BENGALURU: With the resignation of B.S. Yeddyurappa, Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Kumaraswamy would be the next chief minister of the JD-S-led government supported by the Congress in Karnataka.
We are waiting for invitation from the Governor's House: JD(S)'s HD Kumaraswamy on being asked when he will take oath as Chief Minister #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/Uol7BK46lg
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Both the Congress in alliance with the JD(S) and the BJP have claimed to have the simple majority in the house that is 111 for the now effectively 221-member assembly.
The BJP is the single-largest party in the state assembly with 104 MLAs, however, they are still short of the simple majority mark of 111 by seven MLAs.
Yeddyurappa resigned before going in for the floor test in the Vidhan Soudha here on the day of the Supreme Court-ordered floor test after he wasn’t able to establish his majority.
Earlier, the Karnataka assembly was of 224 members, but it reduced by three seats as polling for the two seats did not take place on May 12 and one member has been elected from two seats.
ANI inputs