New Delhi, 09 September 2021: There is a casual vacancy in the Bihar Legislative Council to be filled up by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancy are as follows:
| S.No. | Name of Member | Nature of election | Date & Cause of vacancy | Term upto |
| 1. | Sh. Tanveer Akhtar | By MLAs | Death on 09.05.2021 | 21.07.2022 |
2. The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule:
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Issue of Notification | 15th September, 2021 (Wednesday) |
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Last Date of making nominations | 22nd September, 2021 (Wednesday) |
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Scrutiny of nominations | 23rd September, 2021 (Thursday) |
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 27th September, 2021 (Monday) |
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Date of Poll | 04th October, 2021 (Monday) |
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Hours of Poll | 09:00am – 04:00pm |
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Counting of Votes | 04th October, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00pm |
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Date before which election shall be completed | 06th October, 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 13 of Press Note dated 04.09.2021 available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13681-schedule-to-fill-casual-vacancy-and-adjourned-poll-in-the-assembly-constituencies-regarding/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Bihar 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.