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Elections for 14 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on March 26 | The Election Commission has announced that elections to 14
Rajya Sabha seats, including those currently held by Union Ministers AK Antony, Anand Sharma and MS Gill, would be held on March 26. While the term of Antony
from Kerala and Sharma from Himachal Pradesh would expire on April 2, Gill's term
as a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab would end on April 9. Biennial elections to
13 seats from six states -- five in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and
one each in Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura and by-election to fill a
vacancy
caused by the death of senior Samajwadi Party leader Janeshwar Mishra from Uttar
Pradesh would be conducted on March 26. The counting of votes will be done the
same day. The Rajya Sabha terms of Silvius Condpan and Syeda Anwara Taimur
(from
Assam), Abdul Wahab Peeve and A Vijayaraghavan (Kerala), Khekiho Zhimomi
(Nagaland),
Matilal Sarkar (Tripura) and Ashwani Kumar, Naresh Gujral, Dharam Pal and
Varinder
Singh (Punjab) would also come to an end. As per the schedule, the notifications
would be issued on March 9 and the last date for filling nominations would be
March 16 followed by the scrutiny that will be conducted the same day. The last
date for withdrawal of nominations would be March 19. |
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