Election Commission
Bye Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Posted On:
04 MAY 2023 3:37PM by PIB Delhi
There are two casual vacancies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancies are as follows:
|
Name of Member
|
Nature of election
|
Cause of vacancy
|
Term up to
|
|
Sri Laxman Prasad “Acharya”
|
By MLAs
|
Resignation on
15th February, 2023
|
30th January, 2027
|
|
Sri Banwari Lal
|
By MLAs
|
Death on
15th February, 2023
|
06th July, 2028
|
2. The Commission has decided to hold two separate bye-elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the Members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancies as per the following common schedule: -
|
S. No.
|
Events
|
Dates
|
-
|
Issue of Notification
|
11th May, 2023 (Thursday)
|
-
|
Last Date of making nominations
|
18th May, 2023 (Thursday)
|
-
|
Scrutiny of nominations
|
19th May, 2023 (Friday)
|
-
|
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
|
22nd May, 2023 (Monday)
|
-
|
Date of Poll
|
29th May, 2023 (Monday)
|
-
|
Hours of Poll
|
09:00 am - 04:00 pm
|
-
|
Counting of Votes
|
29th May, 2023 (Monday) at 05:00 pm
|
-
|
Date before which election shall be completed
|
31st May, 2023 (Wednesday)
|
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 32 of Press Note, dated 29th March, 2023, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14863-general-election-to-legislative-assembly-of-karnataka-2023/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process by all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh 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.
**********
AM/RP
(Release ID: 1921926)
Visitor Counter : 2032