All of Karnataka and much of Rajasthan and Maharashtra are voting today in the biggest of nine phases in the general elections. Of the 121 constituencies across 12 states where polling is on, the Congress holds 36 seats and the BJP 40.

This phase is crucial for the BJP, seen as the front runner, in its bid for a majority of 272 plus seats in the Lok Sabha. It had won 18 of Karnataka's 28 seats in 2009. But there has been a state election since then that the Congress swept. The Congress has eight sitting MPs.

In Rajasthan, where 20 of 24 constituencies are voting today, the BJP hopes to bag a rich haul just months after it registered a mammoth win in state elections. It's hope of breasting the tape at 272 is also heavily predicated on restricting the ruling Congress-NCP in Maharashtra, where 19 of 48 constituencies vote today.


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