Legislative Council  

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has called for a high-level probe through an independent agency into the death of Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda.

Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda has been found dead near Chikmagalur. His body was recovered at 2 AM from a Railway track.

Elections to four seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council are in progress. The polling percentage until 12pm stood at 36.49% in North East Teachers (Kalaburgi), Bangalore Teachers at 32%, Southeast Graduates (Bengaluru) at 24% and West Graduates (Belagavi) at 24.89%.

The Legislative Council elections are underway in Karnataka on Wednesday for four seats. This will be the first election taking place in the state amid the pandemic.

Bengaluru city will go dry for three days, due to the election to the Legislative Council. The Bengaluru city police has announced that liquor stores will be closed from 6pm on Monday to 6pm Wednesday.

Congress has announced three nominees for election to the four legislative council seats, Karnataka South-East, Bengaluru Teachers constituency, Karnataka West Graduates and Karnataka North-East Teachers which will take place on October 28.

JD(S) announced nominees for election to the four legislative council seats, Karnataka South-East, Bengaluru Teachers constituency, Karnataka West Graduates and Karnataka North-East Teachers which will take place on October 28.

SRS Yadav, who worked as an administrative officer till 1992, joined the Samajwadi Party after his retirement.

Keen on fulfilling his promise, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday received the Governor’s nod to nominate AH Vishwanath and Vokkaliga strongman CP Yogeshwar to the Karnataka legislative council, along with three others

A statement from Raj Bhavan on Thursday evening said that Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has requested the Commission to declare elections to the nine vacant seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council at the earliest.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has reportedly decided to scrap the legislative council as TDP has stalled Bills passed in the Assembly
 

The Election Commission has issued a notification to the effect of one election for three seats. That means, each MLA will get to cast three votes (one for each seat) giving an upper hand to the coalition. But cross voting can prove dearer to the government.

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Postal ballot boxes being shifted to the Bhaskar Hall in Kalaburagi University for the counting of votes