There is one casual vacancy in the Karnataka Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancy are as follows:
| Name of Member | Nature of election | Cause of vacancy | Term up to |
| Sri C.M. Ibrahim | By MLAs | Resignation on
31st March, 2022 |
17th June, 2024 |
2. The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Karnataka Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancyas per the following schedule:
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Issue of Notification | 25thJuly, 2022 (Monday) |
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Last Date of making nominations | 01stAugust, 2022 (Monday) |
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Scrutiny of nominations | 02nd August, 2022 (Tuesday) |
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 04thAugust, 2022 (Thursday) |
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Date of Poll | 11thAugust, 2022 (Thursday) |
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Hours of Poll | 09:00 am- 04:00 pm |
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Counting of Votes | 11th August, 2022 (Thursday) at 05:00 pm |
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Date before which election shall be completed | 16th August, 2022 (Tuesday) |
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note, dated 25th May, 2022, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14188-schedule-for-bye-election-in-parliamentaryassembly-constituencies-of-various-states/ 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.