Section 302B(a) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(a)such member of the Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat as the case may be, (hereinafter referred to as earlier Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat) shall cease to be a member of the earlier Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat, as the case may be, and the total number of elected members of the earlier Zilla Panchayat, or Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat, as the case may be, as determined already shall stand reduced to that extent;