Karnataka floor test today

New Delhi: The Karnataka Assembly will go for a floor test on Saturday on the directions of the Supreme Court which ordered B S Yeddyurappa’s government to prove that the BJP enjoys majority support of at least 112 MLAs in the 224-member assembly. The apex court also barred the CM from taking any policy decisions till then.

WHAT IS  A FLOOR TEST

•     A floor test is required to ensure that the government in power enjoys the support of the majority of members in the house.

•     A chief minister has to move a vote of confidence in the house if the governor doubts or asked to prove the support enjoyed by the chief minister.

•     A vote of non-confidence is moved by any member of the house if the person feels that the government is minority in the house.

•     If the chief minister and his cabinet survives the floor test, it is legitimate to run the government, or else the government will be collapsed.
• MODE OF ELECTION

  Voice vote: It is done orally and is presumably invoked when the result will be a landslide.

  Division vote: Voting will take place either through ballot, electronic gadgets, slips or through rising from the chair.

• Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday appointed KG Bopaiah of the BJP as the pro tem speaker for the floor test on Saturday.