Karnataka MLC polls to be held on December 10

Bengaluru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 20 Local Authorities’ Constituencies for 25 seats to be held on December 10.

As per the EC, notifications for the biennial polls will be issued on November 16. The last date of making nominations is on November 23. Scrutiny of nominations will be done on November 24.

The last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 26. The date of the poll is December 10 and the timings for the polling will be from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The counting of votes will be done on December 14.

The elections are being held for two seats each from the local authorities constituencies of Bijapur, Belgaum, Dharwad, Dakshina Kannada and Mysuru, and one each from Bidar, Gulbarga, Uttara Kannada, Raichur, Bellary, Chitradurga, Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Tumakuru, Mandya, Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Kolar and Kodagu.

EC said that COVID-19 guidelines must be strictly followed during the entire election process.