Karnataka Rajya Sabha polls 2016 Live Voting % Candidates Result, Karnataka Biennial elections to Rajya Sabha 2016, Rajya sabha Biennial elections Live polling

Karnataka Rajya Sabha polls 2016 Live Voting % Candidates Result, Karnataka Biennial elections to Rajya Sabha 2016, Rajya sabha Biennial elections Live polling  

Karnataka

Number of vacant seats: 4
Number of candidates: 5
Total strength of House: 224
Minimum votes required to get elected: 45

Karnataka Rajya Sabha polls 2016 Live Updates Voting Counting Result

1. 11:34 am: Heated arguments inside polling Booth in south Gulbarga in Karnataka
2. 9:30 am: In Karnataka, where the Election Commission has refused to cancel the Rajya Sabha polls at the behest of the Janata Dal Secular, it's the Congress that has forced a contest for the four seats by fielding a third candidate. The BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman will win a seat but the JDS is fuming that its one candidate BM Farook may not.
3. 9:26 am: Rajya Sabha polling underway in Karnataka

While the first three candidates — Nirmala Sitharaman of the BJP, Oscar Fernandes and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress — will easily sail through, a contest will be held for the fourth seat, between KC Ramamurthy of Congress and BM Farooq of JD(S). The Congress with 123 members in the House needs the votes of 12 MLAs from outside to make its candidate win and JD(S) with 40 MLAs needs five votes from outside the JD(S).

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Candidate Lists for Rajya Sabha Biennial Election & Legislative Council Polls

1. BJP Rajya Sabha candidate list
2. Congress Rajya Sabha candidate list
3. TRS candidates for Telangama Rajya Sabha poll
4. DMK candidates for Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha poll
5. AIADMK candidates for Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha poll
6. JDU candidates for Bihar Rajya Sabha poll
7. Congress candidates for Jharkhand Rajya Sabha poll
8. BSP candidates for UttarPradesh Rajya Sabha poll
9. BJD candidates for Odisha Rajya Sabha poll

The Election Commission has decided that the biennial elections to the Council of States from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand. Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana shall be held in accordance with the following programme:-.

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