{"id":5963,"date":"2026-06-18T19:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:47:29","slug":"karnataka-mlc-polls-congress-wins-5-seats-amid-cross-voting-bjp-gets-2-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5963","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka MLC polls: Congress wins 5 seats amid cross-voting; BJP gets 2 seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/karnataka-mlc-polls-congress-wins-5-seats-amid-cross-voting-bjp-gets-2-seats\/articleshow\/131833528.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/131833528.cms\" \/><\/a>The ruling Congress secured a significant victory in the Karnataka legislative council elections, winning five out of seven seats. The BJP claimed the remaining two seats, while the JD(S) candidate lost. The elections saw instances of cross-voting, with Congress candidates reportedly exceeding expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruling Congress secured a significant victory in the Karnataka legislative council elections, winning five out &hellip; <a title=\"Karnataka MLC polls: Congress wins 5 seats amid cross-voting; BJP gets 2 seats\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5963\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Karnataka MLC polls: Congress wins 5 seats amid cross-voting; BJP gets 2 seats<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karnataka MLC polls: Congress wins 5 seats amid cross-voting; 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