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Notification for 11 MLCs seats on Feb 12 2/10/2015 11:27:37 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 10: Election Commission of India has to issue notification for 11 seats of Legislative Council onFebruary 12. While as eight members are retiring in the month of March 2015, three seats fell vacant due to elections of three MLCs as MLAs in the recently held assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that notification will be issued on Thursday on February 12. Last date of making nominations is February 18 on Wednesday. Date for scrutiny of nominations papers is on 19-2-2015. February 21 is last date for withdrawal of candidatures and polling will be held on March 2, 2015 followed by counting of the votes on same date. Entire election process shall be completed by the end of March 7, 2015. Ajatshatru Singh, B.R. Kundal, Syed Asgar Ali,Narboo Gialchan, Aga Syed Ahmad Rizvi,Vijay Bakaya, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah and Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy are retiring in the month of March. Nomination categories. These eight vacancies will be filled through biennial election-four each for Jammu and Kashmir divisions. While there is no reserved seat in four seats of Jammu division going to polls in March, out of four seats of Kashmir, one each is reserved for Leh and Kargil. However, this time, election will be held on three additional seats as three MLCs, who have been elected to the Legislative Assembly have their terms left between two to four years. They included Devender Singh Rana and Abdul Majeed Laram (both NC) and Ashraf Mir (PDP). Interestingly Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council Javed Rana has also been elected as NC MLA from Mendhar, his Upper House term is ending in April but there is no mention of his vacancy in the notification to be issued on February 12.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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