Bengaluru: Whether BJP led Govt. in Karnataka will continue or fall will be decided on 9th December when the results of 15 by-elections would be released.
It may be mentioned that in order to sustain, BJP Led Karnataka Govt. needs the support of 6 more MLAs.
BJP needs 6 more Assembly seats
If BJP does not win 6 Assembly seats, it will lose the majority.
It may be mentioned that in the Assembly elections of 2018, BJP emerged as the largest party in Karnataka.
It got 105 seats out of 224 member Assembly whereas Congress and JD(S) got 80 and 37 seats respectively.
Since no party had got a majority, JDS and Congress decided to have a coalition and they formed the Govt.
As a result of the coalition, Kumaraswamy was made CM of Karnataka.
Before the completion of one year rule, 17 MLAs of JD(s) defected as a result of which Mr. Kumaraswamy was forced to step down a CM.
After declaring 17 members of JD(s) ineligible, the strength of the Karnataka Assembly got reduced to 207.
JD (S) and Congress
The JD(s) and Congress Govt. lost the majority as 104 Assembly seats were needed for forming the Govt.
Since BJP now had 105 seats, Mr. Yeddyurappa formed the Govt. Most of the members of JD(s) who had defected from their party, got the membership of BJP and they are contesting by-elections on BJP ticket.
Congress hopes that BJP won’t be able to capture 6 Assembly seats.