Cong gets lesser seats though vote share nearly 2 % higher than BJP
16 May 2018 5:33 AM IST
New Delhi: The Congress got lesser seats than the BJP though its vote share was nearly two percentage points higher than that garnered by the saffron party in the bitterly fought Karnataka Assembly polls, according to election commission data.
At the end of counting of votes for 219 of the 224 constituencies today, the BJP emerged as the single largest party bagging 101 seats and was leading in three with a vote share of 36.2 percent while the Congress came second with a tally of 78 seats accounting for 38 percent of the votes.
According to the official data, the Congress' vote share rose marginally to 38 percent in the current polls from 36.6 percent in 2013 but had to be satisfied with lesser seats.
On the other hand, BJP's vote share remained marginally lower than that of Congress but at 36.2 percent it recorded the highest so far and also managed to bag more seats
JD(S)' vote share declined to 18.4 percent this year from 20.2 percent in 2013 and 19.44 percent in 2008.
Next Story
