New Delhi, May 13 : With the Congress crossing the magic number '113' and leading on 118 seats in the Karnataka Assembly elections, the party workers started celebrating at 24 Akbar road, the party head office.

Counting is being held at 36 centres. 2,615 candidates are in fray for 224 Assembly seats in Karnataka. The state saw a record voting turnout of 73.19 percent, which was above the 72.36 percent turnout recorded in 2018. Over 11.71 lakh first-time voters were registered in the state. 

The BJP (104 seats) emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka Elections, followed by the Congress at 78 seats and JD(S) was third with 37 seats. As per the exit polls, four out of eight predicted a simple majority for Congress while another four predicted a hung assembly.