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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday stated that the bye-election to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh to fill up the vacancy caused due to the death of Amar Singh would take place on September 11.
Singh’s term otherwise was upto July 4, 2022.
The Commission announced the following schedule with respect to the by-poll and directed the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures were complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election.
| S. No | Events | Dates |
| Issue of Notifications | 25th August, 2020 (Tuesday) | |
| Last date of making nominations | 01st September, 2020 (Tuesday) | |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 02nd September, 2020 (Wednesday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 04th September, 2020 (Friday) | |
| Date of Poll | 11th September, 2020 (Friday) | |
| Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| Counting of Votes | 11thSeptember, 2020 (Friday) at 05:00 pm | |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 14th September, 2020 (Monday) |
– globalbihari bureau
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