LIVE: Karnataka Election Schedule 2023 | Karnataka Polling on May 10 | Results on May 13

Karnataka Election Schedule 2023 Live Updates: The Election Commission will announce the dates for 2023 Karnataka assembly election at 11.30am today. There are 224 seats in the Karnataka assembly. There are 5.21 crore voters including 2.59 women voters. The number also includes 16,976 centenarians, 4,699 third gender and 9.17 lakh first time voters. While the Congress released its first list of 124 candidates last week, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that BJP will announce the list of candidates in the first week of April. The last big bastion. This is how Karnataka is being viewed by both the Congress and the BJP as they put the results from Gujarat behind them and prepare for a showdown at the hustings in the state with assembly elections scheduled for April-May next year. While the BJP will, no doubt, intensify its efforts to capture Karnataka and accomplish its goal of creating a ‘Congress mukt Bharat’, the ruling Congress will go fullthrottle to ensure the party keeps its grip on power. Unlike in Gujarat where the BJP was expected to secure an easy victory, the forthcoming polls in Karnataka could be a game-changer for both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and new Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. The popularity of the one and the political shrewdness of the other will be put to a stern test. Both parties had kicked off their poll campaigns in Karnataka even before elections in Gujarat were announced. #karnatakaassemblyelection2023 #karnataka #bjp #congress #electioncommission Subscribe to The Times of India's YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/WgIatu For daily news & updates and exclusive stories, follow the Times of India Facebook:   / timesofindia   Instagram:   / timesofindia   Download the app: http://toi.in/3SLUCa80 Follow TOI+ for well-researched and in-depth news and analysis Facebook:   / timesofindiaplus   Twitter:   / toiplus   Instagram:   / toi_plus