365telugu.com online news,Delhi,january 6th,2021: There are two casual vacancies in the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancies are as follows:
| Name of Member | Nature of election | Cause of vacancy | Term up to |
| Sh. Vinod Narain Jha | By MLAs | Elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly on 11.11.2020 | 21.07.2022 |
| Sh. Sushil Kumar Modi | By MLAs | Resignation on 09.12.2020 | 06.05.2024 |
2.The Commission has decided to hold two separate bye-elections to the Bihar Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancies as per the following common schedule: –
| S. No. | Events | Dates |
| Issue of Notifications | 11th January, 2021 (Monday) | |
| Last Date of making nominations | 18th January, 2021 (Monday) | |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 19th January, 2021 (Tuesday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 21st January, 2021 (Thursday) | |
| Date of Poll | 28th January, 2021 (Thursday) | |
| Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| Counting of Votes | 28th January, 2021 (Thursday) at 05:00 pm | |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 01st February, 2021 (Monday) |
3.Broad Guidelines to be followed during entire election process 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.
4.The Chief Secretary, Bihar 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.