The Election Commission to hold biennial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar legislative Councils by the members of legislative assembly on April 26. The term of office of 13 members of Uttar Pradesh legislative Council and 11 members of Bihar legislative Council elected by the Members of legislative Assembly is due to expire on May 5 and 6, 2018 respectively. “The notification will be issued on April 9. The voting and counting will be held on April 26,” the EC said in its notification on Monday.
In UP, the term of Akhilesh Yadav, Mohsin Raza, Umar Ali Khan, Ambika Chaudhery, Naresh Chandra Uttam, Madhu Gupta, Mahendra Kumar Singh, Ch Mushtaq, Rajendra Chaudhari, Ram Sakal Gurjar, Vijay Yadav, Vijay Pratap and Sunil Kumar as member of legislative Council will end on May 5.
Similarly, the term of Nitish Kumar, Raj Kishor Singh Kushawaha, lal Babu Prasad, Upendra Prasad, Satyendra Narain Singh, Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Modi, Rabri Devi, Mangal Pandey, Chandeshwar Prasad and Narendra Singh of Bihar legislative Council will end on May 6.