Basavaraj Bommai Resign after Karnataka election Result declared

The Congress breached the halfway mark early in the day and won 136 seats as the counting of votes came to an end. The BJP party, hoping to break the 34-year-old anti-incumbency jinx in the state, managed to win 65 seats. Basavaraj Bommai Resign after Karnataka election Result declared.

Meanwhile, the JD(S), which was hoping to be the kingmaker if the two national parties fail to secure a clear majority, bagged in 19 seats. Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday resigned as Karnataka chief minister, hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the assembly elections.

“I have tendered my resignation and it has been accepted,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said after tendering his resignation to Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan.

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The saffron party was voted out of its only bastion in southern India, with the Congress registering a resounding victory by winning 136 out of 224 assembly seats.

The defeat came despite a high-decibel poll campaign headlined by BJP bigwigs including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda in the state.

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The Congress in Karnataka secured a comfortable majority, indicating a shift in power from the BJP in its lone southern citadel. This victory, influenced by anti-incumbency, has boosted the morale of the Congress leaders and workers ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.