Election Commission
Bye Election to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Posted On:
09 SEP 2021 11:51AM by PIB Delhi
There is a casual vacancy in the Bihar Legislative Council to be filled up by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancy are as follows:
S.No.
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Name of Member
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Nature of election
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Date & Cause of vacancy
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Term upto
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1.
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Sh. Tanveer Akhtar
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By MLAs
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Death on 09.05.2021
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21.07.2022
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2. The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule:
S.No.
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Events
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Dates
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-
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Issue of Notification
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15th September, 2021 (Wednesday)
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-
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Last Date of making nominations
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22nd September, 2021 (Wednesday)
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-
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Scrutiny of nominations
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23rd September, 2021 (Thursday)
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-
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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27th September, 2021 (Monday)
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-
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Date of Poll
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04th October, 2021 (Monday)
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-
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Hours of Poll
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09:00am – 04:00pm
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-
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Counting of Votes
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04th October, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00pm
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-
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Date before which election shall be completed
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06th October, 2021 (Wednesday)
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3. 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.
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 election.
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