BANGALORE: The first ever BJP government in the south will be sworn-in on May 28 with the party almost getting a majority, party sources said here. (Watch interactive map)
B S Yeddyurappa will take oath as Chief Minister, the sources said but refused to share further details.
The party, on the verge of winning 111 seats, just two short of the magic figure 113 required for a simple majority, said it has the support of four Independents out of the seven who are close to victories. ( Watch: BJP claims Karnataka )
The sources declined to name the Independents who would back the BJP government remarking "they are our rebels".
The election process ends by May 28 on the day the Commission was expected to notify the constitution of the 13th Legislative Assembly in Karnataka.
BJP was racing ahead to get close to majority in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly by bagging 71 of the 119 seats for which results were declared on Sunday.
The Congress won 35 seats and led in 37 constituencies while JD(S) remained a distant third bagging ten and leading in 21 seats. In the previous elections, BJP and Congress had won 79 and 65 seats respectively while JD(S) got 58.
Others and Independents won three seats and were leading in seven.
Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) won Ramanagaram seat for the second consecutive time beating his nearest BJP rival M Rudresh. Congress's Mamata Nichhani, daughter of former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde was in the third position.
Former minister and Congress heavyweight R V Deshpande lost the Haliyal seat to JDS's Sunil Hegde by a margin of 5,425 votes.
BJP Chief Ministerial nominee B S Yeddyurappa, former Chief Minister N Dharam Singh (Congress) and KPCC President M Mallikarjun Kharge were among others who maintained comfortable leads over their respective rivals.
Congress RPT Congress MP Ambareesh (Srirangapatna) and former Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash of Congress (Harappanahalli) were the prominent candidates who were behind.
In Kumta, Dinakar Keshav Shetty of JD(S) won by a slender margin of 20 votes against his nearest Congress rival.
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