As predicted by Union Minister Chiranjeevi during his recent election campaign, Congress is likely to emerge as the winner in the Karnataka Assembly elections by winning around 120 seats as per the exit polls.
All most all the media houses have given thumbs up to Congress with over 110 seats where it's rival BJP would settle for just around 50 seats in the elections to the 224-member Assembly. So, Chiru can claim the credit for victory in Karnataka polls now.
CNN-IBN: Congress - 110 to 116 seats; BJP - 43 TO 53 seats, JD-S - 16 to 24 seats.
Headlines Today: Congress - 114 seats; BJP - 55 seats; JD-S - 34 seats.
Times Now: Congress - 132 seats, BJP - 32 seats; JD-S - 32 seats.
ABP News: Congress - 110 - 118 seats; BJP - 51 TO 59 seats, JD-S - 31 to 37 seats.
Today's Chanakya: Congress - 121 to 143 seats.
At present, BJP has been running the government with 110 MLAs (3 short of majority) and the support of 5 Independent legislators. On the other hand, Congress and JD-S have 80 and 28 MLAs respectively.
