Organisation : Election Commission of India
Election Name : Biennial Election to the Telangana Council 2021
Election Date : 10th December, 2021 (Friday)
Website : https://www.eci.gov.in/
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ECI Biennial Election Telangana
Biennial Election to the Telangana Legislative Council from 09 Local Authorities’ Constituencies for 12 seats due to retirement of sitting members on 04.01.2022
Council Members
| S.No. |
Name of Local Authorities’ Constituency |
No of Seat(s) |
Name of the Member |
Date of Retirement |
|
1. |
Adilabad | 01 | Puranam Satish Kumar |
04.01.2022 |
|
2. |
Warangal | 01 | Pochampally Srinivas Reddy |
04.01.2022 |
|
3. |
Nalgonda | 01 | Tera Chinnapa Reddy |
04.01.2022 |
|
4. |
Medak | 01 | V. Bhoopal Reddy |
04.01.2022 |
|
5. |
Nizamabad | 01 | Kalvakuntla Kavitha |
04.01.2022 |
|
6. |
Khammam | 01 | Balasani Laxminarayana |
04.01.2022 |
|
7. |
Karimnagar | 02 | T. Bhanuprasad Rao |
04.01.2022
|
| Naradasu Laxman Rao | ||||
|
8. |
Mahabubnagar | 02 | Kasireddy Narayan Reddy |
04.01.2022
|
| Kuchukulla Damoder Reddy | ||||
|
9. |
Ranga Reddy | 02 | Sri Patnam Mahender Reddy |
04.01.2022
|
| Sunkari Raju |
Election Schedule
Now, the Commission has decided to hold biennial election to Telangana Legislative Council from above mentioned 09 Local Authorities’ Constituencies in accordance with the following programme:
|
S. No |
Events |
Dates |
| 1. | Issue of Notifications | 16th November, 2021 (Tuesday) |
| 2. | Last date of making nominations | 23rd November, 2021 (Tuesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 24th November, 2021 (Wednesday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 26th November, 2021 (Friday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 10th December, 2021 (Friday) |
| 6. | Hours of Poll | 08:00 am to 04:00 pm |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 14th December, 2021 (Tuesday) |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 16th December, 2021 (Thursday) |
Guidelines
Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as already issued by ECI as well as the recent guidelines issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note dated 28.09.2021 available at link https://www.eci.gov.in/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
The Model Code of Conduct concerning the said election will come into force with immediate effect in the concerned Constituency.
The Chief Secretary, Telangana 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 election.
Electoral Roll
The published Electoral Rolls for the aforesaid Assembly Constituencies w.r.t 01.01.2021 will be used for these elections.
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-election in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
Identification of Voters
Electoral Photo Identity cards (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, any of the below mentioned identification documents can also be shown at the polling station:
i. Aadhar Card,
ii. MNREGA Job Card,
iii. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
iv. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour,
v. Driving License,
vi. PAN Card,
vii. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
viii. Indian Passport,
ix. Pension document with photograph,
x. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and
xi. Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.
Model Code of Conduct
The Model code of conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the Assembly constituency going for election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’ s instruction No. 437/6/1NST/2016-CCS, dated 29th June, 2017 (available on the commission’s website).