Thread by @Paul_Koshy

The people of #Karnataka have decided to give the mandate to #Congress party to Govern the state for the next 5 years.

Higher voter turnout will advantage the party even further.

#Women #Youth #Lingayats and socially marginalized classes are favoring Congress.

The fight in Bagalkot District is largely Congress versus BJP in the 7 constituencies - Mudhol (SC), Terdal, Jamkhandi, Bilgi, Badami, Bagalkot and Hungund.

The #Congress wave is strong here. The projection of 5 seats for Congress out of 7 is a new high

Five of the constituencies in the district are dominated by Marathas, while Lingayats form a majority in most of the 13 remaining constituencies.

The tectonic shift of the Lingayat voter base from BJP to #Congress is responsible for that Party to gain from a region.

The BJP left out a number of sitting MLAs and notable leaders from its candidates' lists, including Madal Virupakshappa, K S Eshwarappa, ex-chief minister Jagadish Shettar, Aravind Limbavali and Laxman Savadi, to name a few, triggering protests by their supporters in the region.

Rahim Khan of INC is winning Bidar Assembly seat with a margin of around 18,000 votes

Modi campaigned in the neighboring District Gulbarga. The BJP has fielded very weak candidates. A diminishing influence of the PM has left these candidates high and dry

Four-time MLA C T Ravi up against former aide in Chikmagalur HD Thammaiah. In one of the major upsets, CT Ravi is losing his seat.

INCs projected victory in 2 seats can be considered as a good show.

It is worth mentioning that Chikballapur is considered a significant constituency for the #BJP as it is the home turf of Dr. K.S.Sudhakar, a "loyalist" and former Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka

Pradeep Eshwar of INC is set to defeat him

NY Gopalakrishna, who returned to Congress after a notorious defection to BJP, will take on his long-standing foe in Molakalmuru. Bitter Rivals of INC NY
Gopalakrishna locks horns with BJP's S. Thippeswamy.

Congress will win a minimum of 3 seats in the district.

Dakshin Kannada as of now still stays strong for the BJP. INC certain to win 2, could win a surprise 3rd seat too.

Congress candidate SS Mallikarjun is all set to defeat the sitting BJP MLA Lokikere Nagaraj from Davanagare North Seat.

People have lost faith and hope in BJP. PM Modi has personally campaigned in this District. He is not seen anymore as the Leader that BJP tries to project.

In Hubballi-Dharwad Central, the battle is between Jagadish Shettar’s hurt sentiments and BJP’s betrayal card. This seat was held by the BJP for long. But, this time its Congress that's winning here

"Will vote for Indira Gandhi's party", says farmer in Gadag as Poll Campaign enters last day in Karnataka. Congress candidate and sitting MLA H.K. Patil is comfortably placed in the constituency which has a large Muslim population along with Hindu Lingayats and Dalits.

Congress will win the same number of seats as JDS.

After much deliberations, the JD(S) has fielded Swaroop HS Prakash, who will be up against BJP's Preetham J Gowda. Congress has fielded Banavasi Rangaswamy. BJP's attempts to woo Vokkaliga voter base is failing.

Congress gains here at the expense of the BJP. This is yet another constituency where PM Modi has personally campaigned.

Hirekerur, Gadag, Byadagi, Shirahatti, Ron, Ranebennuru, Hanagal, and Haver are the 6 MLA Constituencies in the Distrct

Stronghold of Kharge- Congress.

The BJP Candidate in Chittapur Manikanta Rathod, is a rowdy sheeter with many criminal cases against him. His threat to kill the Kharge Family members has backfired on him.

#PriyankKharge is all set to win by a lead of over 15,000 votes

BJP restricted to 1 seat by Congress. The BJP candidate in Madikeri faces a strong incumbency factor. People are looking for a change.

At Virajpet the Congress candidate AS Ponnanna is all set to defeat the sitting BJP K.G.Bopaiah

Almost a clean sweep for Congress. JDS may win 1 seat here

Kolar will witness C.M.R. Srinath from JD(S) ,Kothur G. Manjunath from INC and Varthur Prakash from BJP contesting

1 to 1 Fight between Congress and the BJP

BJP fails to break the Vokkaliga votes. The 7 seats from the Constituency will be shared between INC and JDS at 3:4

Traditional strong hold of Congress gaining more strength

BJPs attempts to break the Vokkaliga voter base has failed. Both JDS and INC share equal wins

INC will be gaining in this constituency at the expense of BJP. Sidelining of Yediyurappa and betraying the Lingayat Community leaders and seers by the BJP Top Brass will have a huge impact

The #BJP has targeted JDS by fielding many Vokkaliga candidates in this region. The Congress voter base stays strong. Women, Youth, Dalits and Lingayats have sided with the #Congress

One of the strong-holds of #BJP is now getting shaky for the party. Poor performance of the sitting MLAs and continuous communal strife has made people tired of the party.