Rajya Sabha Election: Polls on 57 seats on June 10

The Election Commission also directed the Chief Secretaries concerned to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that necessary Covid-19 containment measures are taken.

The Election Commission on Thursday announced that the elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on June 10.  The term of office of 57 members of the Council of States elected from 15 states is due to expire on their retirement between June-August 2022. The counting of votes will take place on the same day. 

Seats from Karnataka and Maharashtra vacated by Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP) and P Chidambaram (Congress) will also go for polls. The maximum number of seats fall in Uttar Pradesh i.e 11, and followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 6 seats each. The EC announced the Rajya Sabha election schedule on Thursday, May 12:

May 24: Notification will be issued
May 31: Last date of making nominations
June 1: Scrutiny of nominations
June 3: Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
June 10: Date of polling

The Election Commission also directed the Chief Secretaries concerned to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that necessary Covid-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for the conduct of the elections.