There are two casual vacancies in the Council of States as per the following details: –
| S.No | States | Name of Member | Cause of vacancy | Term of office up to |
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Rajasthan | Madanlal Saini | Death on 24.06.2019 | 03.04.2024 |
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Uttar Pradesh | Neeraj Shekhar | Resignation on 15.07.2019 | 25.11.2020 |
The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to the Council of States from the above mentioned States to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following programme: –
| Sl.No. | Events | Dates and Days |
| 1. | Issue of Notifications | 07th August, 2019 (Wednesday) |
| 2. | Last Date of making nominations | 14th August, 2019 (Wednesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 16th August, 2019 (Friday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 19th August, 2019 (Monday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 26th August, 2019 (Monday) |
| 6. | Hours of Poll | 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 26th August, 2019 (Monday) at 5.00 p.m. |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 28th August, 2019 (Wednesday) |
