Congress has won a clear majority in Karnataka Assembly Elections.  According to the Election Commission of India, Congress has won 135 seats out of a total 224 Assembly seats and is leading in 1 constituency. The ruling BJP bagged 65 seats. JD(S) has come third winning 19 seats while others have won 4 seats.<br />'' <br />''Some of the prominent candidates whose fate has been decided are:<br />''<br />''· Outgoing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai wins Shiggaon seat beating Congress candidate Pathan Yasir Ahmed Khan by nearly 36 thousand votes.  <br />''<br />''· Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined Congress before the elections, was defeated from Hubbali – Dharwad Central seat by BJP candidate by a margin of over 34,000 votes.<br />''<br />''· Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy wins Channapatna Assembly seat by nearly 16 thousand votes.<br />''<br />''· Congress candidate and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wins Varuna seat defeating V. Somanna by 46,163.<br />''<br />''· Pradesh Congress Committee Chief DK Shivakumar wins Kanakpura by a whopping margin of 1,22,392.<br />''<br />''· Vijendra Yediyurappa, who is the son of former Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa, wins Shikaripura constituency by over 11 thousand votes.<br />''<br />''· Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge wins in Chittapur against BJP's Manikanta Rathod by 13,640 votes<br />''<br />''· Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Maduswamy loses to C B Suresh Babu of JD(S) in Chikkanayakanahalli by 10,042 votes<br />''<br />''· Health Minister K Sudhakar loses to Pradeep Eshwar of Congress in Chikkaballapura by 10,642 votes<br />''<br />''· Transport Minister B Sriramulu  loses to B Nagendra of Congress in Ballari by 29,300 votes<br />''<br />''· Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri loses to Bhimanna Naik of Congress by 8,712 votes in Sirsi seat.<br />'' <br />''Counting is being held for all 224 Assembly seats for which election were held on Wednesday. A record turnout of 73.19 per cent was recorded in the polling. A total of 2,615 candidates were in the fray.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In the outgoing Assembly, ruling BJP had 116 MLAs, followed by Congress 69, JD(S) 29, BSP 1 and Independents 2 seats.</span>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />''</p>