Rajya Sabha biennial elections for 1 Uttarakhand and 10 UP seats to be held on November 9

New Delhi: The Biennial Elections to the Rajya Sabha, to fill the seats of 11 members retiring from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be held on November 9, the Election Commission announced today.

The members whose term comes to an end on November 25, 2020 are Raj Babbar from Uttarakhand, and Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav, Javed Ali Khan, Arun Singh, Neeraj Shekhar, P.L. Punia, Hardeep Singh Puri, Ravi Prakash Verma, Rajaram, Ramgopal Yadav and Veer Singh (all from Uttar Pradesh).

The Commission has decided  to hold biennial elections to the Council of States  from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to fill up the above said vacancies  in accordance with the following Schedule:-

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.

The 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.

Broad Guidelines to be followed during entire election processes for all persons:-

I.          Every person shall wear face mask during every election related activity

II.         At the entry of hall/ room/ premises used for election purposes:-

(a) Thermal Scanning of all persons shall be carried out

(b) Sanitizer shall be made available at all locations

III.        Social distancing shall be maintained as per the extant COVID-19 guidelines of the State Govt. and Ministry of Home Affairs.

Further, the Commission has also appointed the Chief Electoral Officers concerned as Observer of the election in the respective States.

– globalbihari bureau