Organisation : Election Commission India ECI
Facility : Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council Biennial Election 2017
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J & K Legislative Council Biennial Election 2017 :
Biennial Election to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council by the Members of the Legislative Assembly.
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Seats of 6(Six) Members of the Legislative Council of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State, are due to fall vacant on the retirement of those members on the expiration of their term of office, as under :
Sl.No. | Constituency | Name of member | Date of Vacancy
1. Poonch District of Jammu Province Jahangir Hussain Mir 19.04.2017
2. Jammu Province Master Noor Hussain 19.04.2017
3. Jammu Province Jugal Kishore Sharma 19.04.2017
4. Kashmir Province Dr. S. Bashir Ahmad Shah (Veeri) 19.04.2017
5. Kashmir Province Mr. Yasir Reshi 19.04.2017
6. Kashmir Province S. Dharambir Singh 19.04.2017
2. The above six regular vacancies will be filled by Biennial election as per the following programme :
Election Schedule :
Sl. No. | Event | Schedule
1. Issue of Notification 22.03.2017 (Wednesday)
2. Last date of making Nominations 29.03.2017 (Wednesday)
3. Scrutiny of Nominations 30.03.2017 (Thursday)
4. Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures 03.04.2017 (Monday)
5. Date of poll 17.04.2017 (Monday)
6. Counting of Votes 17.04.2017 (Monday) at 5:00 PM
7. Date before which election shall be completed 18.04.2017 (Tuesday)
Three separate elections will be held, as per the above schedule – one, for filling 2 (Two)seats from Jammu Province, second, for, filling the seats reserved for Poonch District of Jammu Province, and, third, for filling 3 (Three) seats from Kashmir Province.