Bengaluru: With both the national parties- the ruling Congress and the BJP trying hard to lure the JD(S) for an alliance to come to power in 11 hung ZPs of the state, the JD(S) yet again has been catapulted to the position of being a ‘kingmaker’.
However, JD(S) Supremo Devegowda has said that he would arrive at a decision only after four to five days.

JD(S) State President Kumaraswamy said that they will surely forge an alliance with one of the parties in all the places. He strongly hinted the possibility of joining hand with the BJP at the grassroots level.

The role of JD(S) is crucial in seven out of 11 hung ZPs. While the Congress or the BJP can come to power in Bagalkot, Shivamogga, Belagavi and Dharwad with the support of independents, they will have to seek support of the JD(S) in the remaining ZPs.

The ruling party has won 10 of the 30 zilla panchayats.

The State Election?Commission has not yet released the vote share of parties in the ZP/TP polls. However, a back-of-the-envelope calculation done by political analysts for the ZP polls put the vote share of the Congress at 45.9 per cent, followed by BJP?37.6 and JD(S) 13.6. A total of 2.1 crore voters exercised their franchise in the elections. Seat-wise break-up of the ZP?elections puts the Congress in the top slot, reports Deccan Herald.

The Congress party won 498 of the total 1,083 seats, followed by the BJP with 408 seats and JD(S) 148.