NEW DELHI: BS Yeddyurappa, the BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate before casting his vote said: “We (BJP) will get more than 150 seats and I'm gonna make the government on 17th May, said Yeddyurappa.”



He was casting his vote in Shikarpur, Shimoga. B.S. Yeddyurappa who is BJP's state unit president and its chief ministerial nominee is contesting from Shikaripura in Shivamogga district in Malnad region.

The voting for electing Karnataka’s 15th Legislative Assembly began at 7am on Saturday, after campaigns by political party.

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday postponed voting in Bengaluru's Raja Rajeshwari (RR) Nagar segment to May 28 in the voter ID cards case, and earlier countermanded polling in the city's Jayanagar seat following the death of BJP contestant B.N. Vijay Kumar on May 4.

The state has over 4.97 crore electorate, including 2.52 crore men and 2.45 crore women. New voters are 15,42,000 in the 18-19 age group.