The term of office of sitting members of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 3 Graduates’ and 3 Teachers’ Constituencies and Maharashtra Legislative Council from 2 Graduates’ and 2 Teachers’ Constituency are due to expire on 21.06.2018 and 07.07.2018 respectively, as per the details given below:
KARNATAKA
| Sl. No. | Name of Constituency | Name of the Member | Date of retirement |
| 1. |
Karnataka South East Teachers’ |
Ramesh Babu |
21.06.2018 |
| 2. |
KarnatakaSouth Teachers’ |
Marithibbe Gowda |
|
| 3. |
KarnatakaSouth West Teachers’ |
Capt Ganesh Karnik |
|
| 4. |
KarnatakaSouth West Graduates’ |
D.H. Shankara Murthy |
|
| 5. |
Bangalore Graduates’ |
Ramachandra Gowda |
|
| 6. |
KarnatakaNorth East Graduates’ |
AmarnathPatil |
MAHARASHTRA
| Sl. No. | Name of Constituency | Name of the Member | Date of retirement |
| 1. |
Nashik Division Teachers’ |
Prof. Dr. HirayApoorva Prashant |
07.07.2018 |
| 2. |
Mumbai Teachers’ |
KapilHarishchandraPatil |
|
| 3. |
Mumbai Graduates’ |
Dr.DeepakRamchandraSawant |
|
| 4. |
Konkan Division Graduates’ |
DavkhareNiranjan Vasant |
Now, the Commission has decided to hold Biennial Elections to Karnataka and Maharashtra Legislative Councils from said Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies, in accordance with the following schedule:
| 1. | Issue of Notifications | : | 15th May, 2018 (Tuesday) |
| 2. | Last date of making nominations | : | 22nd May, 2018 (Tuesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | : | 23rdMay, 2018 (Wednesday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | : | 25th May, 2018 (Friday) |
| 5. | Date of poll | : | 8th June, 2018 (Friday) |
| 7 | Hours of poll | : | 8 A.M to 4.P.M |
| 8 | Counting of Votes | : | 12th June, 2018 (Tuesday) |
| 9 | Date before which election shall be completed | : | 15th June, 2018 (Friday) |
The Model Code of Conduct will come into force with immediate effect. Please see the details in Commission’s website under link http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/MCC_26122016.pdf