Bye Election to the Council of States from Assam -reg.

There is one casual vacancy in the Council of States from Assam as per following details: –

State	Name of Members	Reason	Date of vacancy	Term Up to
Assam	Shri Biswajit Daimary	Resignation	21.11.2020	09.04.2026

 

2.               The Commission has decided to hold bye-election to the Council of States from Assam to fill up the above said vacancy in accordance with the following schedule: –

S. No	Events	Dates
	Issue of Notifications	11th February, 2021 (Thursday)
	Last date of making nominations	18th February, 2021 (Thursday)
	Scrutiny of nominations	19th February, 2021 (Friday)
	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	22nd February, 2021 (Monday)
	Date of Poll	01st March, 2021 (Monday)
	Hours of Poll	09:00 am-04:00 pm
	Counting of Votes	01st March, 2021  (Monday) at 05:00 pm
	Date before which election shall be completed	03rd March, 2021 (Wednesday)

 

3.         Broad Guidelines to be followed during entire election process for all persons: –

I.          Every person shall wear face mask during every election related activity

II.        At the entry of hall/ room/ premises used for election purposes:

(a) Thermal Scanning of all persons shall be carried out:

(b) Sanitizer shall be made available at all locations

III.       Social distancing shall be maintained as per the extant COVID-19 guidelines of the State Govt. and Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

4.         The Chief Secretary, Assam 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.

5.         Further, the Commission has also appointed the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam as Observer for this election.