Bye Elections to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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On Jan 6, 2021

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.