Karnataka Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: BJP likely to win 18-22, Congress 4-8, JDS 1-3

Prabha Mallikarjun, wife of Minister S S Mallikarjun and daughter-in-law of veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, was in the fray from Davangere.

Sons of Ministers Laxmi Hebbalkar and Eshwar Khandre - Mrinal Ravindra Hebbalkar and Sagar Khandre - contested from Belgaum and Bidar respectively, while daughters of Ministers Satish Jarkiholi and Shivanand Patil -Priyanka Jarkiholi and Samyukta Patil- were in fray in Chikkodi and Bagalkot respectively.

India TV-CNX predicted that BJP's dominance in Karnataka will continue in Karnataka

According to India TV-CNX exit poll prediction,  BJP is likely to win 18-22, Congress 4-8 and JD-S 1-3.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani contested from the Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency.

Congress leader Geetha Shivrajkumar contested from Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency-- wife of actor Shivrajkumar and daughter of former CM S Bangarappa.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pitted Union Ministers Bhagwanth Khuba from the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency, in Karnataka.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pitted Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi from the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency, in Karnataka.

BJP fielded former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar from Balgaum Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP fielded former Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai from Haveri Lok Sabha constituency.

Davangere Lok Sabha seat had the maximum number of 30 candidates, followed by 23 in Shimoga and Raichur has the least number - 8.

4,000 micro-observers were on duty and 17,000 polling stations were covered by webcasting, said the Election Commission of India.

35,000 civil police personnel, 65 companies of Central Paramilitary forces and armed police of other states will be deployed for the polling day," he said.

Around 1.45 lakh polling officials were deployed across the 14 constituencies in the second phase of polling.

Karnataka is the most important state for the BJP in south India as it's only state where it has held power in the past.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP had swept all 14 seats voted in the second phase, defeating Congress and JD(S), which were in alliance and ruling the state then.

Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere and Shimoga voted in the second phase on May 7.

More than 2.59 crore voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in 28,269 polling stations where voting took place between 7 am to 6 pm in the second phase.

A total of 227 candidates -- 206 men and 21 women -- were in the fray for the second phase.

The state has a total of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. The first phase of polling in 14 seats in most of the southern and coastal districts was held on April 26.

 The Congress and BJP locked horns on the electoral battleground in Karnataka. BJP outshined in the last two Lok Sabha elections.