concedes defeat for BJP

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections after early trends showed that the Congress were on course to win a majority.

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