ECI announces poll schedule for 11 seats in JK legislative council, J&K election schedule, JK legislative council, Jammu Kashmir legislative council election schedule
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ECI announces poll schedule for 11 seats in JK legislative council
New Delhi: Election Commission today announced the schedule to fill up a total of 11 vacancies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. While eight vacancies arose due to retirement of sitting members, three other seats fell vacant after the MLCs were elected to the state assembly.
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SLNo. |
Constituency |
Name of member |
Date of Vacancy |
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1. |
Jammu Province |
Mr. M.K. Ajatshatru Singh |
09.03.2015 |
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2. |
Jammu Province |
Mr. B.R. Kundal |
09.03.2015 |
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3. |
Jammu Province |
Mr. Syed Asgar Au |
09.03.2015 |
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4. |
Ladakh Tehsil of Province |
Kashmir |
Mr. Narboo Gialchan |
09.03.2015 |
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5. |
Kargil Tehsil of Province |
Kashmir |
Mr. Aga Syed Ahmad Rizvi |
09.03.2015 |
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6. |
Kashmir Province |
Mr. Vijay Bakaya |
16.03.2015 |
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7. |
Kashmir Privince |
Mr. Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah |
16.03.2 015 |
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8. |
Jammu Province |
Mr. Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy |
16.03.2015 |
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The polls will be held on March 2, for which the notification will be issued on February 12 and February 18 will be the last date of filing nominations.
The scrutiny of papers will be held the next day. Candidates can withdraw from the electoral battle by February 21. The counting will be held on March 2.
SCHEDULE FOR ELECTIONS
- 1.Date of Issue of 12-2-2015 (Thursday)
- 2.Last date for 18-2-2015 (Wednesday) Nominations
- 3.Date for Scrutiny of 19-2-2015 (Thursday)
- 4.Last date for the of candidatures 21-2-2015 (Saturday)
- 5.Date of 2-3-2015 (Monday)
- 6.Date for Counting of 2-3-2015 (5.00 PM)
- 7.Date before which 7-3-2015 (Saturday) election shall be completed.
3.Further, 3 other casual vacancies are also required to be filled up for the reasons shown below:
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Si. No. |
Name of Member |
Province |
Date of Vacancy |
Date upto which the remainder of the term will continue |
Reason of vacancy & date of vacancy |
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1 |
Mr.Mohammad Ashraf Mir |
Kashmir Province |
23.12.2014 |
19.4.2017 |
Seat vacant following his election to Legislative Assembly w.e.f 23.12.2014 |
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2 |
Mr. Abdul Majeed Bhat |
Kashmir Province |
23.12.2014 |
16.3.2019 |
-do |
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3 |
Mr. Devender Singh Rana |
Jammu Province |
23.12.2014 |
16.3.2019 |
-do |
M K Ajatshatru Singh (Jammu Province), B R Kundal (Jammu Province), Syed Asgar Ali (Jammu Province), Narboo Gialchan ( Ladakh Tehsil of Kashmir Province), Aga Syed Ahmad Rizvi (Kargil Tehsil of Kashmir Province), Vijay Bakaya (Kashmir Province), Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah (Kashmir Province) and Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy (Jammu Province) are retiring between March 9 and 16 necessitating the biennial election.
The bypoll to the Legislative Council was necessitated after Mohammad Ashraf Mir (Kashmir Province), Abdul Majeed Bhat (Kashmir Province) and Devender Singh Rana (Jammu Province) were elected to the Legislative Assembly held last year.