<p>The by-election to the Southeast Teachers’ constituency in the Legislative Council will be held between 8 am and 4 pm on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As many 17 candidates including T N Niranjan of the Congress, P R Basavaraju (BJP) and Ramesh Babu (JD-S), will test their electoral fortunes. There are 21,354 voters in the constituency spread over the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru, Chitradurga and parts of Davangere.<br /><br />Voters should have registered themselves in the rolls prepared by the Election Commission of India and should have been a teacher in a secondary school or above for at least three years during the past six years.<br /><br />The byelection has been necessitated following the resignation of Y A Narayanswamy, who was representing the constituency. He quit as MLC after being elected to the Assembly from the Hebbal constituency on a BJP ticket in the by-election in 2016. <br /><br />Counting of votes for the Council by-election will be taken up on February 6. <br /><br />The newly elected candidate’s term will last till June 21, 2018.<br /></p>
<p>The by-election to the Southeast Teachers’ constituency in the Legislative Council will be held between 8 am and 4 pm on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As many 17 candidates including T N Niranjan of the Congress, P R Basavaraju (BJP) and Ramesh Babu (JD-S), will test their electoral fortunes. There are 21,354 voters in the constituency spread over the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru, Chitradurga and parts of Davangere.<br /><br />Voters should have registered themselves in the rolls prepared by the Election Commission of India and should have been a teacher in a secondary school or above for at least three years during the past six years.<br /><br />The byelection has been necessitated following the resignation of Y A Narayanswamy, who was representing the constituency. He quit as MLC after being elected to the Assembly from the Hebbal constituency on a BJP ticket in the by-election in 2016. <br /><br />Counting of votes for the Council by-election will be taken up on February 6. <br /><br />The newly elected candidate’s term will last till June 21, 2018.<br /></p>
