Bye Elections to the Council of States from various States
09 SEP 2021 11:41AM by PIB Delhi
There are six casual vacancies in the Council of States from various States as per details below: –
|
State |
Name of Member |
Cause of vacancy |
Date of vacancy |
Term Up to |
|
West Bengal |
Sh. Manas Ranjan Bhunia |
Resignation |
06.05.2021 |
18.08.2023 |
|
Assam |
Sh. Biswajit Daimary |
Resignation |
10.05.2021 |
09.04.2026 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
Thiru. K.P. Munusamy |
Resignation |
07.05.2021 |
02.04.2026 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
Thiru. R. Vaithilingam |
Resignation |
07.05.2021 |
29.06.2022 |
|
Maharashtra |
Sh. Rajeev Shankarrao Satav |
Death |
16.05.2021 |
02.04.2026 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Sh. Thaawarchand Gehlot |
Resignation |
07.07.2021 |
02.04.2024 |
The Commission has decided to hold six bye-elections to the Council of States from above mentioned States to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following schedule: –
|
S. No |
Events |
Dates |
|
Issue of Notifications |
15th September, 2021 (Wednesday) |
|
|
Last date of making nominations |
22nd September, 2021 (Wednesday) |
|
|
Scrutiny of nominations |
23rd September, 2021 (Thursday) |
|
|
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures |
27th September, 2021 (Monday) |
|
|
Date of Poll |
04th October, 2021 (Monday) |
|
|
Hours of Poll |
09:00am – 04:00pm |
|
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Counting of Votes |
04th October, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00pm |
|
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Date before which election shall be completed |
06th October, 2021 (Wednesday) |
Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as already issued by ECI as well as the recent guidelines issued by ECI as contained in para 13 of Press Note dated 04.09.2021 available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13681-schedule-to-fill-casual-vacancy-and-adjourned-poll-in-the-assembly-constituencies-regarding/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
The Chief Secretaries of States concerned are being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election.
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