Parliament House, New Delhi. File Photo
New Delhi, November 2
By-poll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka vacated following the death of Ashok Gasti due to COVID-19 will be held on December 1, the Election Commission announced on Monday.
BJP leader Gasti had died on September 17. His term as a Rajya Sabha member was otherwise to end in June 2026.
The notification for the by-polls will be issued on November 11, the EC said in a statement.
As is the usual practice, the counting of votes will take place an hour after voting is completed. PTI
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