evidence: An opinion poll conducted by ABP-CVoter has predicted that the Congress party will form the next government in Karnataka. The state is set to go to polls on May 10 and the opinion poll predicts that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could lose big in the only southern state it is currently in power. The Janata Dal (Secular) is also predicted to perform well below the mark, the poll stated. According to the opinion poll, the Congress is predicted to win 107 to 119 seats, with the BJP finishing a distant second with 74 to 86 seats. The JD(S) is predicted to get 23 to 35 seats, as per the survey, while others are expected to win 0 to 5 seats. Elections will be held for the 224-member Karnataka Assembly and the halfway mark is 112 seats. [...] The ABP News-CVoter poll received responses from 17,772 people in Karnataka and the data suggested that the BJP is 5% behind the Congress in terms of vote share.