Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday held a meeting with Congress party leaders for selection of candidates for elections to six Legislative Council seats to be held in June 2024.
Elections to three seats each of Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies would be held in June 2024. Byelections to the Bengaluru Teachers’ constituency too is likely to be held in June next year. The seat was vacant following the resignation of Puttanna, who contested the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections and was defeated.
Sources said the byelections would not be held to the Graduates’ constituency since the term would end in June 2024. The seat was vacant following the resignations of former MLC Ayanur Manjunath, who recently joined the Congress. Mr. Manjunath too contested the Assembly polls and was defeated.
The candidates for seven seats would be announced after collecting opinions from legislators, DCC office-bearers, and ticket aspirants, Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has asked ticket aspirants to Council seats to deposit ₹2 lakh along with the application fee of ₹5,000 in the form of Demand Draft.
