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

Name of Member	Reason	Date of vacancy	Term Up to
Thiru. A. Mohammedjan	Death	23.03.2021	24.07.2025

 

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

S. No	Events	Dates
	Issue of Notifications	24th August, 2021 (Tuesday)
	Last date of making nominations	31st August, 2021 (Tuesday)
	Scrutiny of nominations	01st September, 2021 (Wednesday)
	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	03rd September, 2021 (Friday)
	Date of Poll	13th September, 2021, (Monday)
	Hours of Poll	09:00 am to 04:00 pm
	Counting of Votes	13th September, 2021, (Monday) at 05:00pm
	Date before which election shall be completed	15th September, 2021 (Wednesday)

 

3.         Broad Guidelines to be followed during entire election process for all persons: -

I.          Every person shall wear face mask during every election related activity

II.         At the entry of hall/ room/ premises used for election purposes:

(a) Thermal Scanning of all persons shall be carried out:

(b) Sanitizer shall be made available at all locations

III.   Social distancing shall be maintained as per the extant COVID-19 guidelines of the State Govt. and Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

4. The Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu 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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