The Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly polls could offer a new success template to the grand old party for its upcoming electoral battles, especially the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. The Congress, which won 135 of 224 seats in Karnataka, enhanced its vote share from 38.1 per cent in 2018 to 43.2 per cent this time. An extrapolation of the vote share and the seats indicates that the party has a good chance of increasing its Lok Sabha tally in Karnataka from one to 18. However, both the Congress and the BJP know that voters behave differently in the state and national elections.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has set a target of 20 plus seats (of 28) in the Lok Sabha polls. “The people of Karnataka have given us a huge majority and we must meet their expectations and give good governance. Winning at least 20 seats in the Lok Sabha polls will be our gift to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi,” said Siddaramaiah. In 2019, the Congress won only Bengaluru Rural, where D.K. Suresh, younger brother of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, emerged successful.
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