Biennial and Bye-Elections to the Council of States.

The term of office of 3 members of the Council of States from the State of Kerala, is due to expire on their retirement as detailed below :-

S.No.	Name of Member	Date of retirement
1.	Shri K.E. Ismail	01.07.2012
2.	Shri P.J. Kurian	01.07.2012
3.	Shri P.R. Rajan	01.07.2012

2.            Apart from the above, there is also one casual vacancy in the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh due to death of Sh. Brijbhushan on 25^th April, 2012 whose term of office was upto 2^nd April, 2018.

3.            The Election Commission has decided to hold the biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Kerala and bye-election to the Council of States from the State of Uttar Pradesh, in accordance with the following schedule :- 

1.	Issue of Notification	:	8th June,  2012(Friday)
2.	Last date for making nominations	:	15th June, 2012(Friday)
3.	Scrutiny of nominations	:	16th June, 2012 (Saturday)
4.	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	:	18th June, 2012(Monday)
5.	Date of poll	:	25th June, 2012 (Monday)
6.	Hours of poll	:	9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
7.	Counting of Votes	:	25th June, 2012 (Monday) at 5.00 P.M.
8.	Date before which election shall be completed	:	27th June 2012 (Wednesday)

             Election Commission of India

             New Delhi, 01 June, 2012