Karnataka Assembly Polls: Voting on May 10; Counting on May 13

New Delhi: The Karnataka Assembly polls will be held on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13, said the Election Commission of India on Wednesday.

The election will be held for all 224 assembly constituencies of Karnataka. Karnataka has 5,21,73,579 registered voters in 224 Assembly segments. A total of 58,282 polling booth are to be set up across the state for the assembly polls, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.

The Congress party announced its first list of 124 candidates on March 25. Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest from Varuna and Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar will contest from Kanakapura constituency.

Siddaramaiah said this would be his last election and after this, he will stay away from electoral politics.

Earlier on March 20, the Aam Aadmi Party on March 20 also released its first list comprising 80 candidates. The party has said it will field candidates in all the 224 Assembly constituencies in the state.

The tenure of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on May 24, 2023.

The previous assembly elections in the state were held in May 2018.