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2019 Karnataka Assembly By Election Result - BJP's Yediyurappa set to retain power in Karnataka as BJP leads in 12 of 15 seats in bypolls Monday Dec 09,2019

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa looks set to retain power in the state as early trends in the counting of votes for Dec 05,2019  by-polls are giving his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an edge.

After seven rounds of counting in 15 constituencies, the BJP is leading in 12, Congress in two and an independent candidate in one

Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)], which was in power before the BJP, is trailing in all the seats

The BJP fielded 13 of the disqualified legislators, who joined the party after the Supreme Court’s verdict, in the bypolls. They had won these seats in the 2018 assembly elections on Congress and JD(S) tickets.

The Congress held the 12 of the 15 seats and the JD (S) the remaining three.

The BJP enjoys a wafer-thin majority in the state and needs to win six out of the 15 to retain power since it also enjoys the support of an Independent lawmaker. It currently has the simple majority of 105 in the 208 member assembly

The strength of the assembly was reduced following the disqualification of 17 lawmakers, whose resignations in July toppled the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. The two parties have a combined strength of 101 seats. They will have to win at least 12 seats and come together to topple the Yediyurappa government

The Supreme Court of India(SCI) last month upheld the disqualification of the 17 even as it allowed them to contest the bypolls. KR Ramesh Kumar, the then Karnataka Assembly Speaker, disqualified the 17 under the anti-defection law and barred them from contesting polls until the term of the current House ends in 2023.

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