New Delhi (NVI): Polls in 55 Rajya Sabha seats which are falling vacant in April will be held on March 26, the Election Commission said today.
“The term of office of 55 members of the Rajya Sabha elected from 17 States is due to expire on their retirement in April 2020,” the EC said in a statement.
These seats from 17 states are falling vacant on different dates in April due to the retirement of members.
While notification for the biennial elections will be issued on March 6, March 13 is the last date of filing nominations.
The votes will be counted at 5 pm on the same day of voting, an hour after the polling will end.
Maharashtra has the highest number of retiring MPs at seven. Prominent among them is NCP leader Sharad Pawar, followed by Tamil Nadu with six, West Bengal and Bihar with five seats each, Gujarat, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh with four each.
Assam, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh each will have three seats vacant by April 12, Jharkhand, Haryana, Telangana, Chhattisgarh will have two seats and Meghalaya, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh will have one vacant seat each.
