BENGALURU: Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao asserted that the results of the Lok Sabha elections will be in favour of the Congress party after voting concluded for 14 out of 28 seats in the state on Friday. He also said that the grand old party will win more than 20 seats in the state.
“In Karnataka, there is a chance to win more than 20 seats (for Congress). I believe the result will be in our favour after the first voting in the state. This time, we hope to win in the Bengaluru city. Generally, the voter turnout is less than 60 per cent in Bengaluru. Voting is necessary for democracy”, Dinesh Gundu Rao said.
Voting in 14 seats in Karnataka was held on Friday alongside 12 other states/Union Territories. In the second phase, the voting was held in 88 Lok Sabha constituencies across 13 States/Union Territory, including 13 in Rajasthan, 20 in Kerala, eight in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, six in Madhya Pradesh, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one each in Tripura, Manipur, and Jammu & Kashmir.
The first phase of voting in 102 constituencies across 21 states/UTs were held on April 19. The third phase of the seven-phase parliamentary elections will be held on May 7 and the final phase will be on June 1. The results will be announced on June 4. (ANI)