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By CNBCTV18.com Mar 29, 2023 12:41:32 PM IST (Updated)
Karnataka election 2023 | The voting will be held in a single phase. The term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly ends on May 24. Check full schedule here
The Election Commission of India announced election schedule for the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 on Wednesday. The voting for the 224 seats will take place in a single phases on May 10. The votes will be counted on May 13 and the results will be announced thereafter. The elections are being held in Karnataka as the term of the 224-member assembly ends on May 24. A chief minister needs to be sworn in before this date.
Here's the full schedule of Karnataka Election 2023:
| Poll events | Date |
| Date of issue of gazette notification | Apr-13 |
| Last date if making nominations | Apr-20 |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | Apr-21 |
| Last date of withdrawal of candidature | Apr-24 |
| Date of voting | May-10 |
| Date of counting of votes | May-13 |
| Date before with elections shall be completed | May-15 |
Karnataka, which has 224 seats in the assembly currently has 121 MLAs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the Congress has 70 and JD(S) has 30 seats. In 2018 Karnataka election, the BJP had won 104 seats of the 223 seats it had contested. The Congress won 78 seats and the JD(S) had won 37 seats.