There is a casual vacancy in the Maharashtra Legislative Council to be filled up by the members of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. The details of the vacancy are as follows:
S.No. |
Name of Member |
Nature of election |
Date & Cause of vacancy |
Term upto |
1. |
Sh. Sharad Namdeo Ranpise |
By MLAs |
23.09.2021 Death |
27.07.2024 |
2. The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule:
S. No |
Events |
Dates |
Issue of Notifications |
09th November, 2021 (Tuesday) |
|
Last date of making nominations |
16th November, 2021 (Tuesday) |
|
Scrutiny of nominations |
17th November, 2021 (Wednesday) |
|
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures |
22nd November, 2021 (Monday) |
|
Date of Poll |
29th November, 2021 (Monday) |
|
Hours of Poll |
09:00 am to 04:00 pm |
|
Counting of Votes |
29th November, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00 pm |
|
Date before which election shall be completed |
01st December, 2021 (Wednesday) |
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as already issued by ECI as well as the recent guidelines issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note dated 28.09.2021 available at link https://eci.gov.in/candidate-political-parties/instructions-on-covid-19/. to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra 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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RP