The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the biennial elections for the eight Rajya Sabha seats including six seats from Tamil Nadu and two seats from Assam. According to the Commission, the notification will be issued on the second of next month and the polling will be held on 19th of June. The counting of votes will take place on the same day.
The biennial elections to be held as the terms of eight members of the Rajya Sabha are set to expire between June and July this year. Six Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, M. Shanmugam, N. Chandrasegharan, M. Mohamed Abdulla, P. Wilson, and Vaiko would retire on 24th of July this year. Two seats from Assam will fall vacant with the retirement of Mission Ranjan Das and Birendra Prasad Baishya on 14th of next month.
