When before the expiration of the term
of office of a member elected to the Legislative Council of a State, his seat becomes vacant or is declared
vacant or his election to the Legislative Council is declared void, the Election Commission shall, by a
notification in the Official Gazette, call upon the Council constituency concerned or the members of the
Legislative Assembly of the State, as the case may be, to elect a person for the purpose of filling the
vacancy so caused, before such date as may be specified in the notification, and the provisions of this Act
and of the rules and orders made thereunder shall apply, as far as may be, in relation to the election of a
member to fill such vacancy.
Section 151 • THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951
Section 151. Casual vacancies in the State Legislative Councils
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Section 151
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