New Delhi: There is one casual vacancy in the State Legislative Council of Karnataka occurred due to death of following sitting member elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly.
| Sl. No. | Name of Member | Date of retirement | Remarks |
| 1. | Smt. Vimala Gowda | 17.06.2018 | Demised on 17.04.2017 |
- The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Members of Legislative Assembly to fill up the above said vacancy in accordance with the following programme: –
| Sl. No. | Subject of Programme | Dates and Days |
| 1 | Date of Issue of Notification | 14th August, 2017 (Monday) |
| 2 | Last Date of making nominations | 21st August, 2017 (Monday) |
| 3 | Date of Scrutiny of nominations | 22nd August, 2017 (Tuesday) |
| 4 | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 24th August, 2017 (Thursday) |
| 5 | Date of Poll | 31st August, 2017 (Thursday) |
| 6 | Hours of Poll | 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M. |
| 7 | Date of Counting of Votes | 31st August, 2017 (Thursday) at 5.00 P.M. |
| 8 | Date before which election shall be completed | 4th September, 2017 (Monday) |
