The Bharatiya Janata Party government led by B S Yeddyurappa today won the confidence vote in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. As soon as the House met for the day, the Assembly speaker K G Bopaiah arrived in the House and put the one line motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa for vote. After the voice vote, the Speaker declared that the confidence motion has been passed. There was severe protests by the opposition Congress and Janata Dal(S) legislators when the proceedings were on. As the House plunged into further uproar, Bopaiah adjourned the House sine die. Soon after the announcement of the Speaker, the opposition Congress and the JD(S) convened their respective legislature party meetings in the Vidhana Soudha itself and submitted a memorandum to the Governor seeking head count of all Legislatures and the dismissal of the BJP government.Earlier this morning, the state Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified 16 rebel MLAs, including 11 from BJP under the provision of the anti defection law. With this the strength in the 224-member Assembly was brought down to 208. Accordingly, the number of votes needed to prove majority also came down to 105.