Biennial Election to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) – Polling on 6th July 2020
The term of nine members of Bihar Legislative Council elected by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) has expired on 06.05.2020. Details are given as under:
S.No. | Name of the Member | Date of Retirement |
1. | Ashok Choudhary |
06.05.2020 |
2. | Krishan Kumar Singh | |
3. | Prashant Kumar Shahi | |
4. | Sanjay Prakash | |
5. | Satish Kumar | |
6. | Radha Mohan Sharma | |
7. | Sonelal Mehta | |
8. | Md. Haroon Rashid | |
9. | Hira Prasad Vind |
Considering the prevailing unforeseen situation of public health emergency due to COVID-19 and the guidelines & orders passed under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 by the competent authority, the Election Commission, on 03.04.2020 passed an Order under Article 324 of Constitution of India read with section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,and directed that the process of election to the above mentioned seats shall be initiated at a later date after reviewing the prevailing situation.
The Commission, after receiving inputs from CEO, Bihar, has now decided that above mentioned biennial election to the Bihar Legislative Council by members of Legislative Assembly be held in accordance with the following programme:
| S. No. | Events | Dates |
| | Issue of Notification | 18th June, 2020 (Thursday) |
| | Last Date of making nominations | 25th June, 2020 (Thursday) |
| | Scrutiny of nominations | 26th June, 2020 (Friday) |
| | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 29th June, 2020 (Monday) |
| | Date of Poll | 06th July, 2020 (Monday) |
| | Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm |
| | Counting of Votes | 06th July, 2020 (Monday)at 05:00 pm |
| | Date before which election shall be completed | 08th July, 2020 (Wednesday) |
Adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair election.
Commission has also directed the Chief Secretary of the State 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 elections.
