The term of office of 07 members of Karnataka Legislative Council elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) is going to expire on 14.06.2022. The details are as under:-
| S. No | Name of Member | Date of Retirement
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1. |
Laxman Sangappa Savadi |
14.06.2022
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2. |
Ramappa Timmapur | |
3. |
Allum Veerabhadrappa | |
4. |
H.M. Ramesha Gowda | |
5. |
Veena Achaiah S. | |
6. |
Narayana Swamy K.V. | |
7. |
Lahar Singh Siroya |
2. The Commission has decided to conduct above mentioned biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council by members of Legislative Assembly in accordance with the following programme:-
| S. No. | Events | Dates |
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Issue of Notification | 17th May, 2022 (Tuesday) |
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Last Date of making nominations | 24th May, 2022 (Tuesday) |
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Scrutiny of nominations | 25th May, 2022 (Wednesday) |
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 27th May, 2022 (Friday) |
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Date of Poll | 03rd June, 2022 (Friday) |
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Hours of Poll | 09:00 am – 04:00 pm |
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Counting of Votes | 03rd June, 2022 (Friday) at 05:00 pm |
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Date before which election shall be completed | 07th June, 2022 (Tuesday) |
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note, dated 02.05.2022, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14151-schedule-for-bye-election-in-3-assembly-constituencies-of-odisha-kerala-and-uttarakhand%E2%80%93-reg/ 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 conducting the election.