New Delhi: Four (4) casual vacancies in the State Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh have occurred due to the resignation of sitting members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elected by the Members of State Legislative Assembly. The details are given as under: –
Sl.No. |
Name of Member |
Date of Vacancy |
Date of retirement |
1. |
Sri. Buqqal Nawab |
29.07.2017 |
06.07.2022 |
2. |
Shri Yashwant |
29.07.2017 |
06.07.2022 |
3. |
Dr. Sarojini Agarwal |
04.08.2017 |
30.01.2021 |
4. |
Shri Ashok Bajpai |
09.08.2017 |
30.01.2021 |
- The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by Members of State Legislative Assembly to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following programme: –
| S.No. | Subject of Programme | Dates and Days |
| 1. | Issue of Notifications | 29th August, 2017 (Tuesday) |
| 2. | Last Date of making nominations | 5th September, 2017 (Tuesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 6th September, 2017 (Wednesday) |
| 4.. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 8th September, 2017 (Friday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 15th September, 2017 (Friday) |
| 6. | Hours of Poll | 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M. |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 15th September, 2017 (Friday) at 5.00 P.M. |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 18th September, 2017 (Monday) |
