Election Commission06-June, 2023 17:35 IST
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:

 

Name of Member

Nature of election

Cause of vacancy

Term up to

Sri Baburao Chinchansur

By MLAs

Resignation on

20th March, 2023

17th June, 2024

Sri R. Shankar

By MLAs

Resignation on

12th April, 2023

30th June, 2026

Sri Savadi Lakshman

By MLAs

Resignation on

14th April, 2023

14th June, 2028

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: -

 

S. No.

Events

Dates

  1.  

Issue of Notification

13th June, 2023 (Tuesday)

  1.  

Last Date of making nominations

20th June, 2023 (Tuesday)

  1.  

Scrutiny of nominations

21st June, 2023 (Wednesday)

  1.  

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

23rd June, 2023 (Friday)

  1.  

Date of Poll

30th June, 2023 (Friday)

  1.  

Hours of Poll

09:00 am- 04:00 pm

  1.  

Counting of Votes

30th June, 2023 (Friday) at 05:00 pm

  1.  

Date before which election shall be completed

04th July, 2023 (Tuesday)

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)