On September 21, the Election Commission had announced these by-elections along with Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana and 49 other by-elections elsewhere. Of the 15 Assembly seats up for grabs in Karnataka, the Congress had won 12 last year and ally JDS, three. (Prem Singh)The Election Commission on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it would “defer” the October 21 Assembly by-elections for 15 Karnataka constituencies to enable the apex court to decide petitions from disqualified MLAs to be allowed to contest them. On September 21, the Election Commission had announced these by-elections along with Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana and 49 other by-elections elsewhere. Of the 15 Assembly seats up for grabs in Karnataka, the Congress had won 12 last year and ally JDS, three.

Source: The Telegraph September 26, 2019 20:43 UTC