BIG BREAKING: Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 date announced, May 10 is election

The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections today.  Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 date announced. Karnataka assembly election 2023 will be held on may 10 and result will announced on May 13.

First time option of voting from home for persons with disability and senior citizens in Karnataka. 73,200 PwD and senior citizens voted from home in five previous state polls. The total number of 80+ year-old electors stand at 12.15 lakh, Total electors in Karnataka are 5.2 crore, says CEC Rajiv Kumar. Out of the over 5.21 crore electors in Karnataka, 5.55 lakh are PwD electors.

The term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly ends on May 24. The BJP has set a target of winning at least 150 of the total 224 seats in the Assembly that will go for polls in May. Out of the 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, the ruling BJP has set a target of winning at least 150.Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 date announced.

Meanwhile, the Congress and the JD(S) have announced their first lists of 124 and 93 candidates respectively. In what could be a key poll issue in the state, the Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government last week announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education.

Chief Minister Bommai also scrapped the 4 per cent quota reserved for Other Backward Classed (OBC) Muslims. The 4 per cent reservation will now be distributed among the Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities equally.

The 224-seat-strong Karnataka Assembly currently has 119 MLAs of the BJP, while Congress has 75 and its ally JD(S) has 28 seats. Chief Minister Bommai on Tuesday accused Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar of luring BJP MLAs by offering them tickets to constituencies where the Congress is yet to announce its candidates for the upcoming polls.

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