New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday starts process for Bye Elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats including one in Odisha.
Elections for one seat in place of Bishnu Charan Das would be held on 25th May.
The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to the Council of States from Manipur and Odisha to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following programmme: –
| Sl.No. | Subject of Program | Dates and Days |
| 1. | Issue of Notifications | 8th May, 2017 (Monday) |
| 2. | Last Date of making nominations | 15th May, 2017 (Monday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 16th May, 2017 (Tuesday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 18th May, 2017 (Thursday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 25th May, 2017 (Thursday) |
| 6. | Hours of Poll | 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M. |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 25th May, 2017 (Thursday) at 5.00 P.M. |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 27th May, 2017 (Saturday) |
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