Bye Election to the Council of States from Tripura-reg.

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

State	Name of Members	Reason	Date of vacancy	Term Up to
Tripura	Dr. Manik Saha	Resignation	04.07.2022	02.04.2028

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

Sl. No	Events	Dates
	Issue of Notifications	05^th September, 2022 (Monday)
	Last date of making nominations	12^th September, 2022 (Monday)
	Scrutiny of nominations	13^th September, 2022 (Tuesday)
	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	15^th September, 2022 (Thursday)
	Date of Poll	22^nd September, 2022 (Thursday)
	Hours of Poll	09:00 am- 04:00 pm
	Counting of Votes	22^nd September, 2022 (Thursday) at 05:00 pm
	Date before which election shall be completed	26^th September, 2022 (Monday)

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, Tripura 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.