<p>Four candidates for Rajya Sabha seats, including senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad and BJP’s Prabhakar Kore, and seven candidates for the Karnataka Legislative Council seats, including State Congress president G Parameshwara and BJP’s K S Eshwarappa, were declared elected unopposed on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Legislative Assembly secretary Omprakash, who is also the returning officer for the elections, declared the candidates elected.<br /><br />Thursday was the last day for withdrawal of nomination papers by the candidates. None of the political parties had fielded additional candidates in the elections.<br /><br />The ruling Congress managed to send its two candidates to Rajya Sabha – Hariprasad and M V Rajeev Gowda. Kupendra Reddy has been elected as the JD(S) candidate, while Kore got re-elected as the BJP Rajya Sabha MP.<br /><br />For the Council, Parameshwara, H M Revanna, Jayamma Balaraj and N S Bose Raju (all Congress), Eshwarappa (BJP), T A Saravana (JD-S) and D U Mallikarjun (independent) were declared elected.<br /><br />Except Mallikarjun, the rest have received the certificate of their election from the returning officer. The Election Commission is expected to issue a notification in this regard shortly, Omprakash said.</p>
<p>Four candidates for Rajya Sabha seats, including senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad and BJP’s Prabhakar Kore, and seven candidates for the Karnataka Legislative Council seats, including State Congress president G Parameshwara and BJP’s K S Eshwarappa, were declared elected unopposed on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Legislative Assembly secretary Omprakash, who is also the returning officer for the elections, declared the candidates elected.<br /><br />Thursday was the last day for withdrawal of nomination papers by the candidates. None of the political parties had fielded additional candidates in the elections.<br /><br />The ruling Congress managed to send its two candidates to Rajya Sabha – Hariprasad and M V Rajeev Gowda. Kupendra Reddy has been elected as the JD(S) candidate, while Kore got re-elected as the BJP Rajya Sabha MP.<br /><br />For the Council, Parameshwara, H M Revanna, Jayamma Balaraj and N S Bose Raju (all Congress), Eshwarappa (BJP), T A Saravana (JD-S) and D U Mallikarjun (independent) were declared elected.<br /><br />Except Mallikarjun, the rest have received the certificate of their election from the returning officer. The Election Commission is expected to issue a notification in this regard shortly, Omprakash said.</p>
