Mangaluru: The voting for the biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from the South West Graduates and Teachers constituencies began at 7 am today (June 8) morning and will go on till 5 pm in the evening. The results of this election will be declared on June 12.

The Election Commission has set up 23 polling centers for the graduates and 14 polling stations for the teachers in the district.

Arun Kumar (Janata Dal-Secular), Ayanur Manjunath (BJP), S.P. Dinesh (Congress), G.C. Patel (Sarva Janata Party) and four independent candidates – Jafarulla Sathar, G.M. Jayakumar, B.R. Prabhulinga and B.K. Manjunath – are contesting in the Graduates constituency. Ganesh Karnik (BJP), S.L. Boje Gowda (Janata Dal-Secular), K.K. Manjunath Kumar (Congress) and nine independent candidates – Arun Hosakoppa, Aloysius D’Souza, K.B. Chandroji Rao, D.K. Tulasappa, Ampar Nityanand Shetty, B.R. Prabhulinga, K.C. Basavarajappa, M. Ramesh and K.P. Rajendra Kumar – are in the fray in the Teachers constituency.