In Karnataka it is almost a
straight fight between the Congress and BJP with Janata Dal (Secular) also
strong in a few seats. While the vote share of Congress has gone up to 47 per
cent in July 2013 from 32 in 2009, what is startling is the steep fall of 22
per cent in the BJP vote share. While the party got 42 per cent votes in 2009, only
20 per cent of the voters are in the party's favour now. Former prime minister
HD Deve Gowda's JDS has seen a marginal increase of two per cent in its vote
share.
The massive swing in the
votes also see a corresponding change in the seats of the parties with the
Congress bouncing back from the 2009 drubbing to win 18-22 seats as compared to
six in 2009. The BJP's tally is likely to fall from 19 to 2-6 seats with the
JDS will also bag 2-6 seats.
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who floated KJP
after quitting BJP, is not seen as a major factor in the state. Though 27 per
cent of the voters feel that Yeddyurappa should not return to BJP, a slight
bigger number (32 per cent) are in favour of him coming back to the party on
his own while 17 per cent feel he should return to BJP only if BJP asks him to.
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