Karnataka: Biennial polls to 7 MLC seats from Assembly on June 18

The biennial elections to 7 assembly seats successful Karnataka from the MLAs’ quota volition beryllium held connected June 18.

According to an announcement successful this respect by the Election Commission of India, the notification regarding the biennial polls volition beryllium issued connected June 1, from erstwhile the process of filing of nominations volition commence. The past time for filing nominations is June 11 portion polling by MLAs volition beryllium held connected June 18.

The counting of votes volition besides beryllium held connected June 18 portion the past time for completion of the predetermination process is June 20.

The biennial elections are being held since 7 MLCs, who person been elected by the Legislative Assembly, are retiring connected June 30. The retiring MLCs are Govindaraju (Congress), Naseer Ahmed (Congress), M.T.B. Nagaraju (BJP), Prathap Simha Nayak (BJP), Thippannappa (Congress), Sunil Vallyapur (BJP) and B.K. Hariprasad (Congress).

Presently, the ruling Congress has 37 members successful the 75-member Upper House, followed by BJP (29 members), JDS (7 members), an Independent, and a Chairman. The ruling Congress is hoping to summation its tally successful the House successful these projected polls.