Taking into consideration the number of COVID-19 infections in the country, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has revised its guidelines for elections to the Karnataka North West Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies, and the Karnataka West Teachers’ constituency, allowing 20 persons to take up door-to-door campaigning.
The polling for these elections is scheduled to take place on June 13 and the districts of Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, and Gadag come under the jurisdiction of Karnataka West Teachers’ constituency of the Legislative Council.
Chairman of the council Basavaraj Horatti is currently representing the constituency and is all set to seek another term.