Ruling BJP trounced in Indian state polls

NEW DELHI — India's main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, or INC, on Saturday won the assembly elections in the southern state of Karnataka, unseating the ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.

Congress won 135 seats against 66 for the BJP in the 224-member legislature, the Election Commission website showed at the end of counting.

A party needs to win at least 113 assembly constituencies to form government in the state.