There is a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Bihar as per following details: -

State	Name of Members	Reason	Date of vacancy	Term Up to
Bihar	Dr. Mahendra Prasad	Death	27.12.2021	02.04.2024

 

2.               The Commission has decided to hold bye-election to the Council of States from Bihar to fill up the above-mentioned vacancy in accordance with the following schedule: -

S. No	Events	Dates
	Issue of Notification	12th May, 2022 (Thursday)
	Last date of making nominations	19th May, 2022 (Thursday)
	Scrutiny of nominations	20th May, 2022 (Friday)
	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	23rd May, 2022 (Monday)
	Date of Poll	30th May, 2022 (Monday)
	Hours of Poll	09:00 am- 04:00 pm
	Counting of Votes	30th May, 2022 (Monday) at 05:00 pm
	Date before which election shall be completed	01st June, 2022 (Wednesday)

 

 

 

3.         Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note, dated 02.05.2022, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14151-schedule-for-bye-election-in-3-assembly-constituencies-of-odisha-kerala-and-uttarakhand%E2%80%93-reg/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process by all persons.

4.         The Chief Secretary, Bihar is 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 said bye election.

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