biennial Election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Union Territory of Puducherry

  The term of office of Thiru P. Kannan in the Council of States representing the Union Territory of Puducherry is due to expire on 6^th October, 2015.

  The Commission has decided to hold Biennial Election to the Council of States from Puducherry to fill up the above said vacancy so arising in accordance with the following schedule:-

Sl.No.	Particular of events	Date
1	Issue of Notification	10th September, 2015 (Thursday)
2	Last date of making nominations	18th September, 2015 (Friday)
3	Scrutiny of nominations	19th September, 2015 (Saturday)
4	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	21st September, 2015 (Monday)
5	Date of poll	28th September, 2015 (Monday)
6	Hours of poll	9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
7	Counting of Votes	28th September, 2015 (Monday) at 5.00 PM
8	Date before which election shall be completed	3rd October, 2015 (Saturday)