There are two casual vacancies in the Bihar 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 |
Sh. Vinod Narain Jha | By MLAs | Elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly on 11.11.2020 | 21.07.2022 |
Sh. Sushil Kumar Modi | By MLAs | Resignation on 09.12.2020 | 06.05.2024 |
2. The Commission has decided to hold two separate bye-elections to the Bihar 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 Notifications | 11th January, 2021 (Monday) | |
Last Date of making nominations | 18th January, 2021 (Monday) | |
Scrutiny of nominations | 19th January, 2021 (Tuesday) | |
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 21st January, 2021 (Thursday) | |
Date of Poll | 28th January, 2021 (Thursday) | |
Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
Counting of Votes | 28th January, 2021 (Thursday) at 05:00 pm | |
Date before which election shall be completed | 01st February, 2021 (Monday) |
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, 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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