Biennial Election to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council
Biennial Election to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council by the Members of the Legislative Assembly
Seats
of 6(Six) Members of the Legislative Council of the State of Jammu &
Kashmir, elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State, are
due to fall vacant on the retirement of those members on the expiration of
their term of office, as under :-
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SI.NO.
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Constituency
|
Name
of member
|
Date
of Vacancy
|
|
1.
|
Poonch
District of Jammu Province
|
Jahangir Hussain Mir
|
19.04.2017
|
|
2.
|
Jammu
Province
|
Master Noor Hussain
|
19.04.2017
|
|
3.
|
Jammu
Province
|
Jugal Kishore Sharma
|
19.04.2017
|
|
4.
|
Kashmir
Province
|
Dr.
S. Bashir Ahmad
Shah (Veeri)
|
19.04.2017
|
|
5.
|
Kashmir
Province
|
Mr. Yasir Reshi
|
19.04.2017
|
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6.
|
Kashmir
Province
|
S. Dharambir Singh
|
19.04.2017
|
2. The above six regular
vacancies will be filled by Biennial election as per the following programme:-
SCHEDULE
FOR ELECTION
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Sl.
No.
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Event
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Schedule
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1.
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Issue
of Notification
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22.03.2017
(Wednesday)
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2.
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Last
date of making Nominations
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29.03.2017
(Wednesday)
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3.
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Scrutiny
of Nominations
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30.03.2017
(Thursday)
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4.
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Last
date for the withdrawal of candidatures
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03.04.2017
(Monday)
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5.
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Date
of poll
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17.04.2017
(Monday)
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6.
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Counting
of Votes
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17.04.2017
(Monday) at 5.00 PM
|
|
7.
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Date
before which election shall be completed
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18.04.2017
(Tuesday)
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Three
separate elections will be held, as per the above schedule - one, for filling
2 (Two) seats from Jammu Province, second, for, filling the seats reserved for
Poonch District of Jammu Province, and, third, for filling 3 (Three) seats from
Kashmir Province.
Election
Commission of India
New
Delhi, 15 March, 2017
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