Shillong, Jan 14: Biennial elections for 55 Rajya Sabha seats, including one seat from Meghalaya, will be held Feb 7, the Election Commission informed.
As per the schedule, the results shall be announced the same day.The elections will be held for the seats falling vacant between April 2-14 this year.
The tenure of Wansuk Syiem, the lone representative from Meghalaya in Rajya Sabha, will end in April. She filled the vacancy created by then Rajya Sabha member and NCP leader Thomas Sangma who unsuccessfully contested the last assembly polls.
Besides Meghalaya, the elections will be held in Maharastra (seven seats), Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (six seats each), West Bengal and Bihar (five each), Odisha and Gujarat (four each), Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan (three each).
Polling will be held in the states like, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Jharkhand (two seats each) and Himachal Pradesh, and Manipur (one seat each).
The polling notification will be issued Jan 21, nominations will be received till Jan 28 and scrutiny will be completed Jan. 29. The last date for withdrawal of nominations will be Jan 31.The entire election process will be completed Feb 10, the poll panel said. (SP News)
