LS polls: Congress, JD(S) agree to 20-8 seat sharing for Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 13 (IBNS): Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), coalition partners in Karnataka, have agreed to seat sharing from the state.
While the Congress bagged the majority share with 20 seats, the JD(S) has got eight in the deal.
The JD(S) will contest the polls from Shimoga, Tumkur, Hasan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Vijayapura.
The alliance has a fair bit of chance of winning in the state.
Last year, the two parties had formed an alliance to keep the BJP out of power in the state during the assembly polls.
In 2014, the BJP had won the lion's share of the seats - 17 while the Congress bagged 9 and the JD(S) got 2 seats.
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