New Delhi: Seats of 6(Six) Members of the Legislative Council of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State, are due to fall vacant on the retirement of those members on the expiration of their term of office, as under :-
| SI.NO. | Constituency | Name of member | Date of Vacancy |
| 1. | Poonch District of Jammu Province | Jahangir Hussain Mir | 19.04.2017 |
| 2. | Jammu Province | Master Noor Hussain | 19.04.2017 |
| 3. | Jammu Province | Jugal Kishore Sharma | 19.04.2017 |
| 4. | Kashmir Province | Dr. S. Bashir Ahmad
Shah (Veeri) |
19.04.2017 |
| 5. | Kashmir Province | Mr. Yasir Reshi | 19.04.2017 |
| 6. | Kashmir Province | S. Dharambir Singh | 19.04.2017 |
- The above six regular vacancies will be filled by Biennial election as per the following programme:-
SCHEDULE FOR ELECTION
| Sl. No. | Event | Schedule |
| 1. | Issue of Notification | 22.03.2017 (Wednesday) |
| 2. | Last date of making Nominations | 29.03.2017┬а (Wednesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of Nominations | 30.03.2017 (Thursday) |
| 4. | Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures | 03.04.2017 (Monday) |
| 5. | Date of poll | 17.04.2017 (Monday) |
| 6. | Counting of Votes | 17.04.2017 (Monday) at 5.00 PM |
| 7. | Date before which election shall be completed | 18.04.2017 (Tuesday) |
Three separate elections will be held, as per the above schedule –┬а one, for filling 2 (Two) seats from Jammu Province, second, for, filling the seats reserved for Poonch District of Jammu Province, and, third, for filling 3 (Three) seats from Kashmir Province.
