Poll schedule for 12 Council seats under LACs announced
The Hindu
Notification on November 16; election on December 10
As the process for election to vacant seats in the Legislative Council under the MLAs quota has started, the Election Commission has issued schedule for election of 12 members in nine districts under the Local Authorities’ Constituencies (LACs).
The term of the members — Kalvakuntla Kavita from Nizamabad LAC, Puranam Satish from Adilabad LAC, Pochampally Srinivas Reddy from Warangal LAC, Tera Chinnapa Reddy (Nalgonda), V. Bhoopal Reddy (Medak), Balasani Lakshminarayana (Khammam) T. Bhanuprakash Rao and Naradasu Laxman Rao (both from Karimnagar), Kasireddy Narayan Reddy and K. Damoder Reddy (Mahabubnagar) and Patnam Mahender Reddy and Sunkari Raju (Rangareddy) — is set to expire on January 4 next year. The Election Commission has released the schedule for filling these seats ahead of the expiry of term of the sitting members.
Accordingly, notification for the election will be issued on November 16 and the last date of filing nominations would be November 23. Nominations would be scrutinized on November 24 and November 26 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations. The election for these seats would be held on December 10.
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