Bengaluru: A total of 11 candidates were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council from the State Assembly in the Biennial election held on Thursday.

Of the 11, seven were from the Congress, 3 from the BJP and 1 from the JD(S).

Those elected were Minister  N.S. Boseraju, Ivan D’Souza, K. Govindaraj, Jagadev Guttedar, Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, son  of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, A. Vasanth Kumar and Bilkis Banu, all from Congress, C.T. Ravi, N. Ravikumar and M.G. Muley (Marutirao G. Muley) of the BJP and T.N. Javarayigowda of the JD(S).

Twelve candidates had filed their nomination papers for the 11 seats, with the deadline ending on June 3. But the candidature of Asif Pasha of the Congress was rejected on the grounds that there were no proposers for his candidature, which left only 11 candidates in the fray.

As there were only 11 candidates for the 11 seats, in accordance with the numerical strength of the three parties — Congress, BJP and JD-S — in the current State Assembly and all the candidates were declared elected unopposed yesterday, according to Returning Officer M.K. Vishalakshi.