by PIB Delhi
The term of office of 04 sitting members of Karnataka Legislative Council from 02 Graduates’ & 02 Teachers’ Constituencies is expiring on 04.07.2022 due to the retirement of the sitting members as per details below: –
| Graduates’ Constituency | |||
| S. No. | Name of Constituency | Name of the Member | Date of Retirement |
| 1. | Karnataka North-West Graduates’ | Nirani Hanamant Rudrappa | 04.07.2022 |
| 2. | Karnataka South Graduates’ | K.T. Srikantegowda | |
| Teachers’ Constituency | |||
| 1. | Karnataka North-West Teachers’ | Arun Shahapur | 04.07.2022 |
| 2. | Karnataka West Teachers’ | Basavaraj Shivalingappa Horatti |
2. The Commission has decided to conduct biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from above mentioned 02 Graduates’ and 02 Teachers’ Constituencies in accordance with the following programme:-
| S. No. | Events | Dates |
| Issue of Notification | 19th May, 2022 (Thursday) | |
| Last Date of making nominations | 26th May, 2022 (Thursday) | |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 27th May, 2022 (Friday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 30th May, 2022 (Monday) | |
| Date of Poll | 13th June, 2022 (Monday) | |
| Hours of Poll | 08:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| Counting of Votes | 15th June, 2022 (Wednesday) | |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 17th June, 2022 (Friday) |
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 Model Code of Conduct concerning these elections will come into force with immediate effect in the concerned Constituencies. Please see the details on Commission’s website under the link: https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4070-biennial-bye-elections-to-the-legislative-councils-from-council-constituencies-by-graduates%E2%80%99-and-teachers%E2%80%99-and-local-authorities%E2%80%99-constituencies-%E2%80%93-mcc-instructions-%E2%80%93-regarding/
5. 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.
