Bye Elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
There are three casual vacancies in the Karnataka Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancies are as follows:
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Name of Member
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Nature of election
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Cause of vacancy
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Term up to
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Sri Baburao Chinchansur
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By MLAs
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Resignation on
20th March, 2023
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17th June, 2024
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Sri R. Shankar
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By MLAs
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Resignation on
12th April, 2023
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30th June, 2026
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Sri Savadi Lakshman
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By MLAs
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Resignation on
14th April, 2023
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14th June, 2028
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2. The Commission has decided to hold three separate bye-elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council by the Members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancies as per the following common schedule: -
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S. No.
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Events
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Dates
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-
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Issue of Notification
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13th June, 2023 (Tuesday)
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-
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Last Date of making nominations
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20th June, 2023 (Tuesday)
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-
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Scrutiny of nominations
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21st June, 2023 (Wednesday)
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-
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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23rd June, 2023 (Friday)
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-
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Date of Poll
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30th June, 2023 (Friday)
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-
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Hours of Poll
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09:00 am- 04:00 pm
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-
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Counting of Votes
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30th June, 2023 (Friday) at 05:00 pm
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-
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Date before which election shall be completed
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04th July, 2023 (Tuesday)
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3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 32 of Press Note, dated 29th March, 2023, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14863-general-election-to-legislative-assembly-of-karnataka-2023/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process by all persons.
4 .The Chief Secretary, Karnataka is being directed 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 conduct of these elections.
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AM/RP
(Release ID :244484)