Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: Did you know 37% BJP and 27% Congress candidates have criminal cases against them? Here are some unknown facts about India's richest poll

Counting has begun in Karnataka. Many people have predicted about India’s one of the huge assembly and it could be possible that BJP could bring the twist in the elections and can snatch the power from the leading party of Siddarmaiah-led Congress in the state. Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 results will be announced on 15th May, i.e. today.

There is a huge competition between the BJP and the Congress in this state assembly election. Now, its depend on the luck of the Congress whether it will retain the power in the stage or BJP will win back its gateway to south India. The regional party Janata Dal Secular (JDS) is looking to win enough seats to play kingmaker in a hung assembly.

Well, who will win today will be announced till 6 pm today. But do you know why this election has grabbed the headlines most? What is the speciality about this Karnataka polls? We are going to tell you some unknown and interesting facts about this richest election of India that you should know before the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 result.

Have a look at these facts:

1. Karnataka is one of the states which has 222 seats.
2. There are only 1% women representatives in the assembly.
3. This is the one of the lowest in state assemblies across India.
4. According to the reports Out of 2559 candidates, only 8% or 209 candidates are women.
5. The current Karnataka Assembly Election is one of the richest Assembly in India.
6. The total of 93% of its outgoing MLAs are crorepatis.
7. In Karnataka, Schedule castes are the largest community.
8. In Karnataka, there are 17% Dalits and there is 15% reservation for Dalits.
9. There are 36 assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Castes.
10. There are 52% MLA s have wealth of more than Rs 5 crore.
11. Out of the 224 BJP candidates, 83 or 37% have criminal cases against them.
12. 59 or 27% of the 220 candidates from Congress have criminal cases in their names.

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