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

Biennial elections for seven council seats from quota of MLAs in Karnataka will be held on June 18.

According to the announcement made by the Election Commission of India on this issue, the notification regarding the biennial polls will be published on June 1, when the nomination process will begin. The last day to file nominations is June 11, while voting by MLAs will be held on June 18.

While the vote count will be held on June 18, the last day to complete the election process is June 20.

The biennial elections are held with the seven MLCs elected by the Legislative Assembly retiring on June 30. The retired MLCs are Govindaraju (Congress), Naseer Ahmed (Congress), MTB Nagaraju (BJP), Prathap Simha Nayak (BJP), Thippannappa (Congress), Sunil Vallyapur (BJP) and BK Hariprasad (Congress).

Currently, the ruling Congress has 37 members in the 75-member Upper House, followed by the BJP (29 members), JDS (seven members), one Independent and one Speaker. The ruling Congress hopes to increase its vote share in the House of Representatives in these proposed polls.