Karnataka Verdict: BJP workers celebrates outside party office in Bengaluru

The counting started at 8 am and postal votes were being counted in first one hour. The counting will take place in 38 centers spread across 33 districts of Karnataka. Both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party were claiming to cross the majority mark of 112 seats even as the exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) playing the "kingmaker role"