Biennial elections to the State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by the Members of Legislative Assemblies (by MLAs)– regarding.

The term of office of the members of State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh elected by the members of Legislative Assemblies (by MLAs) is going to expire on their retirement as detailed below :- Sl. No. Name of the State No. of Members retiring Date of Retirement 1 Bihar 11 06.05.2012 2 Uttar Pradesh 13 05.05.2012           A statement showing the names of the members retiring, as mentioned above is given in the Appendix enclosed. 3.       The Commission has decided to hold the Biennial Elections to the State Legislative Councils of the above mentioned States by the Members of Legislative Assemblies (by MLAs),in accordance with the following programme:- 1 Issue of Notifications :  9th April, 2012 (Monday) 2 Last date of making nominations : 16th April, 2012 (Monday) 3 Scrutiny of nominations : 17th April, 2012 (Tuesday) 4 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures : 19th April, 2012 (Thursday) 5 Date of poll : 26th April, 2012(Thursday) 6 Hours of poll        : 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M 7 Counting of Votes : 26th April, 2012(Thursday) at 5 P.M. 8 Date before which  election shall be completed : 30th April, 2012 (Monday) BIHAR S.No. Name of Members Date of Retirement  1.       Sh. Uday Narayan Rai 06.05.2012 2.       Sh. Chandan Bagchi 06.05.2012 3.       Sh. Tarakant Jha 06.05.2012 4.       Sh. Narendra Singh 06.05.2012 5.       Sh. Upendra Prasad 06.05.2012 6.       Sh. Nitish Kumar 06.05.2012 7.       Sh. Baleshwar Singh Bharti 06.05.2012 8.       Sh. Bhim Singh 06.05.2012 9.       Sh. Ramashraya Prasad Singh 06.05.2012 10.                         Sh. Sushil Kumar Modi 06.05.2012 11.                         Sh. Sanjay Singh 06.05.2012        UTTAR PRADESH S.No. Name of Member Date of retirement 1.       Shri Ashok Dhawan 05.05.2012 2.       Shri Kashi Nath   05.05.2012 3.       Shri  Khwaza Haleem 05.05.2012 4.       Shri Pradeep Kumar   05.05.2012 5.       Sri Dayaram 05.05.2012 6.       Shri Naresh Chandra Uttam   05.05.2012 7.       Shri Babu Singh 05.05.2012 8.       Shri Rampati Ram   05.05.2012 9.       Shri Rakesh Singh Rana 05.05.2012 10.             Shri Ram Naresh Rawat   05.05.2012 11.             Shri Ram Sharan Das 05.05.2012 12.             Shri Sunil Kumar 05.05.2012 13.             Shri Harpal Saini   05.05.2012 Election Commission of India New Delhi, 02 April, 2012