Karnataka

Bye Election to the Karnataka Legislative Council

There are three casual vacancies in the Karnataka Legislative Council from the Local Authorities' Constituencies of Dharwad, Kodagu and Belgaum. To fill these vacancies, the bye elections from the said three Local Authorities’ Constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Council will be held on 31st October, 2008 and will continue till 6th November, 2008 (Thursday) .

S. No. Name of Consntituency Name of Member Cause of Vacancy Date of Vacancy Date of Retirement
1 Dharwad LAC Shri Basavaraja Bommai Resignation 17.04.2008 05.01.2010
2 Kodagu LAC Shri C. S. Arun Machaiah Resignation 17.04.2008 05.01.2010
3 Belgaum LAC Shri Jarkiholi Satish Lakshman Rao Resignation 23.05.2008 05.01.2010

The schedule for the entire bye elections in Karnataka is shown below:

Karnataka Bye-Election Schedule 2008
Issue of Notifications 7th October, 2008 (Tuesday)
Last date of making nominations 14th October, 2008 (Tuesday)
Scrutiny of nominations 15th October, 2008 (Wednesday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 17th October, 2008 (Friday)
Date of poll 31st October, 2008 (Friday)
Hours of poll 8.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
Counting of Votes 3rd November, 2008 (Monday) at 8.00 AM


Constituencies in Karnataka
1 - Chikkodi 2 - Belgaum 3 - Bagalkot
4 - Bijapur 5 - Gulbarga 6 - Raichur
7 - Bidar 8 - Koppal 9 - Bellary
10 - Haveri 11 - Dharwad 12 - Uttara Kannada
13 - Davangere 14 - Shimoga 15 - Udupi Chikmagalur
16 - Hassan 17 - Dakshina Kannada 18 - Chitradurga
19 - Tumkur 20 - Mandya 21 - Mysore
22 - Chamarajanagar 23 - Bangalore Rural 24 - Bangalore North
25 - Bangalore Central 26 - Bangalore South 27 - Chikballapur
28 - Kolar




General Elections 2004
Constituencies in Karnataka Partywise Position in Karnataka


Partywise Position in Karnataka

Details of PCs
Total PCs 28
PCs for which Elections are being held 28
PCs for which results are available 28

Electors and Voters
Total Electors 38673910
Polling Stations 39788
Polling %age 64.94

Number of Candidates
National Parties State Parties State Parties-Other States Other Reg. Parties Independents Total Contestants
61 32 8 31 40 172

Party Constituencies
Contesting Won
BJP 24 18
BSP 9 0
INC 28 8
JD(S) 28 2
JD(U) 4 0
AIFB 1 0
CPI(ML)(L) 1 0
MUL 1 0
RJD 1 0
SHS 1 0
SP 3 0
JP 6 0
KNDP 21 0
RSPS 1 0
USYP 3 0
IND 40 0
TOTAL 172 28