Biennial Elections to the Council of States
Biennial Elections to the Council of States from the States of Gujarat
and West Bengal and bye election to Council of States from Madhya
Pradesh-reg
The term of office of 9 (Nine) members of the
Rajya Sabha elected from below mentioned 2 (two) States is due to expire on
their retirement in August, 2017 as detailed below: -
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S.No.
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Name of State
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Name of the Member
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Date of Retirement
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1.
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Gujarat
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1.
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Patel Ahmed Mohammedbhai
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18.08.2017
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2.
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Pandya Dilipbhai
Shivshankarbhai
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3.
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Irani Smriti Zubin
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2.
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West Bengal
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1.
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Derek O’Brien
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18.08.2017
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2.
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Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
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3.
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Pradip Bhattacharya
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4.
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Sitaram Yechury
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5.
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Sukhendusekhar Roy
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6.
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Dola Sen
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2.
Apart from above, a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh
has also arisen. The details are given as below: -
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S.No
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State
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Name of Member
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Cause of vacancy
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Term of office up to
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1.
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Madhya Pradesh
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Sh. Anil Madhav Dave
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Death on 18.05.2017
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29.06.2022
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3.
The Election Commission has decided that the aforesaid Biennial Elections to
the Council of States from the above States and a bye-election to Council of
States from Madhya Pradesh shall be held in accordance with the following
programme: -
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Sl.No.
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Subject of Programme
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Dates and Days
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1.
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Issue of Notifications
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21st July, 2017
(Friday)
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2.
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Last Date of making nominations
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28th July,
2017 (Friday)
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3.
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Scrutiny of nominations
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29th July,
2017 (Saturday)
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4.
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Last date for withdrawal of
candidatures
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31st July,
2017 (Monday)
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5.
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Date of Poll
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8th August,
2017(Tuesday)
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6.
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Hours of Poll
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9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M.
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7.
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Counting of Votes
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8th August,
2017 (Tuesday) at 5.00 P.M.
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8.
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Date before which election
shall be completed
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11th August,
2017 (Friday)
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