Campaigning ends for six Karnataka legislative council seats, polling on June 3
PTI, Jun 1, 2024, 8:36 PM IST
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Bengaluru: Campaigning for the elections to the six Karnataka legislative council seats comprising three each of graduates and teachers’ constituencies concluded on Saturday. The polling is scheduled for June 3, with the votes to be counted on June 6.
The elections affect constituencies including Karnataka North East Graduates, Karnataka South West Graduates, Bangalore Graduates, Karnataka South-East Teachers, Karnataka South-West Teachers and Karnataka South Teachers. These seats became vacant following the retirement of six sitting members.
The graduates’ constituencies and teachers’ constituencies have a total of 3.63 lakh and 70,260 voters, respectively. The Election Commission has established 170 polling stations for Teachers Constituencies and 461 for Graduates Constituencies.
The Congress has fielded Marithibba Gowda (South Teachers Constituency), KK Manjunath (South-West Teachers), Ayanur Manjunath (South-West Graduates), Chandrashekhar Patil (North-East Graduates), Ramoji Gowda (Bangalore Graduates) and DT Srinivas (South-East Teachers).
The BJP and its ally JD(S) are contesting the MLC elections jointly, with BJP fielding candidates in four places and JD(S) in two. The BJP candidates include Amarnath Patil (North East Graduates), Dr Dhananjay Sarji (South West Graduates), A Devegowda (Bangalore Graduates), and Y A Narayanaswamy (South East Teachers). JD(S) candidates are K Vivekananda (South Teachers) and Bhoje Gowda (South-West Teachers).
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