PIB News Update: The term of office of 06 members of the Rajya Sabha elected from following 03 states is due to expireon their retirement in June to July, 2020 as detailed below:
| Sl. No. | State | No. of seats | Name of Member | Date of retirement |
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Arunachal Pradesh | 01 | Sh. MukutMithi | 23.06.2020 |
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Karnataka | 04 | D. Kupendra Reddy |
25.06.2020 |
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Prabhakar Kore | |||
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Rajeev Gowda M.V. | |||
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B.K. Hari Prasad | |||
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Mizoram | 01 | Ronald SapaTlau | 18.07.2020 |
A statement showing the details of the above mentioned vacancies is given in ‘Annexure-A’. The Commission after taking into account the guidelines dated 30.05.2020 issued by Union Home Secretary and Chairman, National Executive Committee (NEC) under the National Disaster Management Act,has decided that above mentioned biennial elections to the Council of States shall be held in accordance with the following programme:
| Sl.No. | Events | Dates |
| Issue of Notifications | 02nd June, 2020 (Tuesday) | |
| Last date of making nominations | 09th June, 2020 (Tuesday) | |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 10th June, 2020 (Wednesday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 12th June, 2020 (Friday) | |
| Date of Poll | 19th June, 2020 (Friday) | |
| Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| Counting of Votes | 19th June, 2020 (Friday) at 05:00 pm | |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 22th June, 2020 (Monday) |
The Commission has directed that for the purpose of marking preference(s) on the ballot paper only integrated violet colour sketch pen(s) of pre-fixed specification, provided by the Returning Officer, shall be used. No other pen shall, under any circumstances, be used in the above said elections.
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 Secretaries concerned 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.
Further Commission also appointed Chief Electoral Officers concerned as Observer of the election in the respective states.
Annexure-‘A’
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Arunachal Pradesh |
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23.06.2020 |
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Karnataka |
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25.06.2020 |
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| 3. | Mizoram |
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18.07.2020 |
