New Delhi, June 18 -- Voting for 7 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council began at 9 AM on Thursday at Vidhana Soudha and will continue till 4 PM.

Two polling booths have been set up inside the state secretariat to facilitate secret voting by MLAs. CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside the polling room, and all arrangements for voting have been completed.

Necessary police security has been deployed at Vidhana Soudha. Results will be announced this evening after voting concludes.

Ahead of polling, Congress MLAs arrived at Vidhana Soudha in groups. Buses were arranged to bring legislators from a resort to the venue for the election.

On the MLC polls, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka express...