Election Commission

Bye Election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Posted On: 30 JUL 2020 2:12PM by PIB Delhi

There is one casual vacancy in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancy are as follow:

 

Name of Member

Nature of election

Cause of vacancy

Term up to

Sri Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao

By MLAs

Resignation

on 01.07.2020

29.03.2023

 

2.            The Commission, has decided to hold a bye-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule: -

 

S.No.

Events

Dates

  1.  

Issue of Notifications

06th August, 2020 (Thursday)

  1.  

Last Date of making nominations

13th August, 2020 (Thursday)

  1.  

Scrutiny of nominations

14th August, 2020 (Friday)

  1.  

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

17th August, 2020 (Monday)

  1.  

Date of Poll

24th August, 2020 (Monday)

  1.  

Hours of Poll

09:00 am to 04:00 pm

  1.  

Counting of Votes

24th August, 2020 (Monday) at 05:00 pm

  1.  

Date before which election shall be completed

26th August, 2020 (Wednesday)

                                                         

3.       Commission has also directed the Chief Secretary of the State 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 elections.

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