Karnataka polls: Elections on May 10, results on May 13

New Delhi: Assembly elections in Karnataka will be held on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the notification for the elections to the 224-member assembly will be issued on April 13 and the last date for filing nomination papers will be April 20.

Kumar said the nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 21 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations will be April 24.

Kumar said the elections have been scheduled on a Wednesday, and not on a Monday or Friday, to encourage greater participation of voters.

The total number of voters in the state are 5,23,63,948.

There are 9,58,806 who have enrolled for voting as they attained the age of 18 years between 2nd January, 2022 and 1st January, 2023.

There will be 1500 voters in one polling station. The number of polling stations in 2018 were 58,008 and in 2023 there will be 58,282.

The total number of Assembly seats are 224 of which 36 are reserved for scheduled caste and 15 for scheduled tribes.

Inputs from PTI