Bengaluru, May 26 (PTI) Biennial elections to seven Karnataka Legislative Council seats from the MLAs’ quota will be held on June 18, the EC said on Tuesday.
The terms of the seven MLCs elected by MLAs are due to expire on June 30.
Among those retiring are Congress members Govinda Raju, Naseer Ahmed, Tippannappa, and B K Hariprasad, and BJP members N Nagaraju (MTB), Prathap Simha Nayak K, and Sunil Vallyapur.
Notifications for the polls will be issued on June 1.
The last date for filing nominations is June 8, while scrutiny of nominations will take place the following day, the Election Commission said in a release.
The last date for withdrawal of candidatures is June 11.
Counting of votes will take place on June 18 after polling concludes, it added. PTI KSU SSK
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