AMN / NEW DELHI
Biennial elections to 58 Rajya Sabha seats in 16 states will be held on March 23. Releasing the schedule here on Friday, the Election Commission said the notification for the same will be issued on March 5.
The term of the members representing these seats is going to expire in April-May this year.
These seats include ten from UP, six each from Maharashtra and Bihar, five each from West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, four each from Gujarat and Karnataka, three each from Telengana,Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand and one each from Chaattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana.
The Commission will also hold by-election to one Rajya Sabha seat of Kerala on the same date. The seat has fallen vacant following the resignation of Veerendra Kumar last year before the expiration of his term of office.
The term of the members representing these seats is going to expire in April-May this year.
These seats include ten from UP, six each from Maharashtra and Bihar, five each from West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, four each from Gujarat and Karnataka.
The notification will be issued on 5th of March and if necessary, polling will take place on 23rd of next month.
The Commission will also hold by-election to one Rajya Sabha seat of Kerala on the same date.
The seat has fallen vacant following the resignation of Veerendra Kumar.