New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday said by-elections to fill five Legislative Council vacancies in four states will be held on July 12.
Elections were necessitated due to resignations of Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) on three of the five seats and disqualification on the remaining two.
In Karnataka, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar had resigned from the post of MLC in January. He had left the BJP and joined the Congress after he was not given a ticket to contest from the Dharwad Central Assembly seat, which he represented.
Shettar later rejoined the BJP before the Lok Sabha elections and won the parliamentary elections.
A vacancy in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council was created when Swami Prasad Maurya left the Samajwadi Party and resigned from the House in February.
One seat each in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh fell vacant due to disqualification of sitting members.
Another seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council fell vacant in April when YSR Congress Party MLC Shaikh Mohammad Iqbal resigned from the party as well as his membership.
Elections were necessitated due to resignations of Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) on three of the five seats and disqualification on the remaining two.
In Karnataka, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar had resigned from the post of MLC in January. He had left the BJP and joined the Congress after he was not given a ticket to contest from the Dharwad Central Assembly seat, which he represented.
Shettar later rejoined the BJP before the Lok Sabha elections and won the parliamentary elections.
A vacancy in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council was created when Swami Prasad Maurya left the Samajwadi Party and resigned from the House in February.
One seat each in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh fell vacant due to disqualification of sitting members.
Another seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council fell vacant in April when YSR Congress Party MLC Shaikh Mohammad Iqbal resigned from the party as well as his membership.
