<p>Eight-time MLC Basavaraj Horatti was elected unopposed as the Karnataka Legislative Council chairperson on Wednesday. This will be his third term.</p>.<p>Horatti, who is with the BJP, was the only candidate, making an election unnecessary.</p>.<p>Horatti was first elected Legislative Council chairperson in 2018, and returned for a second term in 2021. He quit the JD(S) and joined the BJP on the condition that he would be given the top post. The BJP has kept its promise.</p>.<p>Horatti was a teacher before entering politics to represent the Karnataka West teachers' constituency in the upper house. He has represented his constituency for a record eight times - 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022. This makes him the senior-most MLC in Karnataka.</p>
<p>Eight-time MLC Basavaraj Horatti was elected unopposed as the Karnataka Legislative Council chairperson on Wednesday. This will be his third term.</p>.<p>Horatti, who is with the BJP, was the only candidate, making an election unnecessary.</p>.<p>Horatti was first elected Legislative Council chairperson in 2018, and returned for a second term in 2021. He quit the JD(S) and joined the BJP on the condition that he would be given the top post. The BJP has kept its promise.</p>.<p>Horatti was a teacher before entering politics to represent the Karnataka West teachers' constituency in the upper house. He has represented his constituency for a record eight times - 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022. This makes him the senior-most MLC in Karnataka.</p>