There is a casual vacancy in the Maharashtra Legislative Council to be filled up by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. The details of the vacancy are as follows:
| S.No. | Name of Member | Nature of election | Date & Cause of vacancy | Term upto |
| 1. | Sh. Sharad Namdeo Ranpise | By MLAs | 23.09.2021Death | 27.07.2024 |
2. The Commission has decided to hold a bye-election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule:
| S. No | Events | Dates |
| Issue of Notifications | 09th November, 2021 (Tuesday) | |
| Last date of making nominations | 16th November, 2021 (Tuesday) | |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 17th November, 2021 (Wednesday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 22nd November, 2021 (Monday) | |
| Date of Poll | 29th November, 2021 (Monday) | |
| Hours of Poll | 09:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| Counting of Votes | 29th November, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00 pm | |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 01st December, 2021 (Wednesday) |
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as already issued by ECI as well as the recent guidelines issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note dated 28.09.2021 available at link https://eci.gov.in/candidate-political-parties/instructions-on-covid-19/. to be followed, wherever applicable, during the entire election process for all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra is being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election.
Source:- https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1768075
