PIB News Update: There are two casual vacancies in the Council of States one each from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh as per following details:
| State | Name of Members | Reason | Date of vacancy | Term Up to |
| Karnataka | K.C. Ramamurthy
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Resignation | 16.10.2019 | 30.06.2022 |
| Uttar Pradesh
|
Dr. Tazeen Fatma | Resignation | 03.11.2019 | 25.11.2020
|
The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to the Council of States from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following schedule: –
| S.No. | Events | Dates and Days |
| 1. | Issue of Notification | 25th November, 2019 (Monday) |
| 2. | Last Date of making nominations | 02nd December, 2019( Monday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 03rd December, 2019 (Tuesday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 05th December, 2019 (Thursday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 12th December, 2019 (Thursday) |
| 6. | Hours of Poll | 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 12th December, 2019 (Thursday) at 5.00 p.m. |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 16th December, 2019 (Monday) |