Press Release l Bye Election to the Council of States from Tamil Nadu

                  There is a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Tamil Nadu as per following details: -

Name of Member

Reason

Date of vacancy

Term Up to

Thiru. A. Mohammedjan

Death

23.03.2021

24.07.2025

 

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

S. No

Events

Dates
  1.  

Issue of Notifications

24th August, 2021 (Tuesday)
  1.  

Last date of making nominations

31st August, 2021 (Tuesday)
  1.  

Scrutiny of nominations

01st September, 2021 (Wednesday)
  1.  

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

03rd September, 2021 (Friday)
  1.  

Date of Poll

13th September, 2021, (Monday)
  1.  

Hours of Poll

09:00 am to 04:00 pm
  1.  

Counting of Votes

13th September, 2021, (Monday) at 05:00pm
  1.  

Date before which election shall be completed

15th September, 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.

 

  1. The Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu 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 said bye election.