Bye Election to the Council of States from Bihar

New Delhi : There is a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Bihar as per following details: –

State	Name of Members	Reason	Date of vacancy	Term Up to
Bihar	Dr. Mahendra Prasad	Death	27.12.2021	02.04.2024

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

S. No	Events	Dates
	Issue of Notification	12^th May, 2022 (Thursday)
	Last date of making nominations	19^th May, 2022 (Thursday)
	Scrutiny of nominations	20^th May, 2022 (Friday)
	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	23^rd May, 2022 (Monday)
	Date of Poll	30^th May, 2022 (Monday)
	Hours of Poll	09:00 am- 04:00 pm
	Counting of Votes	30^th May, 2022 (Monday) at 05:00 pm
	Date before which election shall be completed	01^st June, 2022 (Wednesday)

3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note, dated 02.05.2022, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14151-schedule-for-bye-election-in-3-assembly-constituencies-of-odisha-kerala-and-uttarakhand%E2%80%93-reg/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process by 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 said bye election.