Voting Underway for sevcen Karnataka MLC Seats

Voting for seven seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council began at 9 a.m. on Thursday at Vidhana Soudha and will continue until 4 p.m. 

Two polling booths have been set up inside the state secretariat to facilitate secret voting by MLAs. CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside the polling room, and all arrangements for voting have been completed. Necessary police security has been deployed at Vidhana Soudha. Results will be announced this evening after voting concludes.

Ahead of polling,



Congress MLAs arrived at Vidhana Soudha in groups. Buses were arranged to bring legislators from a resort to the venue for the election. 

On the MLC polls, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, expressed confidence that the BJP's two candidates will win.

Speaking to Media, Ashoka said, "Our two candidates will win, there is no doubt at all. We have good MLAs in our party; there is no cross-voting. We have to transfer the excess votes to the JD(S)... I called a meeting today and issued the whip."