Biennial polls to legislative councils on Dec one

New Delhi, Oct 27: The Election Commission has
decided to hold biennial elections to 69 seats in legislative
councils of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on
December 01.

While eight members of the legislative council of
Maharashtra would be retiring on December 01, 25 members in
Karnataka and 36 members in Uttar Pradesh would superannuate
on December 05 and December 15 respectively.

The Commission has recommended to the governors of these
states to issue a notification on November 07 for the poll
purposes, an EC press note said.

Counting of votes would take place on December 03, it
added.

Bureau Report