Bengaluru: The Congress is marching ahead by leading in 108 seats as the counting of votes for the Karnataka Assembly polls is currently underway on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead in 85 seats.

In the 224-seat Assembly, the JDS is leading in 22 seats.

The clear picture on the verdict is expected to be known post-noon.

The BJP is looking to return to power in the state for one more time despite facing tough competition from the Congress.

The Congress is looking to ride high on 40 per cent commission sarkara, price rise and unemployment.

JDS is eyeing to become a kingmaker in case of fractured mandate as it did in the 2018 election.

Among the top candidates from these parties are Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, and Jagadish Shettar.
In the 2018 election, the BJP was the single-largest party winning 104 seats.

However, Congress, which had bagged only 80 seats, stitched an alliance with HD Kumaraswamy's JDS, which won 37 seats, and formed a coalition government in the state.

The BJP formed the government mid-way after some Congress and JDS MLAs withdrew their support from the coalition government.