Election Commission

Biennial Election to the Karnataka Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Posted On: 09 JUN 2020 1:47PM by PIB Delhi

The term of 07 members of Karnataka Legislative Council elected by the members of respective Legislative Assembly (MLAs) is expiring on 30.06.2020. Details are given as under: -

S.No.

Name of the Member

Date of Retirement

1.

Naseer Ahmed

 

 

 

30.06.2020

2.

Jayamma

3.

M.C. Venugopal

4.

N.S. Bose Raju

5.

H.M. Revanna

6.

T.A. Sharavana

7.

D.U. Mallikarjuna

 

 

 

The Commission, after receiving inputs from CEO, Karnataka has decided that above mentioned biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council by members of Legislative Assembly be held in accordance with the following programme:

S. No.

Events

Dates

  1.  

Issue of Notification

11th June, 2020 (Thursday)

  1.  

Last Date of making nominations

 

18th June, 2020 (Thursday)

  1.  

Scrutiny of nominations

19th June, 2020 (Friday)

  1.  

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

 

22nd June, 2020 (Monday)

  1.  

Date of Poll

29th June, 2020 (Monday)

  1.  

Hours of Poll

09:00 am to 04:00 pm

  1.  

Counting of Votes

29th June, 2020 (Monday) at 05:00 pm

  1.  

Date before which election shall be completed

 

30th June, 2020 (Tuesday)

       

 

Adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair election.

Commission has also directed the Chief Secretary of the State to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the elections.

 

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