evidence: The Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 are scheduled to be held on 10 May while the counting of votes will take place on 13 May. The election will be held to elect the 224-member Assembly. This time it is expected that there will be close contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress along with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) playing a possible kingmaker role. [...] Predicting a clear for Congress, the opinion poll stated that Congress will win 115-127 seats while BJP will get 68-80 seats, and JD-S will get 23-35 seats. [...] The party has been one of the main players in Karnataka politics and has formed its government several times in the state.